Question

Choose the most suitable passive voice conversion of the given sentence:
Don’t misunderstand me.

a) Let me not be misunderstood.
b) I shouldn’t be misunderstood
c) You are not requested to misunderstand me.
d) You be not misunderstand me.

Answer 1

Hint: Passive Voice refers to the grammatical voice where the subject is acted upon by the verb is passive voice. The subject receives the action of the verb.

Complete answer:

An imperative sentence in the passive voice has the following structure: Let + object + be + past participle.
Example- Active: Do it.
Passive: Let it be done.
Example- Active: Open the door at once.
Passive: Let the door be opened at once.
When the active voice is in the negative form, the passive voice takes this structure: Let + object + not + be + past participle.
Active: Do not beat the cat.
Passive: Let the cat not be beaten.
Now, let’s look at the given options-
Option a ‘Let me not be misunderstood’ is the correct option as it follows the structure of passive voice with the word ‘Let’.
Option b ‘I shouldn’t be misunderstood’ is incorrect because all the imperative sentences are transformed into a passive voice using ‘Let’.
Option c ‘You are not requested to misunderstand me’ lacks the presence of the word ‘Let’ and the word requested doesn’t conform with the meaning given in the active voice. So, this option is incorrect.
Option d ‘You do not misunderstand me’ is grammatically incorrect. So, this option is also incorrect.
So, the correct answer is “Option a”.

Note: The word ‘Let’ itself has no passive voice. Also, an imperative sentence only expresses orders, commands or requests. And it lacks a known subject.