Active Voice Conversion Explained

The task is to convert the given sentence from passive voice to active voice. The original sentence is: "Such a book will be liked only by intelligent students."

Understanding Passive and Active Voice

• Passive Voice: Focuses on the recipient of the action. The structure typically involves a form of 'to be' + past participle. The performer of the action (agent) is often introduced by 'by'. In the given sentence, "Such a book" is the subject, "will be liked" is the verb phrase (passive), and "intelligent students" is the agent.
• Active Voice: Focuses on the performer of the action. The structure is Subject (performer) + Verb + Object (recipient).

Steps for Converting Passive to Active Voice

To change the sentence "Such a book will be liked only by intelligent students" into active voice, we need to follow these steps:

1. Identify the Agent: The agent is the performer of the action in the passive sentence. Here, the agent is "intelligent students" (found after 'by').
2. Make Agent the Subject: The agent ("Only intelligent students") becomes the new subject of the active sentence. We include the adverb "Only" with the subject.
3. Change the Verb Tense: The passive verb phrase is "will be liked". This is Future Simple Passive. The corresponding active voice form in the Future Simple tense is "will" + base form of the verb. The base verb is 'like'. So, the active verb phrase becomes "will like".
4. Make the Passive Subject the Object: The subject of the passive sentence ("Such a book") becomes the direct object of the active sentence.

Constructing the Active Sentence

Combining the elements identified above:

• New Subject: Only intelligent students
• Active Verb: will like
• New Object: such a book

Putting it together, the active voice sentence is: "Only intelligent students will like such a book."

Analyzing the Options

Let's review the provided options to see which one matches our conversion:

Option 1: Only intelligent students have liked such a book - This uses the Present Perfect tense ("have liked"), which is incorrect. The original sentence is in the Future Simple tense.

Option 2: Only intelligent students were liking such a book - This uses the Past Continuous tense ("were liking"), which does not match the original Future Simple tense.

Option 3: Only intelligent students will like such a book - This correctly uses the Future Simple tense ("will like") and follows the active voice structure, matching our derived sentence.

Option 4: Only intelligent students like such a book - This uses the Present Simple tense ("like"), which is incorrect for converting the Future Simple passive sentence.