B08 - 10a - Imperatives

Imperatives: 

Imperatives Health problems 1

What do you do when you are sick ?: 

What do you do when you are sick ?

At the Dr’s: 

At the Dr’s Please: Rest well for a couple days. Eat healthy and avoid oily foods. Take these pills twice a day and Do not drink alcohol or smoke. Do what I say and you will get better soon. In what tense (Verb form) are the Doctor’s orders ?

PowerPoint Presentation: 

- Rest well for a couple days. - Eat healthy food - Take these pills twice a day - Do not drink alcohol or smoke. - Do what I say and you will get better soon.

Imperatives: 

Imperatives Driving Safely 1 Focus on Grammar 1 Part 1, Unit I By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

Driving Safely: 

Driving Safely Woman : Slow down, please ! I’m nervous. Driver : Relax . I’m a good driver. Woman : Don´t answer your phone ! Driver : Don’t worry . Listen to the music. Woman : There’s a red light. Stop ! Driver : Close your eyes. I’m driving this cab. Woman : Turn right ! No, turn left ! No, right. Driver : OK, here we are. Next time, please take a bus.

Use 1: 

Use 1 Use the imperative for directions . Turn left . Stop !

Use 2: 

Use 2 Use the imperative for instructions . Watch out for that bicycle. Close your eyes!

Use 3: 

Use 3 Use the imperative for requests . Please slow down . Please take the bus.

Practice 1: 

Practice 1 Match the instructions with the person who gives them. doctor police officer pilot teacher Read page 23 for homework. Give me your driver’s license. Take a deep breath. Get ready for take-off. Read page 23 for homework. Take a deep breath. Give me your driver’s license. Get ready for take-off.

Affirmative: 

Affirmative Use the base form of the verb for the imperative. Use a seat belt. Follow road signs.

Negative: 

Negative Use do not ( don’t ) + base form for the negative form of the imperative. Don’t drive fast. Don’t use a cell phone.

Practice 2: 

Practice 2 Make these imperatives negative. Don’t park here. 1. Don’t stop. Example: Park here. 1. Stop. 2. Pass on the left. 3.Turn on your lights. 4. Exit here. 2. Don’t pass on the left. 3. Don’t turn on your lights. 4. Don’t exit here.

Please: 

Please makes an imperative more polite . Please comes at the beginning or at the end of a sentence. Please Please watch out for animals. Watch out for animals, please .

Practice 3A: 

Practice 3A Look at the signs. Make instructions with imperatives. 1. Go. 2. Walk. Example: Stop. 1. 2.

Practice 3B: 

Practice 3B Look at the signs. Write instructions with imperatives. 3. Don’t park here. 4. Turn right. 3. 4.

References: 

References Copyright © 2006 Pearson Education and its licensors. All rights reserved.