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Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? A. Medieval architects developed new techniques to build cathedrals. B. Architecture was developed in the ancient world. C. The pyramids were designed by Egyptian architects. D. At first, modern architecture was rejected by many. E. Pre-fab houses were designed to make building cheap and easy.
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- A: Active voice usually doesn't use a linking verb. That's one easy way to identify. All the other options include a linking verb "was" or "were." Doing this changes the natural flow of the sentence from subject, action, object to object, action, subject. Try to avoid this whenever possible. It is called PASSIVE voice.
- A because in active voice the subject performs the verb. In this case, Medieval architects (the subject) did the developing of new techniques, etc. Good?
