Change the following sentence into the Active form.
The board was made to reconsider the proposal after a strong shareholder backlash.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The original sentence, "The board was made to reconsider the proposal after a strong shareholder backlash," is in the passive voice, indicated by the structure "was made to". To convert it to the active voice, the subject of the action (the "doer") must become the grammatical subject of the sentence.
The "doer" in the original sentence is "a strong shareholder backlash".
In option B, "A strong shareholder backlash" is the subject, and the verb is "made".
This structure correctly identifies the agent causing the action and puts it in the subject position, thus transforming the sentence into the active voice.