Question

Change the voice of the following sentence:
Sit down, please.

Answer 1

Hint: To change the voice of the sentence we need to understand the given sentence. The given sentence is in its active voice. It is also an imperative sentence.

Complete answer:

In this question, let us take a look at the various types of sentences. There are four types of sentences. An assertive sentence is used to make a simple statement or declaration and always ends with the punctuation of full-stop. An imperative sentence is used to make a request or to give a command and usually ends with a full-stop. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. The exclamatory sentence is used for extreme emotions such as anger, happiness, and excitement and ends with an exclamation mark.
The sentence given in the above question is an imperative sentence as it refers to a request or command as seen in the given sentence, where the speaker is asking someone to sit down.
The sentence is also in the active voice, that is a sentence where the subject performs the action that the verb describes.
To change its voice is to change it into passive voice, where the focus is on the person or object who experiences an action rather than the person or object who performs the action.
In order to do this, we need to change the verb sit down to passive, which will become ‘be seated’.
Hence, the answer will be ‘please be seated’.

Note: The easiest way to answer such questions is to understand the given sentence well first and then try to change it. It is advisable to refer to types of sentences as well as an active and passive voice in detail to answer such questions easily.