Question

Which sentence is written in a way that emphasizes that the subject of the sentence is doing the action?

A) Regardless of being told not to kick the ball in the house, Abby kicked the soccer ball directly into the china cabinet.
B) The soccer ball was kicked directly into the china cabinet by Abby, regardless of her being told not to kick the ball in the house.
C) The china cabinet had a soccer ball kicked directly into it by Abby, even though she'd been told not to kick the ball in the house.
D) Regardless of being told not to kick the ball in the house, the china cabinet was destroyed by the soccer ball Abby kicked into it.

Answer 1

The answer to your question would be that the sentence that is written in a way that emphasizes that the subject of the sentence is doing the action is the following one: Regardless of being told not to kick the ball in the house, Abby kicked the soccer ball directly into the chine cabinet.  The correct option would be A.

This sentence is in the active voice. In most English sentences with an action verb, the subject performs the action denoted by the verb. As the subject acts upon the verb, these sentences are said to be in the active voice. In A, the emphasis is placed on the subject because the sentence is active.