Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: A letter was written by Riya to her grandmother last week.
Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother last week.
The given sentence 'A letter was written by Riya' is in the simple past passive: was + past participle (written). The time marker 'last week' confirms a completed action in the simple past.
To change it to the active voice, the agent after 'by' (Riya) becomes the subject, and the passive subject (a letter) becomes the object.
The tense stays the same, so the verb becomes the simple past active form of 'write', which is 'wrote'. The phrases 'to her grandmother' and 'last week' stay as they are.
'Had written' is the past perfect, 'writes' is the simple present (which also clashes with 'last week'), and 'was writing' is the past continuous. Each of these changes the tense of the original sentence.
Hence, the active voice is: Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother last week.
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