UNIDAD V The imperative Commands and orders The imperative is used to give commands and orders. The form of the verb used for the imperative is the base form of the main verb, which is used without a subject. Walk to the corner, turn right, and cross the road. Open your mouth and say ‘Aaaah’. Although the main feature of sentences in the imperative is that they have no grammatical subject, they do have an understood subject, ‘you ’. The basic form of the imperative remains the same whether it is addressed to one or more people. Come on, Mary ; I’m waiting. Come on, girls ; you’re late. There is also a special type of imperative, using let’s , that is used when you need to include the speaker. See The imperative . The word order of a sentence in the imperative is: verb + object (if needed). The negative imperative is made with do + not or don’t . Don’t lose that key. Do not come back without it! The uses of the impe
