IMPERATIVE

SENTENCE
 DEFINITION:

• Is a type of sentence that gives advice

or instructions that express request or
command.
• An Imperative Sentence typically begins
with the base form of a verb.
• An Imperative Sentence ends with a
period or with an exclamation point.
 TWO TYPES OF
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE

1. Positive Imperatives
2. Negative Imperatives
 POSITIVE IMPERATIVES
• To form a positive imperative, use the base form of the
verb.
• Examples: read, listen, put, cut, sing
 Cut the rope.
 Read the book.
 Listen!
 Come Here.
 Speak English.

• We can also use positive imperatives by using Always.

 Always put o your safety belt.
 Always bring your coin purse
NEGATIVE IMPERATIVES
• To form a negative imperative, we use “Do not
+ base form of the verb”
• Examples:
Do not come here.
Do not drink it.
Don’t lean out of the window.
Don’t sit there.
Don’t Speak Spanish in the English Class.