The correct answer is option 4: "The shutter was lifted by the shopkeeper to open his shop."
This is because the original sentence, "The shopkeeper lifted the shutter to open his shop," is in the active voice. The active voice emphasizes the subject performing the action. To convert it to the passive voice, we need to shift the focus to the object ("the shutter") and make it the subject of the new sentence. The verb "lifted" becomes "was lifted," indicating a past action. The original subject ("the shopkeeper") becomes the agent of the action, introduced by the preposition "by."
Let's examine why other options are incorrect:
- Option 1 uses the present simple continuous tense inappropriately ("is lifted").
- Option 2 is also incorrect as it uses the present continuous tense ("is being lifted"), implying an ongoing action.
- Option 3 uses the future simple tense ("will be lifted"), which doesn't reflect the past tense of the original sentence.
Therefore, only option 4 accurately reflects the past tense and the passive voice construction, correctly shifting the focus from the actor (shopkeeper) to the action's recipient (shutter).
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