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Shut the door. How to change this into passive voice?

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Question added by Ayaan Chandio
Date Posted: 2015/11/16
Alee Iftikhar
by Alee Iftikhar , Administration & Marketing Officer , Sunrise Marketing (Pvt) Ltd

Its passive voice will be "Let the door be shut".

Pushpa Raghavan
by Pushpa Raghavan , Trainer, IELTS, PTE, Employability and communication skills training , Credo Visas (A division of Credo Careers Pvt. Ltd)

This ActiveVoice sentence comes under "Imperative Sentence".  So the listener is "you", so it is the subject in this case.  Depending on the tone, the sentence can be converted into

1.  Let the door be shut.          OR

2. You are asked to shut the door.

 

Osama ahmed ahmed Algomaee
by Osama ahmed ahmed Algomaee , CEO , zookteck

assive voice does not provide a loop for effective communication  to settle an issue. So, we shall use active voice to make deal  so you have to use 

  let the door be shut 

Md Fazlur Rahman
by Md Fazlur Rahman , Procurement Specialist , Engineering and Planning Consultants Ltd

Door shall be kept always open for discussion on workers compensation issue or sales. Passive voice does not provide a loop for effective communication  to settle an issue. So, we shall use active voice to make deal 

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