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Open the door. Turn right

 Don’t worry. Don’t stop.

      Be quiet. Be careful
Let’s go home. Let’s not wait.
Orders or instructions
+ imperatives = verb (infinitive).
– imperatives = don’t + verb (infinitive).

   Open the door. Turn right
  Don’t worry. Don’t stop.
   Add please to be polite:
     Open the door, please.
• We often use be + adjective in
  imperatives:
  Be quiet, Be careful, etc.

• Don’t use a pronoun with
  imperatives:
      Be quiet - be you quiet
   Don’t smoke - Don’t smoke you
• Use Let’s + verb (infinitive)
to make suggestions

      Let’s go home.
• Use Let’s not + verb to make
 a negative suggestion:

       Let’s not wait.

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2 c Imperatives and Suggestions

  • 1. Open the door. Turn right Don’t worry. Don’t stop. Be quiet. Be careful Let’s go home. Let’s not wait.
  • 2. Orders or instructions + imperatives = verb (infinitive). – imperatives = don’t + verb (infinitive). Open the door. Turn right Don’t worry. Don’t stop. Add please to be polite: Open the door, please.
  • 3. • We often use be + adjective in imperatives: Be quiet, Be careful, etc. • Don’t use a pronoun with imperatives: Be quiet - be you quiet Don’t smoke - Don’t smoke you
  • 4. • Use Let’s + verb (infinitive) to make suggestions Let’s go home. • Use Let’s not + verb to make a negative suggestion: Let’s not wait.