Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. It is expected that the company will become profitable.
They expect that the company will become profitable.
Recognise the construction. ‘It is expected that…’ is an impersonal passive — the doer is deliberately left unnamed.
Supplying a subject. Since no agent is given, the active version uses an indefinite subject such as they, we or people.
Keeping the tense. The passive verb is expected is simple present, so the active verb must be simple present too: expect.
That gives ‘They expect that the company will become profitable.’
Why the others fail — all three change the tense:
‘They were expecting…’ — past continuous, moving the action into the past.
‘They have been expecting…’ — present perfect continuous, adding a sense of duration the original does not carry.
‘They are expecting…’ — present continuous, suggesting a temporary expectation rather than the settled general one an impersonal passive states.
Note: the subordinate clause ‘the company will become profitable’ is untouched throughout. Only the main verb changes voice.
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