Question

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The construction is alleged to have been halted due to environmental violations.

• A. It is alleged that the authorities halted the construction.
• B. Authorities allegedly halted the construction.
• C. The authorities are alleged to have halted the construction.
• D. The violation allegedly halted the construction.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The authorities are alleged to have halted the construction.

• Original Sentence (Passive Voice): "The construction is alleged to have been halted due to environmental violations."

  • In this sentence, the action (halting the construction) has no explicit doer (subject).

• The Conversion Process:

  • To change a complex passive structure like "is alleged to have been [past participle]", we need to introduce a logical agent or doer. In a civic or legal context regarding environmental violations, "The authorities" is the most appropriate active subject.

  • The passive infinitive "to have been halted" must be converted into the active perfect infinitive "to have halted".

• Why this option is correct: "The authorities are alleged to have halted..." perfectly shifts the action of halting onto "the authorities" (active agent), while maintaining the exact tense, meaning, and reporting structure ("are alleged") of the original sentence.