Also known as the imperative form, commands are very easy to use. Begin the sentence with a verb and end with an object, a person or a thing. Tell someone to do something: * Answer the phone, please.
* Drive to the post office.
* Help me find this information.
The subject in each of these sentences is “you,” but it doesn’t sound correct to use the subject. * You answer the phone, please.
* You drive to the post office.
* You help me.
Tell someone not to do something: * Don’t do that. (The subject is “you.”) * Don’t hit him. * Don’t drive a car without a seat belt. In each sentence above, the present tense is used and the subject is “you. The polite form of a command uses the word “please.” * Please give that to me. * Pass the potatoes, please. (Use the word “pass” when you sit at a table with other people and eat food.) If someone doesn’t do what you wanted him or her to do, use the word “tell.” For examples, click here. Here’s a video that explains commands: |