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exploring comparative elements\nprogress\nthe movement of the progress bar may be uneven because questions can be worth more or less (including zero) depending on your answer.\nwhich of the following sentences uses the active voice?\n the lighthouse was built halfway down the cliff so that the beams could be seen below the high fog.\n many old lighthouses have been turned into museums or hostels.\n now just a beacon to history, the old lighthouse saved thousands of lives in its day.\n during bad weather, keepers would work around the clock to make sure that the light was burning and the lenses were clean.

exploring comparative elements\nprogress\nthe movement of the progress bar may be uneven because questions can be worth more or less (including zero) depending on your answer.\nwhich of the following sentences uses the active voice?\n the lighthouse was built halfway down the cliff so that the beams could be seen below the high fog.\n many old lighthouses have been turned into museums or hostels.\n now just a beacon to history, the old lighthouse saved thousands of lives in its day.\n during bad weather, keepers would work around the clock to make sure that the light was burning and the lenses were clean.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

To determine active voice, we check if the subject performs the action.

  • First option: "was built" (passive, subject is acted upon).
  • Second option: "have been turned" (passive).
  • Third option: "the old lighthouse saved" – subject (lighthouse) performs the action (saved).
  • Fourth option: "was burning", "were clean" (passive in the subordinate clauses, and "would work" is active but let's re - check. Wait, the third option: subject "old lighthouse" does the action "saved". Let's confirm each:
  1. "The lighthouse was built..." – passive (built by someone, lighthouse is the receiver).
  2. "Many old lighthouses have been turned..." – passive (turned by someone).
  3. "Now just a beacon to history, the old lighthouse saved thousands of lives in its day." – Subject (old lighthouse) is the doer of the action (saved). So this is active.
  4. "During bad weather, keepers would work around the clock to make sure that the light was burning and the lenses were clean." – "keepers would work" is active, but "the light was burning" (intransitive, but the main clause's subject is keepers, but let's check the options again. Wait, the third option's subject is lighthouse, and it's doing the action of saving. Let's re - evaluate: Active voice has the subject as the agent of the action. In option 3: "the old lighthouse" (subject) "saved" (verb, action done by subject) "thousands of lives" (object). Option 4: "keepers" (subject) "would work" (active), but the subordinate clauses have passive - like structures? Wait no, "the light was burning" is intransitive (no agent), "the lenses were clean" is a state. But the question is which sentence uses active voice. Let's check each option's main verb:
  • Option 1: main verb "was built" (passive).
  • Option 2: main verb "have been turned" (passive).
  • Option 3: main verb "saved" (active, subject does the action).
  • Option 4: main verb "would work" (active), but let's check the structure. Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Wait, "the old lighthouse saved..." – lighthouse is the subject, and it's performing the action of saving. So this is active.

Answer:

C. Now just a beacon to history, the old lighthouse saved thousands of lives in its day. (assuming the options are labeled A, B, C, D with A being the first option, B the second, C the third, D the fourth)