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Imperatives Exercises

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Imperatives · A1. Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

Practise Imperatives in short situations. Read the clue, choose or write a form, then check the reason. The level is an editorial guide.

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01Base verbs in instructions

Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

Close the gate, please.

02Negative instructions

For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be.

Don’t lean on the glass.

03Suggestions with let’s

Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative.

Let’s try the other path.

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The soup is hot. ___ it cool before you eat. (let)

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

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Step 1 · Warm-up

Warm-up

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Step 2 · Build the skill

Base verbs in instructions

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Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

Close the gate, please.
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Step 3 · Build the skill

Negative instructions

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For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be.

Don’t lean on the glass.
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Step 4 · Build the skill

Suggestions with let’s

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Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative.

Let’s try the other path.
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Step 5 · New contexts

New contexts

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Step 6 · A fresh challenge

A fresh challenge

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Imperatives

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Imperatives

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01

Base verbs in instructions

Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

Close the gate, please.
02

Negative instructions

For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be.

Don’t lean on the glass.
03

Suggestions with let’s

Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative.

Let’s try the other path.

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D01 · Warm-up

The soup is hot. ___ it cool before you eat. (let)

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. Letting
  2. Let
  3. Lets
  4. To let
Answer & explanation
Let

Look at “The soup is hot. ___ it cool before you eat. (let)”. Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted. Complete sentence: “The soup is hot. Let it cool before you eat. (let)”.

D02 · Warm-up

The sign says: ___ touch the paintings.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. Does not
  2. Not
  3. No
  4. Do not
Answer & explanation
Do not

Look at “The sign says: ___ touch the paintings.”. For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be. Complete sentence: “The sign says: Do not touch the paintings.”.

D03 · Warm-up

We are both tired. ___ take a short break.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. Let’s
  2. Let
  3. Lets
  4. To let
Answer & explanation
Let’s

Look at “We are both tired. ___ take a short break.”. Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative. Complete sentence: “We are both tired. Let’s take a short break.”.

P01 · Build the skill

Please ___ your name at the top. (write)

Complete the gap. Write only the missing word or words.

Answer & explanation
write

Reference completion: “Please write your name at the top. (write)”. Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

P02 · Build the skill

The teacher says: ___ be late tomorrow.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. Do not
  2. Does not
  3. No
  4. Not
Answer & explanation
Do not

Look at “The teacher says: ___ be late tomorrow.”. For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be. Complete sentence: “The teacher says: Do not be late tomorrow.”.

P03 · Build the skill

We have time. Let’s ___ rush.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. don’t
  2. not
  3. no
  4. doesn’t
Answer & explanation
not

Look at “We have time. Let’s ___ rush.”. Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative. Complete sentence: “We have time. Let’s not rush.”.

P04 · Build the skill

___ left at the traffic lights. (turn)

Complete the gap. Write only the missing word or words.

Answer & explanation
Turn

Reference completion: “Turn left at the traffic lights. (turn)”. Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted.

R01 · New contexts

For help, ___ this green button. (press)

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. press
  2. pressing
  3. to press
  4. presses
Answer & explanation
press

Look at “For help, ___ this green button. (press)”. Use the base verb for a direct instruction. The subject you is normally omitted. Complete sentence: “For help, press this green button. (press)”.

R02 · New contexts

The floor is wet. ___ run in here.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. Does not
  2. No
  3. Do not
  4. Not
Answer & explanation
Do not

Look at “The floor is wet. ___ run in here.”. For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be. Complete sentence: “The floor is wet. Do not run in here.”.

R03 · New contexts

The bus is slow. Let’s ___ instead. (walk)

Complete the gap. Write only the missing word or words.

Answer & explanation
walk

Reference completion: “The bus is slow. Let’s walk instead. (walk)”. Use let’s + base verb for a suggestion including the speaker; let’s not + base verb is negative.

X01 · A fresh challenge

The music is too loud. Please ___ make so much noise.

Choose the option that completes the gap in this situation.

  1. not
  2. no
  3. do not
  4. does not
Answer & explanation
do not

Look at “The music is too loud. Please ___ make so much noise.”. For a negative instruction, use do not/don’t + base verb, including before be. Complete sentence: “The music is too loud. Please do not make so much noise.”.

X02 · A fresh challenge

We can cook at home. Let’s ___ order pizza tonight.

Practise the usual negative let’s pattern in neutral written English. Write only the missing word.

Answer & explanation
not

The usual neutral written form here is “Let’s not order pizza tonight”: let’s not + base verb. Let’s don’t is also found in American conversational usage, so it is not marked as bad English; this exercise asks for the usual written pattern.

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