Imperatives

Do you know these phrases?

-Open the door. Turn right

-Don’t worry. Don’t stop
-Be quiet. Be careful
-Let’s go home. Let’s not wait

These sentences are imperatives. We use them to give commands and

orders. To form affirmative imperatives, we use a verb at the beginning
of the sentence, we don’t use subjects.

For example:

-Write your name.

-Go to page 8.
-Stand up.
-Be quiet.

To form negative imperatives, we use the auxiliary “Don’t” before the

verb. Here we have some examples:

For example:

Affirmative: Open your book.

Negative form: Don’t open your book. (Do not open your book).

Affirmative: Stand up.

Negative form: Don’t stand up. (Do not stand up).

 In these types if imperatives, we omit the subject because we suppose
that the subject is “you”.

You can also use "let's" before the verb if you are including yourself in
the imperative. The negative of "let's" is "let's not".

For example:

1.Use Let’s + to make suggestions:

Let’s go home

2.Use Let’s not + to make a negative suggestion:

Let’s not wait

More examples:

Let's stop now.

Let's have some lunch.

Let's not argue

Let's not tell her about it.