Question

hoose the active form of the sentence given below.
The application form for the art academy was submitted by Damian last night.
a. Damian was forced to submit his application for the art academy last night.
b. Damian took the decision of submitting the application form the art academy because of his father’s interest.
c. Damian is responsible for his submission of the application form of the art academy last night
d. Damian submitted the application form for the art academy last night.

Answer 1

Hint: Rephrase the question so that the object becomes the subject and the subject becomes the object.

Complete step-by-step answer:

In the active voice, the emphasis is on the subject. The subject is usually performing some action or deed. E.g. - Jane placed a napkin on the table.
Here, Jane is the subject and napkin is the object. The object is subjected to an action by the subject i.e. a napkin is kept on the table and it is Jane who keeps the napkin.
In the passive voice, the emphasis is on the action. As a result, it is the action that acts as the focal point of the sentence. E.g. - A napkin is placed on the table by Jane. Here, we have inverted the sentence so that the action comes first and it is then followed by the subject. The focus is on the action in the sentence.
Let us consider the given question - The application form for the art academy was submitted by Damian last night.
Here, ‘the application form for the art academy’ is the subject. ‘Was submitted’ is the verb. ‘Damian’ is the object.
Now, we have to reframe this in such a way that the object and the verb in the sentence come first. This gives us the answer ‘Damian submitted the application form for the art academy last night.’ Therefore, option ‘d’ is the correct answer.

Note: The other options are wrong as they consider additional information that isn’t a part of the question.