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Select the correct active form of the given sentence. An elderly lady was knocked down by a speeding car this morning.
Question

Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
An elderly lady was knocked down by a speeding car this morning.

A.

A speeding car was knocking down an elderly lady this morning.

B.

A speeding car knocks down an elderly lady this morning.

C.

A speeding car knocked down an elderly lady this morning.

D.

A speeding car had knocked down an elderly lady this morning.

Correct option is C


· Active Voice- Active voice is a grammatical structure in which the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.
· Passive Voice- Passive voice refers to a grammatical construction where the subject of a sentence undergoes an action rather than performing it. In passive voice sentences, the emphasis is on the recipient or object of the action.
· Option (c) is the correct active form of the given sentence.
· The sentence correctly transformed into active voice, focusing on the action done by the speeding car.
· Conversion rule: Subject + V2 + object. -> <- Object + auxiliary verb (was, were) + past participle + by + subject.

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