Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive form.
The shopkeeper lifted the shutter to open his shop.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. “The shutter was lifted by the shopkeeper to open his shop.”
The active sentence is:
“The shopkeeper lifted the shutter to open his shop.”
To convert this into passive voice, you need to:
Make the object of the active sentence (“the shutter”) the subject of the passive sentence.
Use the correct form of “be” with the past participle of the verb (“lifted”), matching the active tense.
Include the agent using “by the shopkeeper”.
Keep the purpose clause (“to open his shop”) unchanged.
Putting it all together gives option 2, which exactly matches the correct passive transformation.
Option 1 (“To open his shop, the shutter is lifted by the shopkeeper.”) changes tense (present instead of past).
Option 3 (“is being lifted”) implies ongoing action in the present—incorrect context.
Option 4 (“will be lifted”) shifts the sentence to future tense, which doesn't match the original past tense.