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Ls 4. Commands

Lesson 4. Commands​

Also known as the imperative form, commands are very easy to use. Begin the sentence with a verb and end with an object, a person or a thing. Tell someone do something:

  • Answer the phone, please
  • Drive to the post office
  • Help me find this information The subject in each of these sentences is "you," but it doesn't sound correct to use the subject.
  • You answer the phone, please.
  • You drive to the post office
  • You help me Tell someone not to do something:
  • Don't do that (the subject is "you")
  • Don't hit him
  • Don't drive a car without a seat belt In each sentence above, the present tense is used and the subject is "you"
  • Please give that to me
  • Pass the potatoes, please. (use the word "pass" when you set at a table with other people and eat food)
  • If some one doesn't do what you wanted him or her to do, use the word "tell".