Welcome to your Imperative lesson! In this topic we talk about:
• Using the Imperative
• Expressions for suggestions
• “About”
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Using the Imperative
The second person imperative is formed using the infinitive verb:
“Listen!”
“Stop!”
The negative form is made with “do + not + verb”:
“Don’t hurt the cat!”
“Don’t go there.”
Other person perspectives use “let + compliment + verb”:
“Let them stay.”
“Let me pay.”
The first person plural imperative is formed using “let’s + verb” or “let’s not + verb” (let’s = let us):
“Let’s go to the theatre.”
“Let’s not eat out tonight.”
Expressions for suggestions
Plenty of expressions are used to talk about suggestions:
- The imperative:
“Let’s go to the restaurant.”
- “Shall we + infinitive verb?”:
“Shall we go to the restaurant?”
- “What/How about + verb + ing?”:
“How about going to the restaurant?”
- “Why + negative question?”:
“Why don’t we go to the restaurant?”
“About”
The word “about” is used in lots of different expressions:
- Suggesting something:
“What about watching a film tonight?”
- “On the subject of something”:
“Yes, let’s watch a film about monsters.”
- Around / Near the time:
“It’s about two hours long.”
- “Almost going to”:
“She’s about to fall asleep.”
- “On the subject of someone”:
“She’s tired, what about you?”
Vocabulary“to talk about something” |
