Please be quiet

A Post about Imperatives

Imperatives are verbs used to give orders, commands, warning or instructions, and to make a request.

Example: Give me that tape, please.

To make an Imperative...

• To make the imperative, use the infinitive of the verb without "to"

           Read this. 

           Stand on the corner.

• To make a negative imperative, put "do not" or "don't" before the verb:

           Don't read this!

           Do not walk on the grass.

           Do not litter. 

• You can also use "let's" before the verb if you are including yourself in the imperative. The negative of "let's" is "let's not".

          Let's bake a cake.

          Let's have pizza for snack.

          Let's not argue.

Orders

An order can be a command or a polite request. In a polite request, please or may is used to make the tone more light. In command, it is more curt and brief; each word is stressed, and the tone falls at the end of the sentence.

• Request

Please, give me a piece of bread.

May I have those flowers?

Pass the sauce, please. 

• Command

Give me those books. 

Clap your hands loudly.

Say the word again.

Warnings

Watch out!

Don't smoke inside the house.

Duck!

Instructions

Cut the onions into small pieces and fry in oil.

Save your document and put it in a new folder.

A little reminder: An imperative sentence does not require a subject; it has a hidden subject which is "YOU" (an implied subject). 

Sources: http://www.englishlanguageguide.com/grammar/imperative.asp

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