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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The function hall has been decorated attractively by the boys.

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The correct answer is
The boys have decorated the function hall attractively.

The original sentence, "The function hall has been decorated attractively by the boys," is in passive voice. The passive voice emphasizes the action's recipient (the function hall) rather than the actor (the boys). To convert it to active voice, we need to make the subject of the sentence the performer of the action.

Let's analyze the options:

  • Option 1: "The boys attractively decorated the function hall." This is in active voice and correctly reflects the past action. However, it uses simple past tense, implying a completed action in the past without any connection to the present.
  • Option 2: "The boys will decorate the function hall attractively." This is in active voice, but it shifts the tense to future. The original sentence implies that the decoration is already done.
  • Option 3: "The boys have decorated the function hall attractively." This option is the correct answer because it uses the present perfect tense. The present perfect tense ("have/has + past participle") indicates a past action with relevance to the present. The fact that the function hall is currently decorated links this action to the present.
  • Option 4: "The boys had decorated the function hall attractively." This is in active voice but uses past perfect tense. Past perfect is used to show an action completed *before* another past action. This doesn't fit the context of the original sentence.

Therefore, the best choice is Option 3 because it accurately reflects the original meaning in the active voice while maintaining the connection between the past action and the present state of the function hall.

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