Choose the option that correctly transforms the given sentence from Active Voice to Passive Voice:
Please shut the door and go to sleep.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Let the door be shut and you be asked to go to sleep.
Passive voice of an imperative sentence:
Deciding clue: the sentence is an order ("Please shut ... and go"), so the passive is built with Let.
Other passive forms: is/am/are + V3 (present), was/were + V3 (past), has/have been + V3, had been + V3, will be + V3, is/was being + V3.
| Change | Active | Passive | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object becomes subject | shut the door | Let the door be shut | The object “the door” comes after Let, followed by be + past participle: “shut the door” becomes “Let the door be shut”. |
| Tense kept | go to sleep | you be asked to go to sleep | The sentence stays an order. “Go to sleep” has no object to turn round, so it is reported with you be asked / requested to + verb. The two orders stay joined by and. |
| Full sentence | Please shut the door and go to sleep. | Let the door be shut and you be asked to go to sleep. |
Agent (by ...): the doer is the listener, "you", who is understood, so no "by you" is added.
Example: Close the window and sit down. → Let the window be closed and you be asked to sit down.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The door is to be shut while you go to sleep. — Incorrect.
- "while" makes the two actions happen at the same time. The active sentence gives two orders, one after the other.
- The order to go to sleep is lost. It becomes only a time clause.
Option 2: Let the door get shut and you be asleep. — Incorrect.
- "get shut" is informal. The passive of an order uses "be + past participle".
- "be asleep" describes a state. The active sentence asks the listener to go to sleep.
Option 4: You are requested to close the door while you go to sleep. — Incorrect. "while" changes the meaning: the listener is asked to close the door during the act of going to sleep, not to shut it and then go to sleep.
Contrast: the passive of an order is built with Let ... be + past participle. "While" (Options 1 and 4) turns the two orders into one time clause.