English Grammar Lesson - Imperatives - Present Tense (review) - Learn English

lesson three part one the present tense

overview the present simple and the

present continuous the present simple is

used to talk about permanent situations

regular occurrences things that are

always true repeated actions and ongoing

states for example the Sun rises in the

east

Georgio plays golf every weekend

Robert lives in London the present

continuous is used to refer to temporary

situations repeated actions around the

present moment and ongoing actions in

the present moment it is raining in San

Francisco right now raining this is a

temporary situation julia is playing

lots of golf these days is playing this

is a repeated action happening around

the present moment at the moment

Robert is watching TV is watching this

is an ongoing action in the present

moment

present tense questions the present

simple the present simple questions with

'be' are formed differently from other

verbs are you English 'are' is the form of 'be'

it comes before the subject do you speak

English

do or does is added before the subject

in the present continuous the questions

are always formed in the same way is it

raining

the form of 'be' comes before the subject

present tense negatives present simple

negatives with 'be' are formed differently

from other verbs I am not French 'not' is

added after the form of 'be' I do not speak

French 'do not' or 'does not' is added

between the subject and the main verb

present continuous negatives are always

formed in the same way it is not raining

not is added after the form of 'be'

Lesson three part two imperatives

imperatives are used to give commands or

make requests they can also be used to

give warnings or directions imperatives

are formed using the base form of the

verb the infinitive without 'to' for

example 'to stop' stop! an exclamation mark

is used if the imperative is urgent

further examples get up be careful

give that to me eat your breakfast help

read this book negative imperatives do

not or don't can be added before the

verb to make an imperative negative do

not or don't do not turn right don't

turn right further examples don't eat

that cake don't brush I'm not in a hurry

I've just painted that door don't touch

it don't sit there that chair is broken

subjects with imperatives an imperative

sentence does not usually have a subject

but sometimes a noun or a pronoun is

used to make it clear who is being

talked to everybody sit down the subject

everybody the action sit everybody sit

down

further examples Philip come with me you

stay there for emphasis you can be used

as an imperative clause you stay there

you stress the word you you stay there

someone open the window the subject

can also be placed at the end have fun

and polite requests imperatives in

English can be considered rude words can

be added to make them more polite close

the door please

close the door please can be placed

before the imperative verb to make a

request more polite give me a minute

just give me a minute please the word

'just' can go before the imperative the

word please can also be placed at the

end of the sentence come in do come in

'do' can go before the imperative verb to

make a request more formal

making suggestions with let's let's can

be used to make a suggestion for an

activity that includes the speaker it's

sunny today let's go out it's cold let's

not go out not goes after let's to form

the negative

in the next lesson we will look at the

past simple that is all for today see

you again soon where once again I will

be asking how's your grammar?