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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The guilty are punished by the judge.
Question

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The guilty are punished by the judge.

A.

The judge is punishing the guilty.

B.

The judge punishes the guilty.

C.

The judge has been punishing the guilty.

D.

The judge has punished the guilty.

Correct option is B

The correct active voice of the given sentence is The judge punishes the guilty.
Active Voice: When the subject of the sentence performs the action, the sentence is in active voice.
Passive Voice: When the subject of the sentence receives the action, the sentence is in passive voice.
Passive voice: The guilty are punished by the judge.
Active voice structure: Subject + verb + object
→ The judge (subject) + punishes (present simple verb) + the guilty (object)
Grammar Rule:
Passive: Object + is/are + past participle + by + subject.
Active: Subject + verb (tense remains same) + object.
�� Information Booster:
Present simple passive: are punished → Present simple active: punishes

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