Change the following sentence in to Active Voice. Choose the appropriate answer from the options given below
She is known to him.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → He knows her.
Passive to active:
| Change | Passive | Active | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent (to ...) becomes subject | to him | He | The doer “him” becomes the subject He. With “know”, the passive uses “to”, not “by”, before the doer. |
| Tense kept | is known | knows | “Is known” is simple present passive, so the active verb is simple present knows. |
| Subject becomes object | She | her | “She” becomes the object form her. |
| Full sentence | She is known to him. | He knows her. |
Example: The answer is known to everyone. → Everyone knows the answer.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: He is knowing her. — Incorrect. "Know" is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous form. The tense also changes.
Option 3: He knew her. — Incorrect. It changes the simple present into the simple past.
Option 4: He knows she. — Incorrect. The object of a verb must be in the object form "her", not "she".