Select the option that expresses the following sentence in active voice.
About 200 birds were driven out of their habitats by the City Council based on a Health
Department recommendation.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e.
The City Council drove about 200 birds out of their habitats, based on a Health Department recommendation.
The original sentence is in passive voice: "About 200 birds were driven out of their habitats by the City Council..."
To convert to active voice, the doer (City Council) should be the subject performing the action.
Option 2 correctly uses the past tense active form "drove" and keeps the meaning intact.
Option 1 is more of a rephrasing, not a direct active voice conversion.
Option 3 has grammatical errors ("is driven" instead of "are driven").
Option 4 uses present perfect tense ("has driven"), which changes the original past tense meaning.