Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure:
It is believed that the minister will announce the new reforms next week.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Passive Structure: The original sentence, "It is believed that the minister will announce the new reforms next week," uses an impersonal passive construction ("It is believed"). This structure is often used when the person or group performing the action (the "believer") is unspecified.
Active Structure: To convert this to the active voice, a general subject such as "People" or "They" is introduced to perform the action. The phrase "It is believed" becomes "People believe."
Maintenance of Tense: The second part of the sentence ("the minister will announce...") remains unchanged because it is already in the active voice and describes a future action that is the object of the belief.
Option (2) follows all these changes.