Question

read the sentence and answer the question that follows.
tulip bulbs were planted by gardeners in the fall so there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival.
what is the best way to rewrite the sentence in the active voice without changing the meaning of the sentence?

• the spring festival needed gardeners to plant tulip bulbs so there would be plenty of tulips in the fall.
• gardeners planted tulip bulbs in the fall so there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival.
• the fall is when tulip bulbs were planted by gardeners so there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival.
• there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival because tulip bulbs were planted by gardeners in the fall.
• gardeners were told to plant tulip bulbs in the fall so there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival.

Explanation:

Active voice places the subject (the doer of the action) at the start of the sentence, performing the verb. The original passive sentence has "gardeners" as the doer of "planted". We need to rewrite it to have gardeners as the subject, use active "planted", and keep the original meaning (planting in fall for spring festival tulips). Only the second option meets all these criteria without altering the original timeline or intent.

Answer:

B. Gardeners planted tulip bulbs in the fall so there would be plenty of tulips for the spring festival.