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Imperative Form

"Stop!," "Come here!," and "Look out!" are all examples of the imperative form. You can use the imperative form to give an order, a warning, or some advice.

To form the imperative, use the infinitive form of the verb without "to." To make a negative imperative, put "do not" or "don't" in front of the verb, as in, "Don't touch that!"

You can include yourself in the imperative by adding "Let's," as in, "Let's go for a swim."

If you want to be more polite when using an imperative, just add "please." For example, "Please, leave me alone. I'm trying to learn English!"

Imperative Form Lessons:

Night Owls

Keep Up

Let Go

Around the Clock

Make a Good Impression

Sudoku

Stomping Ground

Superstitions

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Belosnejka

Russian Federation

Nice lesson and examples!

06:07 AM Apr 29 2019 |

LouisFuh

Liberia

Hi. I am from Germany. I need to participe with this forum. Thanks for all.

03:04 PM Aug 13 2018 |

rorokhan

rorokhan

Morocco

take this away

08:08 PM Apr 20 2013 |

Belinassi

Belinassi

Brazil

I did think very cool imperative form ! So don’t touch that lion , it can be dangerous you must leave the animal in your natural habitat.

01:21 PM Apr 13 2013 |

englishbabysaba

Malaysia

Simple and yet meaningful.

05:07 AM Apr 09 2013 |

thiagokami

thiagokami

Brazil

Great explanation. It blew me away! It will help me a lot in the future.

06:01 PM Mar 31 2013 |

noasurya

noasurya

Indonesia

yeah ..that is one of a variety of sentences and it is really good explanation..


10:14 AM Mar 16 2013 |

lingaiah.v

India

reuired such good examples to learn english easy


04:05 PM Feb 25 2013 |

Naveed_k

Naveed_k

Pakistan

Give me a glass of water…


Shut up…


Get out

06:59 AM Feb 08 2013 |

1 person likes this

icyman

icyman

China

I don’t know why grammer is so simple on Englishbaby.

07:06 AM Nov 13 2012 |

1 person likes this