IMPERATIVES

USES OF IMPERATIVESWE CAN USE IMPERATIVES TO:

GIVE ORDERSCome here at once!Take that gum out of your mouth!

GIVE INSTRUCTIONSTake one pill every 12 hours.Open your books on page 33.

GIVE WARNINGSDon’t sit on the bench! It’s wet paint.Don’t smoke! It’s bad for your health.

MAKE AN INVITATIONHave some tea. It’s still hot.Come in and sit down. We are having tea.

GIVE ADVICEGo home and get some sleep. You look exhausted.Tell me about your trip to Ireland.

ON SIGNSPushPullGive wayStay on you right

FORM

TO MAKE IMPERATIVES, WE USE THE BASE FORM OF THE VERB

Open the window! Close your books!

TO MAKE THE NEGATIVE FORM OF THE IMPERATIVE,WE JUST ADD DON’T BEFORE THE MAIN VERB

Don’t push your classmates!Don’t run in the corridor!Don’t play with the ball in the classroom!