Directions: Select the correct active form of the given sentence. The excitement aroused by the murder was soon forgotten by people.
People soon forgot the excitement aroused by the murder.
Understanding Passive to Active Voice Transformation
The question asks us to convert a sentence from passive voice to its equivalent active voice. The original sentence is: "The excitement aroused by the murder was soon forgotten by people." This sentence is in the passive voice, where the subject ("The excitement aroused by the murder") receives the action.
Analyzing the Passive Sentence
To convert it to active voice, we need to identify the components:
- Subject (of passive sentence): The excitement aroused by the murder
- Verb (passive form): was soon forgotten (Past Simple Passive)
- Agent (performing the action): by people
Steps for Conversion
The process involves making the agent of the passive sentence the subject of the active sentence and the subject of the passive sentence the object of the active sentence. The verb also needs to be changed from passive to active form.
- Identify the Agent: The agent is "people". This will become the subject of the active sentence.
- Identify the Passive Verb: The verb is "was soon forgotten". This is in the Past Simple Passive tense.
- Convert the Verb to Active: The active form of "was forgotten" (Past Simple Passive) is "forgot" (Past Simple Active). The adverb "soon" remains in its place. So, the verb becomes "soon forgot".
- Identify the Passive Subject: The subject is "The excitement aroused by the murder". This will become the object of the active sentence.
- Construct the Active Sentence: Combine the new subject, the active verb, and the new object.
Forming the Active Sentence
Following the steps above, the active sentence is formed as:
Subject (People) + Verb (soon forgot) + Object (the excitement aroused by the murder).
This results in: "People soon forgot the excitement aroused by the murder."
Evaluating the Options
Let's compare this result with the given options:
- Option 1: "People are soon going to forget..." - Incorrect tense (Future).
- Option 2: "People will soon forget..." - Incorrect tense (Future).
- Option 3: "People have soon forgotten..." - Incorrect tense (Present Perfect).
- Option 4: "People soon forgot..." - Correct tense (Past Simple Active) and structure.
Therefore, option 4 correctly represents the active form of the given passive sentence.
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