1. Place the handout face down on the desk.

Question

2. Face down your handout on the desk.
3. Face your handout down on the desk.
4. ______________________________.
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Are they all grammatical and the same? What other expressions can we use?

Answer 1

I wouldn’t use 2 or 3. 1 is fine. You could also say any of these:

Turn your paper ...
Put your paper ...