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    Select the correct active form. "He is known to me."
    Question

    Select the correct active form.
    "He is known to me."

    A.

    I knew him.

    B.

    I know him.

    C.

    I had known him.

    D.

    I know about him.

    Correct option is B

    The correct active/passive voice of the given sentence is (b) I know him.
    Explanation:
    · Passive: He is known to me. Pattern: Object (He) + be (is) + V3 (known) + to + Subject (me).
    · Active structure requires: Subject + V1 + Object → I know him.
    · Option (b) corresponds to the active core I know him.
    · Options (a) and (c) shift the tense (past simple/past perfect), which is incorrect; original is in present simple. Option (d) I know about him changes the meaning (knowing “about” ≠ knowing him personally).
    · Rules of conversion (Passive → Active):
    · Identify agent/experiencer: to me → I.
    · Move the passive subject He to object position him.
    · Use present simple know to match passive is known.
    · Structure:
    · Active: Subject + V1 + Object → I know him.
    · Passive: Object + am/is/are + V3 (+ by/ to + Agent) → He is known to me.
    · Example:
    · Active: I respect her. → Passive: She is respected by me.
    · Info booster:
    · Stative verbs of cognition/perception (know, believe, think) commonly form passives without by; idiomatic preposition to appears with known → known to me/us/them.

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