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Change these orders and directions to suggestions with let’s.
Model: Go to the door! (to the window)
Let’s go to the door! / Let’s not go to the window!
1. Speak to him! (to her)
…………………………………………………………………………..
2. Write our address! (their address)
3. Listen to her! (to him)
4. Visit the museum! (the cathedral)
5. Buy bread! (milk)
6. Read the poem! (the story)
7. Help mother! (Mary)
8. Play football! (chess)
9. Sing an English song! (a French song)
10. Eat cakes! (bread)
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Work on the model:
Model: to read this paragraph / I
Let me read this paragraph!
1. to tell the truth / I
…………………………………………………………………………
2. to go there at once / we
3. to speak to her / we
………………………………………………………………………….
4. to help you / I
5. to learn this poem by heart / we
6. to lay the table / I
7. to make a good cake / we
8. to find a good hotel
9. to speak English / we
10. to play tennis / I
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Change these orders and directions to polite requests according to the model:
Open the window!/Please, open the window!
Open the window, will you?/Will you open the window?
Can you possibly open the window?/Would you open the window?/Could you open the window/Would you mind opening the window?/Would you be so kind as to open the window?/I wonder if you would mind opening the window?
1. Come back early! …………………………………………………
2. Mail the letter today! ……………………………………………
3. Pass me the bread! ………………………………………………
4. Call on me before 7 o’clock! …………………………………..
5. Turn on the light! …………………………………………………
6. Sit on this chair! …………………………………………………..
7. Look at this now! …………………………………………………
8. Push the cupboard back! ………………………………………
9. Help him with this exercise! ………………………………….
10. Bring that book to me! ………………………………………..
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Model: to speak / English / French
Speak English!
Don’t speak French!
1. to give him / a pen / a rubber
……………………………………………………………………….
2. to go / to the window / to the door
3. to read / the lesson / the letter
………………………………………………………………………..
4. to eat / a cake / an apple
5. to buy / this book / that bag
6. to take / a taxi / a bus
7. to go / to school / to the cinema
8. to open / the book / the notebook
9. to turn off / the radio / the TV
10. to tell us / a joke / a story
Emphasize the following imperatives by using do as in the model:
Model: Speak louder!
Do speak louder!
1. Repeat that question!
………………………………………………………..
2. Pull up all the weeds!
3. Take off your shoes!
4. Pick up that paper from the floor!
……………………………………………………….
5. Tell us the truth!
6. Write a letter to her!
7. Leave this room!
…………………………………………………………..
8. Sing a song!
9. Come in!
……………………………………………………………
10. Sit down!
Tell Tom:
A.
1. to shut the door ……………………………………………..
2. to do this exercise ………………………………………….
3. to sit down …………………………………………………….
4. to count from one to ten …………………………………
5. to translate the text ……………………………………….
6. to speak louder ………………………………………………
7. to open the window ………………………………………..
8. to keep silent …………………………………………………
9. to spell the word “four”…………………………………..
10. to look at the map ………………………………………..
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11. not to talk ……………………………………………………
12. not to tease his sister ……………………………………
13. not to cross the street …………………………………..
14. not to sleep in the classroom …………………………
15. not to forget this rule ……………………………………
16. not to eat the apple ………………………………………
17. not to tell father about that …………………………..
18. not to turn on the TV …………………………………….
19. not to ask anything ………………………………………
20. not to be late for school ………………………………..
NAME …………………………………………………………..
DATE …………………………………………………………….
CLASS ……………………………………………………………
THE IMPERATIVE
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