Direction: Select the correct sentence in active voice from the following options.

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

SSC CGL 2023 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 27 Jul 2023 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "The neighbours have called the police."

Key Points

The reason for selecting option 1, "The neighbours have called the police," as the correct sentence in active voice is that it clearly presents the subject (the neighbours) performing the action (calling the police) directly.
It follows the structure of the present perfect tense: Subject + Has/have + V3 + Object
In active voice constructions, the subject takes the main position in the sentence and performs the action on the object.
Therefore, the correct answer is Option 1.

Additional Information

In contrast, the other options either use passive voice (where the subject is receiving the action) or have a more convoluted structure:
- Option 2 ("The police are being called by the neighbours") is in passive voice, emphasizing the police as the receiver of the action.
- Option 3 ("The Police said to me, 'I will call the neighbours.'") introduces a reported speech structure and a future action, making it a different context.
- Option 4 ("The police have been called by the neighbours") is in passive voice, indicating that the police are the ones being acted upon rather than performing the action.