Question

1. which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and make it active?

the 1964 civil rights act was influenced by the student nonviolent coordinating committee.
a. the 1964 civil rights act influenced the student nonviolent coordinating committee.
b. the student nonviolent coordinating committee influenced the 1964 civil rights act.
c. the government influenced the 1964 civil rights act.
d. no change. it is already in active voice.

1. which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and make it active?

the green dress was worn by sarah.
a. the green dress wore sarah.
b. the green dress was worn by sarah.
c. sarah wore the green dress.
d. no change. it is already in active voice.

1. which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and make it active?

the winning goal for the tigers was scored by sean.
a. the game was won by sean, who scored the last goal for the tigers.
b. sean scored the winning goal for the tigers.
c. the winning goal for the tigers was scored by sean, which led to their win.
d. no change. it is already in active voice.

1. which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and make it active?

the race was won.
a. someone won the race.
b. the race was won by someone.
c. the winner of the race...
d. the race was won by the one who finished first.

Explanation:

To solve these questions, we analyze each one based on active and passive voice conversion while preserving meaning:

Question 8 (Assuming the original sentence is about voice conversion, e.g., "The green dress was worn by Sarah")

We need to convert the passive voice ("was worn by Sarah") to active voice while keeping the meaning. In active voice, the subject (Sarah) performs the action (wore) on the object (the green dress). Option C ("Sarah wore the green dress") is in active voice and retains the original meaning. Options A and B have incorrect subject - verb - object relationships, and D is incorrect as the original is in passive voice and needs a change to active.

We convert passive voice to active. The active voice structure should have Sean (subject) performing the action (scored) on the object (the winning goal for the Tigers). Option B ("Sean scored the winning goal for the Tigers") is in active voice and keeps the meaning. Option A adds extra information, Option C has an incorrect structure, and D is wrong as the original is passive.

We convert passive to active. The active voice should have a subject performing the action "won" on "the race". Option A ("Someone won the race") is in active voice and preserves the meaning (we know the race was won, and "someone" is a valid subject here). Option B is still passive, and Options C and D (partially visible) don't fit the active voice conversion as well as A.

Answer:

C. Sarah wore the green dress

Question 9 (Original sentence: "The winning goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean")