Question

Which sentence below is written in the active voice?

At the party, people put paper plates and cups into the wrong recycling bin.
Paper plates and cups were put into the wrong recycling bin by careless partiers.
At the party, paper plates and cups were thrown into the wrong recycling bin.
Paper plates and cups were being thrown into the wrong recycling bin during the party.

Answer 1

The sentence written in the active voice is:

**"At the party, people put paper plates and cups into the wrong recycling bin."**

In this sentence, the subject ("people") performs the action of putting, which characterizes the active voice.