Question

he swept the steps (do as directed)​

Answer 1

Answer:-

the steps are being swept by him

Hope it helps you.

Answer 2

Question -

He swept the steps. (Change to passive voice)

Answer -

In passive voice -

The steps were swept by him.

Explanation -

=> When changing from Active to Passive voice here-

• by should be used.
• "swept" takes "He" as the subject while the subject is "the stairs" to change to passive voice, you have to change the subject to the object and vice versa, thus - "were swept" is used to change the subject to "the stairs" and the use of by changes the object to "him" .

Another example -

Active Voice - The bottle contains ink

Passive Voice - Ink is contained in the bottle.

=> Here, the object is changed from "The bottle" to "ink".

=> Subject is changed from "ink" to "the bottle" .

=> Also, note that "by" can be replaced by "to" and other such similar prepositions according to the sentence and its matter.