Change the following sentence into the Active form.
The students were made to write a detailed summary of the complex text.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The original sentence, "The students were made to write a detailed summary of the complex text," is in the passive voice, where "The students" is the subject receiving the action. To change it to the active voice, an agent (the doer of the action) must be introduced as the subject. The most appropriate active form implies an unspecified "They" as the agent who caused the action. In the active voice with the verb 'make', the 'to' before the infinitive 'write' is dropped, which is known as a bare infinitive construction. Option A correctly applies this changes, making it the correct active form.