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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
"The visitors were shown the newborn by the woman."

  1. A
    The newborn was shown to the visitors by the woman.
  2. B
    The woman has shown the newborn to the visitors.
  3. C
    The woman showed the visitors the newborn.
  4. D
    The woman might have shown the newborn.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The passive voice sentence is in the Simple Past Tense ("were shown"). To convert it to the active voice, the agent "by the woman" becomes the subjective actor, followed by the past tense verb form "showed", leading to: "The woman showed the visitors the newborn."

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
"The visitors were shown the newborn by the woman."
A
The newborn was shown to the visitors by the woman.
B
The woman has shown the newborn to the visitors.
C
The woman showed the visitors the newborn.
D
The woman might have shown the newborn.

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