The usage and expression of imperative sentences?

Imperative sentences express requests, commands, suggestions, etc. Predicate verbs always use the base form. How much do you know about their usage? The following is the content I compiled about the usage of imperative sentences. I hope you like it!

Usage of imperative sentences

1. Affirmation Imperative sentence

Sentence pattern: verb base form do sth.***Omit subject***

Be careful! Be careful!

Stand up. Stand up.

Sometimes, in order to strengthen the tone, you can add do before the verb

Do sit down. Please sit down.

Do study hard. Must study hard.

2. Negative imperative sentence

Sentence pattern: Don't verb base do sth.

Don't swim in the river. Don't swim in the river. .

Don't be late. Don't be late. Pleasedon't be noisy.

Please don't be noisy.

3. When expressing an imperative sentence in a polite tone, please can be added at the beginning or end of the sentence. However, if please is added at the end of the sentence, a comma "," must be added before please.

Go this way, please. Please go this way.

4. If there is an evocation in an imperative sentence, it must be separated by a comma "," and placed at the beginning or end of the sentence.

Li Ming, ehere. Li Ming, come here.

e here, Li Ming. Come here, Li Ming.

Note

***1*** When expressing prohibition, especially slogans, etc., it can also be expressed by "No gerund".

No smoking.

No parking. No parking.

***2*** Let's includes the other party, Let us does not include the other party. It is most obvious when used in rhetorical questions.

Let's go, shall we? Let's go, how about it?

Let us go, willyou? Let's go, okay? ***Solicit the other person's opinion***

When answering the rhetorical question sentence pattern of Let's do sth, use Yes and let's when affirmative. Use NO and let's not when negative.

Expression form of imperative sentence

Affirmative structure:

1. Do type*** is: verb original form*** object*** other components***. For example: Please have a seat here. Please have a seat here. In some imperative sentences, the verb can be omitted when the meaning is clear. For example: This way, please. = Go this way, please. Please go this way.

2. Be type*** is: Be predicative*** noun or adjective*** other components***. For example: Be a good boy! Be a good boy!

3. Let type*** is: Let object, verb prototype, other components***. Such as: Let me help you. Let me help you.

Negative structure:

1. Do-type and Be-type negatives are formed by adding don't at the beginning of the sentence.

For example: Don't forget me! Don't forget me!

2. There are two types of let-type negations: "Don't let object verb base form and other components" and "Let object not other verb base form other components" ". Such as: Don't let him go. / Let himnot go. Don't let him go.

3. Some words can start with no to express prohibitive imperative sentences. Such as: No *** OKing!

No smoking!