Language Check. The Imperative. We often use imperatives to give instructions or orders. Study the examples and complete the rules below with don't and to (x2)
Positive Negative
a. Tidy your desk. c. Don't tidy your desk.
b. Use your pen to write notes. d. Don't use your pen to write notes.
1. Positive imperatives use the infinitive of the verb without .
2. Negative imperatives use + the infinitive of the verb without .
Working English.
Imperatives give direct information. In everyday conversation it is usually polite to be less direct.
Could you tidy your desk, please? is more polite than Tidy your desk.
Career skills.
Look at these ways of giving directions and telling someone how to go from one place to another. Which phrases do you use to ask for directions? Which do you use to give directions?
a. Turn left / right at / after (the bank).
b. Go past (The supermarket).
c. Take the first / second turning (on the) right ( left.
d. How don I get to (the station)?
e. Go straight on.
f. Go along / down (that road).
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