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The imperative mood is a verb form used to give orders, make requests, offer advice, or provide instructions, prompting action with a sense of authority. Examples include commands like 'Bring me a glass of water' and common mistakes involve incorrect verb forms or context. In Spanish, imperatives have both affirmative and negative forms, with affirmative commands in the base form and negative commands using the subjunctive form.

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The imperative mood is a verb form used to give orders, make requests, offer advice, or provide instructions, prompting action with a sense of authority. Examples include commands like 'Bring me a glass of water' and common mistakes involve incorrect verb forms or context. In Spanish, imperatives have both affirmative and negative forms, with affirmative commands in the base form and negative commands using the subjunctive form.

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Imperative Mood

Definition
A verb form used to give orders, make
requests, offer advice, or give instructions.

01 Function
Imperatives are used to prompt action.
Using them can convey a sense of
authority, importance, and urgency.
It will often sound like the speaker is
telling someone what to do, even if
the sentence has a polite tone.

02
Examples:
Bring me a glass of water.
Don't ever touch my phone.
Give me a pen and a pencil
Take a step and don't move..

03Mistakes/Non-examples
Using incorrect verb forms, and failing
to consider the context and tone

Incorrect "You close the door."


Correct: "Close the door."
Incorrect: "Have you a nice day."
Correct: "Have a nice day.”

04
Cross-Linguistic Connection
Spanish:
Has both affirmative and negative
imperative forms. Affirmative
commands are usually in the base
form of the verb, while negative
commands are formed by using the
subjunctive form of the verb.

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