Examples:
· Put some sugar into the cup!
· Don’t stir the mixture too fast!
We can make imperative sentences from the two ways:
Positive Imperative (command) | Negative Imperative (prohibition) |
- Turn it on! - Go there! - Be on time! | - Don’t turn it on! - Don’t go there! - Don’t be late! |
A. Task 1
Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box!
Finish Slice Peel Blend Pour Wash Blend Hold Break Season |
Example:
Cook some rice for supper, please!
1. ..................... the chicken with the pepper!
2. ..................... your meal with ice cream or chocolate cake!
3. ..................... the eggs, please!
4. ..................... the onion, please!
5. ..................... and dice the potatoes!
6. ..................... the sugar, eggs, and flour!
7. ..................... the oil into a frying pan and heat it!
8. ..................... the vegetables before you cook them!
9. ..................... the mixture gently until it boils!
10. ..................... the knife like this!
B. Task 2
Write down the dialogs. Do like these examples! Then practice with your friends!
Dialog 1
a. Slice/ Onion/ Yes.
X: Slice the onions, please.
Y: All right. Like this?
X: Yes. Dialog 2
b. Peel/ Oranges/ No.
X: Peel the oranges, please.
Y: Sorry, I’m doing my homework.
1. Peel/ Potatoes/ Yes.
X:
Y:
X:
2. Break/ Eggs/ Yes.
X:
Y:
X:
3. Blend/ Strawberries/ No.
X:
Y:
4. Wash/ Dishes/ No.
X:
Y:
C. Task 3
Rearrange the following jumbled sentence!
Example:
The- bowl- water- Break- small- eggs- a- into.
Break the eggs into a small bowl.
1. fill- hot- with- the- water- glass- the!
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2. noodles- boiled- into- cook- water!
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3. dry- let it- the fruit- and- wash!
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4. banana- into- slice- chunks!
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5. water – pour- cup- hot- into- the!
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6. oven- remove- the- carefully- cake- the - from!
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7. mix- with- the- them- spoon!
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8. put- pan- the- in- ingredients- a!
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9. two – noodles- glasses- of- into- water- boil!
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10. sugar – add- a- of- spoonful!
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