Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
A selected group of activists had been invited by the minister before the announcement of the strike.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2, i.e. “The minister had invited a selected group of activists before the announcement of the strike.”
The original sentence is in the past perfect passive:
'A selected group of activists had been invited by the minister before the announcement of the strike.'
To convert it correctly to active voice, we must:
- Make the minister the subject,
- Use the correct tense — past perfect ('had invited'),
- Retain the original meaning and modifiers.
Therefore, the active sentence becomes:
The minister had invited a selected group of activists before the announcement of the strike.
This matches standard transformation rules for passive to active voice in past perfect tense