Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1............... the door, please.
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Use the base verb first in an imperative: "Open".
2............... touch the hot pan.
Wrong!
For a negative imperative, put "Don't" before the base verb.
3............... here.
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At the start, put "Please sit" in this polite imperative.
4............... your hands before lunch.
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An imperative starts with the base verb, so use "Wash".
5............... run in the shop.
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In a polite negative imperative, use "Please don't" before the verb.
6............... your bag on the chair.
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Give an instruction with the verb first: "Put".
7............... me at six.
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Use the base verb in an imperative: "Call".
8............... be late.
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Use "Don't" before the base verb in a negative imperative.
9............... the window now.
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In an imperative, the verb comes before the object: "Close".
10Look at the board, ...............
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At the end of a polite imperative, use "please" without a subject.
11............... eat this cake.
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Put "Don't" before the base verb in a negative imperative.
12............... slowly.
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Start an imperative with the base verb: "Speak".
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Answers
- Open the door, please.
- Don’t touch the hot pan.
- Please sit here.
- Wash your hands before lunch.
- Please don’t run in the shop.
- Put your bag on the chair.
- Call me at six.
- Don’t be late.
- Close the window now.
- Look at the board, please.
- Don’t eat this cake.
- Speak slowly.