Questions: Choose the active voice sentence. a. The athlete sprinted to finish the race. b. Melissa was swimming most of the afternoon. c. Jean had a nice breakfast before going to school.

The answer is A: The athlete sprinted to finish the race.

Explanation for each option:

a. The athlete sprinted to finish the race.

• This sentence is in the active voice. The subject "the athlete" is performing the action "sprinted."

b. Melissa was swimming most of the afternoon.

• This sentence is in the active voice as well, but it uses the past continuous tense. The subject "Melissa" is performing the action "was swimming."

c. Jean had a nice breakfast before going to school.

• This sentence is also in the active voice. The subject "Jean" is performing the action "had."

All three sentences are in the active voice, but option A is the most straightforward example of an active voice sentence in the simple past tense.