Multiple choice

Directions: Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best converts the given sentence into passive or active voice.

He pretends to know everything.

  1. It is pretended that he knows everything.

  2. Everything is pretended to be known by him.

  3. It is pretended by him that he knows everything.

  4. It is pretended by him that everything is known to him.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Voice change is related only to the verb clause. 

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