Question

What is active voice?
• a type of sentence that conveys strong emotion or excitement
• a type of word that refers to physical or mental actions
a grammatical structure in which the subject performs the action named by the verb
a grammatical structure that is used to describe events that are currently taking place

Answer 1

The third option: "a grammatical structure in which the subject performs the action named by the verb."

Example: "The dog chased the cat." (active) vs "The cat was chased by the dog." (passive).