The subject of the Passive Voice is changed into the object of the Active Voice. Also, the object of the Passive Voice is changed into the subject of the Active Voice.
The removal of the "to be" verb and preposition 'by' is necessary while changing the voice of the sentence from Passive to Active.
The Passive voice in this question is in Past Indefinite. Thus, the Active voice will also be in Past Indefinite.
In Passive voice, the format is: Object of the Active voice (Subjective case) + was/were + V3 + by + Subject of the Active voice (Objective case).
Thus, the format of Active voice is: Subject + V2 + Object.
For example:
The Champions League was won by Real Madrid. (Passive Voice)
Real Madrid won the Champions League. (Active Voice)
The options except (2) don't follow the correct grammatical format of the Active Voice.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "His speech surprised everyone."
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