Question

Change the following sentence into passive voice:
Priya knows me well.
a) Me is known by Priya well.
b) I’m known to Priya well.
c) I’m known by Priya well.
d) I know Priya well.

Answer 1

Hint: The word ‘me’ in the given sentence represents the word ‘I’ in objective case. In the given sentence which is in active voice, ‘Priya’ is the subject and ‘I’ is the object. When we change active voice into passive voice, the structure is auxiliary verb + V3 (past participle).

Complete step-by-step answer:

When we change the sentence into passive voice, the object (I) of the verb becomes the subject. The auxiliary verb is placed immediately after ‘am’ and the past participle form of the verb is to be used too.

Option a “Me is known by Priya well.” is incorrect as the word ‘me’ is in objective case. However, as explained above, ‘I’ is the subject in passive voice and cannot be in objective case. It must be in a nominative voice.

Option b “I’m known to Priya well.” Here, the object of the active voice i.e. ‘I’ has become the subject. The auxiliary verb 'am’ immediately follows the subject (I). The past participle form of the verb is used. Hence, this is the correct answer.

Option c “I’m known by Priya well.” Following the rules mentioned above, the object of passive voice, changed to the subject, ‘am’ is followed by the subject, past participle is used but, when the verb 'known' is used along with two people, the phrase to be used is 'known to'. The phrase ‘known by’ is incorrect. Thus, option c in incorrect.

Option d “I know Priya well.” is incorrect as the sentence is in active voice, the past participle of the verb is not used.

Note: Be careful with option c and d. They differ only by a phrase ‘known to’ and ‘known by’.