Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The ball of yarn was being nudged by the kitten.
Option 1: The kitten was nudged by the ball of yarn.
Option 2: The kitten is nudging the ball of yarn.
Option 3: The kitten was nudging the ball of yarn.
Option 4: The kitten has been nudging the ball of yarn.
Correct Answer: The kitten was nudging the ball of yarn.
Solution : The correct choice is the t hird option .
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.
The structure of the active voice in the case of the past continuous tense is: " Singular subject + was + present participle form of the verb + object + prepositional phrase."
Therefore, the sentence in the active voice is: "The kitten was nudging the ball of yarn."
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