Imperative sentences
Ex.1 Find the rhyming words
direction * grammar * neatly * enterprising * miles * laughter * coffee * butter * money * behind you * porter * able * candle * shoulder * button * canaries *stable * mangers |
honey * dejection * mind you * mutton * fairies * stammer * sweetly * rising * able * strangers * after * toffy* stutter * water * table * older * smiles * handle |
A short direction |
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Soft flowing after, |
Learn well your grammar, |
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And never stutter. |
Write well and neatly, |
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Believe in fairies. |
Be enterprising, |
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And never stammer, |
Go walk of six miles, |
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(Don’t slam them, mind you.) |
With lightsome laughter, |
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Never eat toffy. |
Drink tea, not coffee; |
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Shut the door by the handle. |
Eat bread with butter, |
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Have ready quick smiles, |
Don’t waste your money, |
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Until you are older. |
Shut door behind you, |
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Don’t enter the water |
Drink beer, not porter. |
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To avoid dejection. |
Till to swim you are able. |
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Refuse cold mutton. |
Take care of a candle. |
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Sit close to the table. |
Don’t push with your shoulder |
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Don’t have a stable |
Lose not a button. |
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Love early rising, |
Starve your Canaries. |
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Be rude to strangers. |
If you are able |
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And sing most sweetly, |
With any mangers. |
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Abstain from honey. |
The formula for Imperative sentences ……………………………………………
The functions of Imperative sentences: commands or requests, including the giving of prohibition or permission, or any other kind of advice.
Impersonal sentences
It is … |
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night. |
summer. |
snowing. |
6 o’clock. |
away. |
Distance |
How far is it from London to Bristol? It is 20 miles from here to there. We can walk home. It isn’t far. |
Days |
What day is it today? It is 16th of March. It is Thursday today. It is my birthday today. It is night. It is summer. |
Time |
What time is it? It is half past ten. It is late. It is time to go home. |
Weather |
It is raining. It rains. It rained. It is warm/ hot/ cold/ fine / cloudy / windy / sunny/ foggy. It is a nice day today. |
Ex.2 Choose it is or is it.
1. What time …? 2. … very late. We must go home. 3. … cold out? Yes, put on your coat. 4 . … true that Bill can fly a helicopter? 5. I don’t believe! It is impossible. 6. Dorothy asks if … cloudy today. 7. … Jack’s birthday today. He is 27. 8. What day … today? … Thursday?
Ex. 3 Correct the mistakes in Alice’s story
It one sunny day. Was a strong wind. Alice was on her way home. She heard a strange noise. It difficult understand what was it. then she saw something. It was the blue balloon Winnie-the-Pooh launched one rainy morning. And there was Piglet under it. he asked her “What time is now?” “Oh! It late. It perhaps half past seven” – answered Alice. “Right! It high time to go home! How far it from here to London?” “Not far away. You can go on foot. It take you half an hour.” “Thanks a lot. And what date it today?” “It the 16th of March.” “Oh! It my birthday.” “How lucky you are! Hurry up! Was nice to see you.”
Ex. 4 Read and compare
there is … there is someone there was someone there will be someone there must be someone there might be someone someone seems to be there |
I It is love. It was love. I I t must be love. It might be love. It seems to be love. |
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is …
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will be love.
Ex.5 Choose the right variant
1. There/ It comes a time when you start to remember your youth. 2. I suppose there/ it will snow tomorrow. 3. Look, there/ it is snow on the ground. 4. There/ It remains nothing to be done. 5. He is right, there/ it is no doubt about it. 6. Is there/ it anything the matter? 7. There/ It is windy outside. 8. There/It is a strong wind today. 9. Once upon a time there/ it lived a princess. 10. There/It is light in the room. turn off the light, please. 11. The traffic is heavy in the street. There/ It is a lot of noise. 12. There/It is very noisy in this street because there/ it is heavy traffic. 13. They are happy, there/ it goes without saying. 14. There/ It follows that there/ it is no solution to the problem. 15. There/ It is a light in the distance.