Active vs Passive (The radio is not used as much as it was in the past.)

[Penuel]

Hi everybody, please help to choose the corresponding Active or Passive sentence:

The radio is not used as much as it was in the past.

a) People do not use the radio as much as they did in the past.
b)In the past people used the radio more.
c)They do have more usage for the radio now than in the past.
d)The people using the radio don't want to use it too much.

Thanks!

[Alan]

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Hi Penuel,

The radio is not used as much as it was in the past.

That sentence is fine as are (a) and (b) but I wouldn't use (c) or (d)

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[Penuel]

Thanks!!!!

[Iraqi]

What I have understood is that: "The radio is not used as much as it was in the past." is the standard sentence and the questioner wants to choose the most accurate among the four ones below it.

As Mr. Alan - our prominent teacher- explained, (a) and (b) are OK .