Question

Change the sentence "I know him.” into passive voice.

• A. He was known by me.
• B. He is known to me.
• C. He has been known to me.
• D. He is being known by me.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. He is known to me.

• Active Sentence: "I know him."

• Subject: I

• Verb: know (Present Simple Tense)

• Object: him

• Passive Conversion:

  1. The object 'him' becomes the subject 'He'.

  2. The verb 'know' changes to its past participle: 'known'.

  3. Since the active verb is in Present Simple, we use the present simple form of 'to be' for the singular subject 'He', which is 'is'. So, we have 'is known'.

  4. The original subject 'I' becomes the object of a preposition. For the verb 'know', the appropriate preposition is 'to'. So, 'by me' becomes 'to me'.

• Resulting Passive Sentence: "He is known to me."