Which sentence has a verb in the active voice?

a. many people contributed to the invention of the telephone.

b. more advances in telephone technology will be made by scientists.

c. sara was told by her mother to use the telephone less often.

d. davis has been given an expensive new cell phone.

answer:

a

explanation:

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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second person

explanation:

note the heavy uses of "you", "your", as well as "he".

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