Which sentence is the best example of a lively and active voice?

1.) we were invited by our neighbors to attend the cookout.

2.) hey machine mixes the concrete with water.

3.) her parents had already been informed.

4.) the ballots were counted by a member of committee.

the answer is actually 2 because it doesn't use a past tense verb

2) Hey machine mixes the concrete with water.

 The verb in this sentence (2) is in the active voice. Hey machines (subject) are doing the action of mixing. There are two different ways to use the verbs: The active voice to express clearly who did the action or the passive voice to make less open who did it. The verbs in the other sentences are passive verbs: 'were invited', 'had been informed' and 'were counted'.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.