Hey friends, I'm back with a new lesson. Well, today's lesson is about the Passive voice
for imperative sentences, like this, Let the work be done. I'm sure you've heard similar
structures and you may be wondering, where do we get the past participle with be and
ten other questions? First let's understand, what are imperative sentences? Imperative
sentences are sentences that are commands, instructions, orders or request. So supposing
a student is very naughty in class and disobeys the teacher continuously, she tells him get
out of the class, she does not say, you get out, she says get out. So the subject you
is hidden, where you do not use it, so you just say get out of the class. That is a command,
it's an order that the child has to follow. So remember imperative sentences, do not have
a subject, generally they are commands, orders, instructions and well when you say things
like, Please, they could be polite request or request.
So today we are gonna learn, how to put an active imperative sentence into the passive
voice? So it's very simple, actually very simple. You take let, then you have the object
in the sentence, you have be and you have a past participle verb. So if you see the
sentence, let the work be done, you have let, the work is the object, you have be here and
this is the verb in the past participle, I'm just putting PP or a verb in the third form.
So this is how it is, let the work be done. Now in my first sentence, if I tell you keep
it there, look for the object in the sentence. Now what is an object? An object is a thing
on which action is done, so if you see it, keep what. If you ask the question, what?
You will get the object, keep it there, so all I'm gonna do is convert it into a passive
voice using this. So you have let, the object it, you have be, the third form or the past
participle of keep is kept there, so don't assume there to be an object just because
it is at the end of the sentence, whenever you are confused ask the question, what? Keep
what? Keep it, whatever the object is keep it there, let it be kept there. I have just
followed this pattern let object is it, it could be anything, it could be a thing, be
and you have a verb in the past participle. This is your verb, you put it in the third
form and you have let it be kept there or sometimes you may say, let the window be opened.
So that is a passive imperative sentence. Let's take a look at the next sentence, Take
it home. Now do not assume home to be the object and write let home be taken. No, take
what?Take what? Take the parcel home, take it home, so don't assume home to be the object,
just because it is at the end of the sentence, when you're confused, Ask the question, Take
what? You have an answer, take it. It's not take home, take it home, take that thing home,
take the parcel home. So follow the same thing, let it be, take becomes taken the past participle
and you have home. I'll repeat again home is not the object, just place it as it is
in the end of the sentence, let it be taken home. It is the object. Let's take a look
at one more sentence, Please help me. Now this is a request, it's an imperative sentence,
it's a request because I've put the word please. Now of course in passive voice, you're not
going to use please, all you're going to do is, ask the object, Help who? Help who? Who's
the object? Me, so let me be helped. So the action is done on me, let me be helped, I've
followed the same sequence, let with the object me, the action is done on me, be with the
verb in the past participle, be helped. Now let's take a look at negatives, Do not touch
it. You have the same thing, only in a negative, you write not after the object like this,
do not touch, what? Ask the question what? Do not touch it. So you have let, the object
is it. After the object you use the negative, let it not be touched. The third form of the
verb, the past participle is touched, so let it not be touched.
Another negative, Do not beat the dog, do not beat, what? who? The person or thing the
action is done upon, becomes the object, ask the question here you have the dog. Do not
beat the dog, the same sequence, let the object is the dog, because the action is done on
him. Let the dog, now add not here after the object and the third form of the verb is beaten.
Let the dog not be beaten, leave him alone, let the dog or let him not be beaten. Another
sentence and the last one, Let me do it. Now here it is already, let you, instead of saying
you let me do it, you say let me do it. So you have do what?, I'm the doer, so I'm the
subject, let me do what? Do it, do the verb for you. So here you continue using let only
here you will have a subject, that will become the object like this. Let it be, so you have,
let object, be with a verb in the third form, only here because you have a subject, you
want to say, let it be done by me, you have it by me. And this becomes your passive sentence.
Okay friends, so remember it's very simple imperative sentences are commands, request,
orders, instructions. They do not have a subject. All you need to do is put let with an object
followed by the object be and verb in the third form. In case of negatives, you have
let plus the object with not, followed by not be with a verb in the past participle.
And the last case let is already there, there is a subject and that's okay, all you need
to do is follow the same thing let the object be done, who's the doer me, so buy me, so
when it starts with let you continue the passive, starting with let and follow the same trend.
This is how you convert an imperative active voice.
These are all your active sentences into passive, just follow the simple sequence and there
you'll have your answer. I hope you've understood this clearly. I have a small test for you,
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and queries, I'll be back soon with a new lesson. Till then take care and bye.