Convert the passive sentence into active voice: 'The groundbreaking discovery was announced by the research team at noon.'
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. The research team announced the groundbreaking discovery at noon
- Step 1: The passive sentence is in the simple past tense ('was announced').
- Step 2: In the active voice, the agent 'the research team' becomes the subject and takes the simple past active verb 'announced'.
- Step 3: The patient 'the groundbreaking discovery' becomes the direct object.
Answer
The research team announced the groundbreaking discovery at noon.
Why not the others: 'Was announcing' shifts the aspect to past continuous; 'had announced' shifts to past perfect; and the fourth inverts logical subject and object.
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