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2ALS – ASaponaro. The Imperative
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Ex. Read what you must or mustn't do at school. Make imperatives.
- You must listen to your teachers. Listen to your teachers!
- You mustn't be noisy. Don’t be noisy!
- You mustn't cheat. Don’t cheat!
- You must sit at your desk. Sit at your desk!
- You mustn't be late. Don’t be late!
- You must write tests. Write tests!
- You mustn't bully your classmates. Don’t bully your classmates!
- You must pay attention. Pay attention!
EX. Rewrite the sentences in imperative. Keep the same meaning
- He should have a job. Let’s have a job!
- We mustn't stop now. Let’s not stop now!
- You must go to bed. Go to bed!
- You should get up early. Get up early!
- You mustn't stand here. Don’t stand here!
- She can have a drink. Let’s have a drink!
- They must clean the carpet. Let’s clean the carpet!
- We needn't wait for him. Let’s not wain for him!
- We must have a shower first. Let’s have a shower first!
- You can't park in this street. Don’t park in this street!
- You must be here soon. Be here soon!
- They should taste this cake. Let’s taste this cake!
Ex. Rewrite the imperatives in statements. Use the verbs in brackets.
- Do be quiet. (must) You must be quiet.
- Let me finish it first. (would like) We would like to finish it first.
- Repair your roof. (should) You should repair your roof.
- I'll dust the furniture and you hoover. (can - can) I can dust the furniture and you can hoover.
- Let's not go on foot. (should not) We shouldn’t go on foot.
- Drive slowly, will you? (must) Drive slowly, must you?
- Don't be angry. (mustn't) You mustn’t angry.
- Hurry up. (must) You must hurry up.
- Let them make an experiment. (can) We can them make an experiment.
- Do not touch the screen. (must not) You mustn’t touch the screen.
- Do not let us worry about it. (need not) We needn’t worry about it.
- Let us see them tomorrow. (could) We could see them tomorrow.
- Come to my birthday party, will you? (must) Come to my birthday party, must you?
Ex. Use shall we or will you to make the imperatives more polite
- Give it to your mum. Give it to your mum, will you?
- Let us forget about it. Let us forget about it, shall we?
- Let's think about it. Let’s think about it, shall we?
- Be kind to her. Be kind to her, will you?
- Let us have a break. Let us have a break, shall we?
- Take the car to the garage. Take the car to the garage, will you?
Ex. Use do or you and the words in brackets to make urgent imperatives.
- I don't have my credit card. (pay) Do pay!
- You needn't be afraid of the exam. (try it) Do try it!
- I'm not going to inform her. (tell) Do tell!
- Why should I carry the luggage? (take it) You take it!
- Why don't you want my money? (take it) I take it!
- You are so noisy! (be silent) Do be silent!
Ex. Make imperatives.
- the/you/ladder/will/fetch. Will you ladder the fetch?
- him/it/try/let/again. Let try him again it!
- use/umbrella/do not/my/him/let. Him let don’t use my umbrella!
- first/the/take/on/right/the/turning. Take the first turning on the right!
- mistake/us/not/make/let/a. Let us not make a mistake!
- do/seatbelt/your/fasten. Do fasten your seatbelt!
- quickly/it/you/will/do. Will you do quickly it?
- about/protest/let's/don't/it. Don’t let’s protest about it!
- car/my/in/jump. Jump in my car!
- tell/things/me/such/don't. Don’t tell me such things!
- ask/it/do/about/her. Do ask it about her!
- them/our/sleep/let/bedroom/in. Let sleep them in our bedroom!