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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. By whom was grammar taught to you?

1. Did he teach you grammar?
2. Who had taught you grammar?
3. You were taught grammar by whom?
4. Who taught you grammar?

Correct answer: Who taught you grammar?

Solution

The passive sentence asks who performed the action of teaching. In active voice, the correct and natural form is “Who taught you grammar?”

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