IMPERATIVES

IMPERATIVE

A type of sentence that

gives advices or instructions or

that expresses a request or command.

The imperative form is only used with the 2nd person (singular and plural):

YOU

and with the 1st person plural:

You

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

SINGULAR: Given to one person

Open the door, please

PLURAL: Given two or group of people.

Let’s play soccer

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Singular:

Turn off the computer

Base form of verb + object

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

Plural:

Let’s go to the library

Let +us + Base form of verb + object

NEGATIVE FORM

Singular:

Do not smoke !

Do + not + Base form of verb

NEGATIVE FORM

Plural: Let’s (us) not make noise !

Let + us + NOT + Base form of verb