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