Question

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The package will have been delivered by the courier before 5 PM.

• A. The courier will deliver the package before 5 PM.
• B. The courier had delivered the package before 5 PM.
• C. The courier has delivered the package before 5 PM.
• D. The courier will have delivered the package before 5 PM.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. The courier will have delivered the package before 5 PM.

• Identify the Components of the Passive Sentence:

  • Subject (receiver of action): The package

  • Verb Phrase: will have been delivered

  • Agent/Object (doer of action): the courier (introduced by the preposition "by")

  • Time Phrase: before 5 PM

• Determine the Tense:

  • The passive verb phrase "will have been delivered" is in the Future Perfect Tense (Passive Form: will + have + been + past participle).

  • The active voice must strictly preserve this exact tense.

• Re-structure into Active Voice:

  • Move the agent (the courier) to the beginning of the sentence to become the new active subject.

  • Change the verb phrase to the Future Perfect Active Form (will + have + past participle), which turns "will have been delivered" into "will have delivered".

  • Move the original subject (the package) to the position of the direct object, right after the verb.

  • Keep the remaining time phrase (before 5 PM) intact at the end.