Select the option that expresses the following sentence in active voice.
Tara's painting was stolen from the museum.
- ASomeone stole Tara's painting from the museum.
- BSomeone has stolen Tara's painting from the museum.
- CSomeone from the museum stole Tara's painting.
- DTara's painting has been stolen from the museum.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The original sentence is in the passive voice and Simple Past Tense ("was stolen"). Since the agent who performed the action is unstated ("by someone"), we introduce an indefinite pronoun like "Someone" as the subject in active voice.
The active voice structure for simple past tense is:
Subject+V2 (Past Tense Verb)+Object
The active voice structure for simple past tense is:
Subject+V2 (Past Tense Verb)+Object