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Lesson No: 57 Introduction to Imperative Sentence

Imperative Sentence

An imperative sentence is a sentence that expresses a direct command, request, invitations, warning, or

instruction. Imperative sentences do not have a subject; instead, an order is given to an implied second

person and they begin with a verb.

An imperative sentence can tell it’s subject to do or not to do anything.

Example:

 Bring the paper.

 Stand in the queue.

 Stop making that noise.

 Put your cup in the sink.

 Don’t answer the door unless your parents are home.

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Present Simple vs Present Continuous Tense: When to Use Them
Lesson No: (Lesson
No.60)

Definition(s):
Simple Present Tense is used:
1-to talk about a habitual action.

She goes to school at 8. am.

To talk about general truths.

It rains in the monsoon season here.

2-Exclamatory sentences beginning with here and there.

There he goes!

3- Future events that are part of a fixed schedule or program.

The train leaves at 9 pm.

There are also other uses of simple present tense

1) to introduce quotations

Keats says, ‘'The poetry of Earth is never dead'.’

2) Used instead of Simple Future Tense in clauses of time and condition

I will call you when lunch is ready.

3) in broadcast commentaries

To describe activities in progress, broadcast commentators use the simple present tense instead of the
continuous present.

Present Continuous Tense is used:

1- When speaking about current events.

They are playing hockey.

2-When referring to a temporary action that is not occurring at the moment of speaking.

She's trying hard to pass the exam.

3-An arrangement that has already been made to take place in the near future for an action;

I am going to the mall tonight.

4-for new or temporary habits.

My brother is smoking too much.

5-used for habits that happen very often but not regularly.

Ali is constantly missing the bus.

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The Past Simple: Questions (Did)
Lesson No: (Lesson
No.64)

Definition(s):
Simple Past Tense Questions (Did) is used:

In Simple past tense, Yes/no questions are made using the auxiliary verb “did”. Did is placed before the
subject? The base form of the verb is used with did in questions.
Examples:

Did he go to school yesterday?

Did she eat an apple?

Exception:
In the case of verb to be “Was” and “Were”, the subject is placed after these verbs to be:
Examples:

Was Khadija sick?

Were they late?

WH- Questions:
WH- questions are made by placing the auxiliary verb did before the subject.
Examples:
Where did Alina go?
When did she arrive?
What did he do?
Why did you eat my apple?
How did you feel at the party?
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Past Simple vs Past Continuous Tense: When to Use Them
Lesson No: (Lesson
No.67)

Definition(s):
Simple past tense is used to talk about an action that has happened in the past.

Simple Past Tense is used:

To talk about the actions completed in the past. Adverb phrases of time or adverbs of past time are
often used in these sentences.

Examples:

I wrote a letter.

I went to the mall yesterday.

to talk about past habits, states, or situations:

Examples:

I always reached school on time when I was a student.

She played the flute when she was young.

to talk about a series of completed actions in the past:

Examples:

She made breakfast, packed her bag, and drove to work.

to express a single period with time expressions such as for one hour, five years, or the whole day,
weekend, etc.

Examples:

My mother talked on the phone for 10 minutes.

She didn’t see him for 3 days.

Definition

Past continuous tense is used to talk about an ongoing action in the past.
Past Continuous Tense is used:
To talk about the action that started before that moment but hasn't been completed yet.

She was working at 6 pm last night.

Example:

To talk about the parallel actions:

Example:

While I was sleeping at night, I heard a loud noise.

To talk about an event that has been ongoing for a while:

Example:

The dog was barking.

Example:

With Verbs that show growth or change:

Example:

His English is improving day by day.

To talk about an action that happened repeatedly:

Example:
They were always complaining.