Question

read the sentence.
before the main performance, the audience was entertained by a comedian
what is the best way to put the sentence in the active voice while still maintaining its meaning?
○ before the main performance, the comedian was entertained by the audience.
○ before the main performance, the comedian entertained the audience.
○ before the main performance, the audience was amused by the comedian.
○ before the main performance, the audience and comedian laughed.

Explanation:

To convert the passive voice sentence "Before the main performance, the audience was entertained by a comedian" to active voice, we need to make the doer of the action (the comedian) the subject and the receiver (the audience) the object. The original action is "entertained", so in active voice, the comedian should perform the action on the audience.

• Option 1 swaps the roles incorrectly (audience entertaining comedian).
• Option 2 has the comedian (subject) entertaining the audience (object), which is correct active voice and maintains the meaning.
• Option 3 changes the verb to "amused" and keeps passive voice.
• Option 4 changes the action to "laughed" and alters the meaning.

Answer:

B. Before the main performance, the comedian entertained the audience.