Imperative

💢Imperatives look the same as infinitives without to. We use imperatives to tell people what to do, advise them, encourage them etc. 

Get some butter while you're out.

 Look again.

 Have another cup. 

📌Negative imperatives begin with do not / don't. (🔖Note: these can be used before be.) 

Please do not park in front of this garage. 

Don't listen to him. 

Don't be afraid. 

📌Always and, never come before imperatives. 

Always check your messages (❌Not check always your messages )

Never start something you can't Jinish

📌Emphatic imperatives begin with do (this can be used before be). 

Do stop shouting! 

Do come in and sit down.

 Do be careful.

📌imperatives with subjects

 💢if Imperatives look the same as infinitives without to. We use imperatives to tell people what to do, advise them, encourage them etc. 

Get some butter while you're out.

 Look again.

 Have another cup. 

📌Negative imperatives begin with do not / don't. (Note: these can be used before be.) 

Please do not park in front of this garage. 

Don't listen to him. 

Don't be afraid. 

📌Always and. never come before imperatives. 

Always checkyour change. (❌Not check always your change )

Never start something you can't Jinish

📌Emphatic imperatives begin with do (this can be used before be). 

Do stop shouting! 

Do come in and sit down.

 Do be careful.

📌imperatives with subjects

 If it is necessary to make it clear who is meant or who we are speaking to, an imperative can have a subject (usuall you or an indefinite pronoun). 

John, you take the car, and Mary, you take the children on the bus. 

Somebody answer the phone, please, I've got my hands full. 

🔍Note the position of subjects in negative imperatives. 

Don't you come in here or I'll call the police. (❌Not you don't come ...) 

Don't anybody say a word. (❌Not anybody don't say...) 

📌A subject can also be used to make an order, invitation etc more emphatic. 

You take your hands of me! 

You just sit down and relax for a bit. 

📌We dont put subjects in emphatic imperatives. 

You come here. or Do come here. (❌Not do you come here)

💢imperative + and/or 

An imperative followed by and or or can have a conditional meaning, like an if clause. 

Come in here and I'll call the police. (= 'If you come in here, I'll call the police.') 

Walk down our street any day and you'll see kids playing. 

Stop singing or I'll scream. (= 'If you dont stop singing, I'll scream.)

💢Iet's; let me etc

We can use Let's (or let us - very formal) + infinitive without to to makes suggestionsor give orders to a group that includes the speaker (like a kind of imperative). 

Let's play poker.

 Let's go out this evening. 

Let's be quiet and listen to Cad 

Let me...

When we say what we are going to do, we can soften the announcement, and make it more polite, with Let me ... . 

This doesn't taste very nice. Let me try adding some sugar. 

I'm sorry that wasn't clear. Let me put it another way. 

📌The normal negative is Let's not ... . 

Let's not spend too much on the holiday. 

📌Don't let's... is informal; Let us not and Do not let us are very formal' 

Look, don't let's get upset, OK? Let us not forget those who came before us. 

📌question tag The usual question tag for let\ is shall we? 

'Let's have a party, shall we?' 'Yes, let's.' 

Let's have a party, Shall we? Yeah let's

📌TWo very common expressions for gaining time are Let me see... and Let me think ,... 

So how many potatoes should I cook? Let me see. Suppose each person eats two .

When are we going to have Granny round? Let me think Tuesday's no good.

📌Let's see is common with a similar meaning. 

What shall we have for supper? Let's see. There's some left-over chicken. Or I could cook up some posta. Or we could phone for an Indian ..

📌Note: Let him... etc 

A structure with a third-person noun or pronoun is also possible. 

'The kid says he doesn't like the fish.' 'That's his problem. Let him starve. (informal) 

Let our enemies be under no illusions: we can and wiII defend ourselves. (formal) 

📌Note also the structure with there. 

And God said: 'Let there be light'. 

Let there be no doubt in your minds about our intentions.

💢exclamations

📌How .,,! and What ,..! word order Note the word order in these exclamations. 

The complete expression with How . . . or What. . . goes before a subject and verb (if any). 

How dfficult this is! 

How convincingly he argues!

What alot of nonsense Andy talks! 

We dont drop articles after What. 

What a brilliant idea !

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