Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Why was such a letter written by your brother?
- AWhy is your brother writing such a letter?
- BWhy has your brother written such a letter?
- CWhy did your brother write such a letter?
- DWhy your brother wrote such a letter?
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The given sentence is in interrogative passive voice in the simple past tense ("was... written").
The structure of an interrogative sentence in active voice for the simple past tense is:
Wh-word+did+subject+base verb (V1)+object?
Applying this formula:
The structure of an interrogative sentence in active voice for the simple past tense is:
Wh-word+did+subject+base verb (V1)+object?
Applying this formula: