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Which of the following sentences uses active voice

Older police officers were patrolling the parking lot
The parking lot was patrolled by older police officers
The parking lot was being patrolled by older police officers
Older police officers patrolled the parking lot

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By definition, an active voice is commonly used in constructing sentences in which it is characterised by having subjects that perform the action of the verb. This is in contrary to the passive voice in which the action is performed by some other element in the sentence. Therefore, the sentence that would most likely use active voice would be letter A.
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