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.

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Megan Chang

18 January, 20:30

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.

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Blimpie · Answer 1

The given sentence is in passive form because the receivers of the action became the subject of the sentence. To transform this to active voice, the doer of the action should be the subject of the sentence such that the sentence can be written as,

Before the main performance, the comedian entertained the audience.