Select the most appropriate option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The book was written by the author over a period of two years.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The author wrote the book over two years.
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"The book was written by the author over two years," the subject of the sentence is "the book," and the verb acting upon it "was written."
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This construction is passive because the focus is on the action done to the subject rather than who acted.
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In the active voice, the subject acts directly.
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So, to convert the sentence to active voice, we need to make the author (the doer of the action) the subject.
Therefore, the sentence becomes, "The author wrote the book over two years." Here, "the author" is the subject, "wrote" is the verb, and "the book" is the direct object receiving the action.