Question

read the sentence. the dusk was filled by the coyotes eerie howl. which revision puts the sentence in the active voice while maintaining the original meaning? the coyotes eerie howl filled the dusk. the coyotes dusk was filled by the coyotes eerie howl. the coyotes howl was filling the eerie dusk. the coyotes howl was filling the dusk eerily.

Explanation:

To convert a sentence from passive to active voice, the subject (the doer of the action) and the object (the receiver of the action) are swapped, and the verb form is adjusted. In the original sentence "The dusk was filled by the coyote’s eerie howl", the passive structure has "the dusk" as the subject (receiving the action of being filled) and "the coyote’s eerie howl" as the agent (doing the filling). In active voice, "the coyote’s eerie howl" should be the subject (doing the action of filling), and "the dusk" should be the object.

• Option 1: "The coyote’s eerie howl filled the dusk" has the correct subject (the howl) performing the action (filled) on the object (the dusk), maintaining the original meaning.
• Option 2: It still has a passive structure ("was filled by") and also incorrectly refers to "the coyote’s dusk" which changes the meaning.
• Option 3: Changes the verb to "was filling" and mentions "eerie dusk" which alters the original meaning (original was about the howl filling the dusk, not the howl filling an eerie dusk).
• Option 4: Has incorrect word order ("filling the dusk eerily") and changes the meaning with the adverb placement and verb form.

Answer:

A. The coyote’s eerie howl filled the dusk