Imperatives

Imperatives

1. Frecuente use

   • to give directions
   • to give commands
   • Make polite requests

2. Verb

   • infinitive
     • "to" + Simple form
       • Example
         • To reach
         • To start
         • To Shift
   • Simple form
     • The imperative is the simple form of the verb
       • Example
         • reach
         • Start
         • Shift

3. The word "please" is used for this

   • Example
     • Please, get in the car

4. The understood subject of the sentence is always you.

   • This happens because
     • the command or instruction is for the person the speaker is talking to, and that person is you.
   • For this reason
     • Imperative sentences are the only sentences in the active voice in English that do not require a subject

5. The imperative in negative form

   • is only a matter of adding "don't"

6. Recomendations with Should

   • When you give a recommendation, you normally start with
     • I think
     • I believe
       • Example
         • I think you should change the oil in your car.
     • She thinks or someone believes