Question

Convert the sentence into one that is in the imperative mood expressing a command:

Go see who is at the door.

• A. You should go see who is at the door.
• B. Going and seeing who is at the door.
• C. You must go see who is at the door.
• D. No change

Answer 1

The correct option is D No change

The imperative mood is a verb form which makes a command or a request.

An imperative sentence usually does not have a subject, as the order is directed towards the listener, implied by 'you'.

Option D: The given sentence expresses command: the person instructs the other person to 'see who is at the door'. Hence, there is no change and option D is correct.

Option A: 'Should' expresses a suggestion. Hence, the sentence does not express a command.

Option B: 'Going and seeing...' expresses a continuous action. This sentence means that the speaker is expressing his action as he's performing it: he is going and seeing who is at the door, and narrating it at that time. It does not express any command.

Option C: 'Must' expresses a very strong obligation. It does not express command. 'Must' is a modal verb and isn't in the imperative mood.

Hence, options A, B and C are wrong.