Question

From the below-mentioned options, identify the sentence which is in active voice:

• A. A stone struck the child on her right eye.
• B. The ball was caught by the child.
• C. I was caught unaware by his naughty tricks.
• D. He was cheated by his own wife.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

A stone struck the child on her right eye.

Solution:

Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb. Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb’s action. In the given sentences, option (a) is in the active voice. The preposition ‘by’ is used in passive voice.

Hence option (a) is the answer.