Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The monkey was not chased up the tree by the lion.
The lion did not chase the monkey up the tree.
Key Points
- In Active Voice, a sentence emphasizes the subject performing an action.
- In Passive Voice, a sentence emphasizes the action or the object of the sentence.
- The given sentence is in the passive voice and 'The monkey' is the subject and 'the lion' is the object.
- When we convert this sentence into active voice, the subject 'The monkey' of the passive voice becomes the object, and the object 'the lion' becomes the subject.
- The sentence is in the Simple past tense.
- The passive format "was + not + chased(V3)" is used and the active format "did not + chase" should be used.
- This is the active and passive voice rule for the Simple past tense.
Hence, the correct active voice is "The lion did not chase the monkey up the tree."
Important Points
- In voice change, TENSE will never change.
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