IMPERATIVE

 

Imperative
 
Non-action verb
     
 Command  (Kalimat perintah)
 
BE + ADJECTIVE
1. Be careful!
2. Be happy!
3. Be polite!
4. Be accurate!
5. Be strong!
 
Action verb
 
VERB !
1.   Go!
     2.   Shoot!
     3.   Fire!
     4.   Stop!
     5.   Wait!
 
  V + OBJ + !
     1.   Open the door!
     2.   Read the book!
     3.   Do the homework!
     4.   Tell your name!
     5.   Put off your shoes!
 
V + OBJ + COMP + !
1. Put the bag on the table!
2. Bring the parcel to post office!
3. Drive Mary to school!
4. Write down your name on this paper!
5. Do the homework at home!
 
Negative Command/ Prohibition
 
DON’T + BE + ADJ + !
1. Don’t be careless!
2. Don’t be sleepy!
3. Don’t be lazy!
4. Don’t be stupid!
5. Don’t be noisy!   
 
             DON’T + V + !
    1.   Don’t go!
      2.   Don’t shoot!
         3.   Don’t fire!
         4.   Don’t stop!
         5.   Don’t wait!
 
            DON’T + V + OBJ + !
1.   Don’t open the door!
         2.   Don’t read the book!
         3.   Don’t do the homework!
         4.   Don’t tell your name!
5.   Don’t put off your shoes!
 
             DON’T + V + OBJ + COMP + !
1. Don’t put the bag on the table!
2. Don’t bring the parcel to post office!
3. Don’t drive Mary to school!
4. Don’t write down your name on the paper!
5. Don’t do the homework at home!
 
EXERCISES
Latihan
 
a. Make prohibition based on each of these command.
 
1. Be careful!
……………..careless!
Don’t be careless!
 
2. Play the guitar!
……………….the violin.
 
3. Sit on the chair!
…………on the floor!
 
4. Open the door!
……….close the door!
 
5. Switch on the lamp!
………..off the lamp!
 
6. Read the book!
……………the comic!
 
7. Take a bus to work!
……………a taxi to work!
 
8. Drink tea!
………………coffee!
 
b. Make 5 commands of your own.
 
1. ………………………………………………
2. ………………………………………………
3. ………………………………………………
4. ………………………………………………
5. ………………………………………………