Unit

35 Do this! Don't do that! Let's do this!

We use come/look/go/wait/be etc when we tell somebody to do something:

O 'Come here and look at this!' 'W hat is it?'
O I don't want to talk to you. Go away!
O I'm not ready yet. Please wait for me.
O Please be quiet. I'm working.

also
O Bye! Have a good holiday! / Have a nice time! / Have a good flight! / Have fun!
(= I hope you have a good holiday etc.)
'Have a chocolate.' 'Oh, thanks.'
(= would you like a chocolate?)

We use d o n 't... when we tell somebody not to do something:

O Be careful! Don't fall.
O Please don't go. Stay here with me.
Be here on time. Don't be late.

You can say Let's ... when you want people to do things with you. Let's = Let us.

O It's a nice day. Let's go out.

re you ready? Let’s go.^|
(= you and I can go out)
) Come on! Let's dance.
(=you and /can dance)
Are you ready? Let's go.
Let's have fish for dinner tonight.
C3 a : Shall w e go out tonight?
b: N o, I'm tired. Let's stay at home.

The negative is Let's n o t ...

It's cold. Let's not go out. Let's stay at home.
O Let's not have fish for dinner tonight. Let's have chicken.

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Exercises
Look at the pictures. What are the people saying? Some sentences are positive (buy/come etc.)
and some are negative (don't buy / don't come etc.). Use these verbs:

be buy come -drink- drop forget have sit sleep smile

Don't drin k It's too expensive.

--- - the water!

m going to careful with that

bed now

Don't worry. I won't.

Complete the sentences. Use let's with:

go to a restaurant take a taxi wait a little watch T V

Answer with No, d o n 't... or No, let's n o t .

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