Changing an imperative sentence in the Active Voice to Passive Voice
-An imperative sentence in the passive voice has the following form:
Let + object + be + past participle.
*Active: Carry it home.
*Passive: Let it be carried home.
*.Active: Do it at once.
*.Passive: Let it be done at once.
*.Active: Open the door.
*.Passive: Let the door be opened.
*.Active: Throw the ball.
*.Passive: Let the ball be thrown.
*When the active voice is in the negative, the passive voice takes the form:
Let + object + not + be + past participle.
*.Active: Do not beat the dog.
*.Passive: Let the dog not be beaten.
*Note thatdois not used in the passiveform.We can begin the passive sentence withyouif we want to put emphasis on the person addressed to.Compare:
*.Active: Help me.
*.Passive: Let me be helped.
*.Passive: You are requested to help me.
*.Active: Learn the poem.
*.Passive: Let the poem be learned.
*.Passive: You are asked to learn the poem.
*.Active: Don’t touch it.
*.Passive: Let it not be touched.
*.Passive: You are warned not to touch it.
*Note that the passive form has to begin withyouwhen the object of the active verb is not mentioned.
*.Active: Work hard.
Here the active verb does not have an object. Therefore the passive form should begin with you.
*.Passive: You are advised to work hard.*
.Active: Get out.
*.Passive: You are ordered to get out.
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