Mastering Imperatives: Giving Clear Instructions

Mastering Imperatives: Giving Clear Instructions

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to understand and use the imperative tense to give and follow instructions.

What do you already know about giving commands?

What are Imperatives?

Imperatives are used to give direct commands, requests, or instructions.

Forming Imperatives

To form imperatives, use the base form of the verb for positive commands. For negative commands, use 'don't' + base form of the verb.

Using Imperatives

Imperatives are commonly used in giving directions, recipes, or instructions for tasks.

Positive Imperatives

Positive imperatives give direct commands or instructions, such as 'Open the window.'

Negative Imperatives

Negative imperatives express a prohibition or a request to avoid doing something, like 'Don't touch the painting.'

Interactive Exercise: Spot the Imperative

Present a list of sentences and ask students to identify which ones are imperatives.

Role-Play: Giving Instructions

Divide the class into pairs and have them create dialogs where they give and follow instructions using imperatives.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.