imperative – English Grammar Profiler

Imperatives are often commands or orders, expressed as a grammatical mood in English. They are used to tell someone to do or not to do something.

Take a look at this one.

listen to this example

The example above is a request or command for the listener to direct their attention to something specific that the speaker is referring to.

Here are two A2 English Grammar Profile points in different categories that cover imperatives.

Point 39 in the category of CLAUSES is defined:

affirmative imperative with the base form of a main verb

Point 7 in NEGATION:

 negative imperatives of main verbs with ‘don’t’ + main verb.

(Uncontracted DO NOT + imperative is B2)

For example:

Now, wait a minute.
Sit down, Zero.

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Don’t shout, you‘ll wake the children.

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However, ‘let me/us’ is listed at B2 in the English Vocabulary Profile, meaning:  when you are offering to help someone.  For example:

Let me find you something.

*Note: First and third-person imperatives are formed with ‘let’. ‘Let’ may be the main verb (with the meaning ‘allow’), but ‘let’s’ must be the imperative auxiliary

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLES:

Include every ingredient for every recipe on your grocery list.

Then, take your list to the refrigerator or cupboard 

and check off the items you have on hand.

After, prepare unique food for your guests.

Keep it simple.

Turkish female level 3 writing class.

Don’t hit the enter key at the end of a line.

Arabic female level 3 writing class.

An iWeb search for:

. _VV0 * * *

B2 1 KEEP IN MIND THAT

Keep in mind that you must do the work.

2 . TAKE A LOOK AT 40448

In each of these,

the speaker is directing their gratitude towards the listener,

which fits within the scope of imperative mood.

However, it’s worth noting that this is a more polite and less forceful use of the imperative

than when it’s used to give orders or instructions. 3 . THANK YOU SO MUCH 38242 4 . THANK YOU FOR YOUR 32544 5 . THANK YOU. 29212 6 . THANK YOU! 21155

7 . THANK YOU FOR THE 16263

8 . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK B1

9 . THANK YOU VERY MUCH 14369
10 . THANK YOU FOR SHARING 14204

11 . LET ME KNOW IF 14014

Let me know if you need anything else.

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12 . MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 13692 13 . MAKE SURE THAT YOU 13582 14 . FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 12690 15 . READ MORE … 11953

16 . CLICK HERE FOR MORE 11872

17 . HOPE THIS HELPS. 11656 (not a command or order) I hope this helps. 18 . KEEP IN MIND, 11484

19 . BELIEVE IT OR NOT 10946

20 . THINK OF IT AS 10762 21 . READ MORE 10606 22 . LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 10065 23 . MAKE SURE THAT THE 10010 24 . CONTINUE READING? 9857

25 . CLICK HERE TO SEE 7803

26 . TAKE THE TIME TO 7413

27 . CLICK HERE TO LEARN 7151

28 . KEEP UP THE GREAT 7130 29 . THANK YOU FOR ALL 6958 30 . MAKE SURE YOU ARE 6940 31 . KEEP AN EYE ON 6901 32 . SET ASIDE. 6894

33 . READ FULL REVIEW 6696

34 . ENJOY!  6645 35 . HOPE THIS HELPS! 6539 36 . THANK YOU ! ! 6276 37 . LET ME TELL YOU 6189

38 . BRING TO A BOIL 6139

39 . KEEP AN EYE OUT 6027 40 . BEAR IN MIND THAT 6014 B2

41 . CLICK HERE TO READ 5989

42 . THANK YOU. 5904 43 . READ ON TO LEARN 5785 44 . THANK YOU FOR THIS 5732

45 . CLICK HERE TO VIEW 5596

46 . READ ON TO FIND 5543

47 . CLICK HERE FOR A 5521

48 . STAR TREK : ” 5471

49 . FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER 5318

50 . GIVE IT A TRY 5309

51 . ADD TO THAT THE 5233

52 . MAKE SURE YOU DO 5188

53 . GIVE US A CALL 5103

54 . REMOVE FROM HEAT AND 5042 55 . SUFFICE IT TO SAY 4991 56 . SEE IF YOU CAN 4948 57 . READ MORE. 4920 58 . THANK YOU! 4882 59 . THANK YOU IN ADVANCE 4865 60 . HOPE THAT HELPS! 4855 61 . LET ME KNOW WHAT 4709 62 . READ MORE + 4694 63 . READ MORE ABOUT THE 4685 64 . MAKE SURE THAT YOUR 4625 65 . THANK YOU AGAIN FOR 4553 66 . LET US KNOW IF 4471

67 . FEEL FREE TO CONTACT 4458

68 . NOTE: IF YOU 4435 69 . GO BACK TO THE 4425

70 . CLICK ON THE ” 4388

71 . CHECK OUT THE VIDEO 4310 72 . THANK YOU FOR BEING 4245 73 . HOPE THAT HELPS. 4159 74 . NOTE THAT THIS IS 4115 75 . MAKE SURE TO CHECK 4069 76 . TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 4055

77 . CLICK HERE FOR THE 4017

78 . LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR 4016 79 . STAY TUNED FOR MORE 3999 80 . MAKE SURE YOU GET 3983 81 . THINK ABOUT IT . 3977 82 . CHECK OUT SOME OF 3910 83 . CLICK ON THE LINK 3900 84 . LET US KNOW WHAT 3882 85 . READ MORE THE 3847 86 . TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR 3838 87 . THANK YOU. ‘3825 88 . LEARN MORE. 3794 89 . HOPE TO SEE YOU 3792 90 . REMOVE FROM THE HEAT 3644 91 . MAKE A LIST OF 3640 92 . THANK YOU FOR TAKING 3605 93 . CHECK IT OUT ! 3594 94 . THANK YOU FOR MAKING 3534 95 . NOTE THAT IF YOU 3491

96 . NOTE, HOWEVER, 3435

97 . CHECK IT OUT. 3422 98 . SEE, E.G. , 3413 99 . MAKE THE MOST OF 3363

100 . THANK YOU ALL FOR 3332

A2 vocabulary:

add, believe, boil, bring, call, click, contact, follow, free, full, however,

if, let, list, mind, most, out, set, sharing, so, star, sure, thank, try, video, view

. Do n’t _V *

1 . DON’T FORGET TO 22149

Don’t forget to breathe.

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2 . DON’T GET ME 10724 3 . DON’T BE AFRAID 10426

4 . DON’T WORRY ABOUT 8657 A1 in the EVP

Don’t worry about it.

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5 . DON’T WORRY, 8585 6 . DON’T TRY TO 5461 7 . DON’T LET THE 4922

8 . DON’T KNOW IF 4423 (many of these are omitting the subject “I” = I don’t know if…)

9 . DON’T MISS OUT 4061 10 . DON’T MISS THE 3888 11 . DON’T FORGET THAT 3823 12 . DON’T WORRY IF 3709 13 . DON’T FORGET THE 3176 14 . DON’T BE SURPRISED 2976 15 . DON’T HESITATE TO 2883 16 . DON’T BE FOOLED 2850 17 . DON’T WASTE YOUR 2454 18 . DON’T WANT TO 2445 19 . DON’T MISS THIS 2397 20 . DON’T KNOW WHAT 2299 21 . DON’T LET YOUR 2281 22 . DON’T GIVE UP 2250 23 . DON’T DO IT 2130 24 . DON’T FORGET , 1932 25 . DON’T KNOW HOW 1866 26 . DON’T BE A 1711 27 . DON’T EXPECT TO 1597

28 . DON’T ASK ME 1583 (B2 EVP)

Don’t ask me, man.
I‘m just a desk jockey who was on my way home when you rang.

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29 . DON’T LET THIS 1573 30 . DON’T KNOW WHY 1549 31 . DON’T LET IT 1535 32 . DON’T WORRY. 1434 33 . DON’T BELIEVE ME 1432 34 . DON’T FORGET YOUR 1379 35 . DON’T LET THEM 1353 36 . DON’T WAIT UNTIL 1353 37 . DON’T FORGET ABOUT 1343 38 . DON’T MAKE THE 1325 39 . DON’T LET THAT 1285 40 . DON’T BE SHY 1271 41 . DON’T HAVE A 1263 42 . DON’T WORRY THOUGH 1171 43 . DON’T MISS IT 1059 44 . DON’T GET TOO 1052 45 . DON’T BE TOO 1043 46 . DON’T WAIT FOR 1034 47 . DON’T RELY ON 1000 48 . DON’T USE THE 978 49 . DON’T LISTEN TO 958 50 . DON’T THINK I 954 51 . DON’T MISS YOUR 951 52 . DON’T ASSUME THAT 940 53 . DON’T SETTLE FOR 933 54 . DON’T TELL ME 881 55 . DON’T KNOW ABOUT 877 56 . DON’T USE A 837 57 . DON’T BE TEMPTED 825 58 . DON’T THINK THAT 822 59 . DON’T TAKE IT 816 60 . DON’T LET ANYONE 808 61 . DON’T GET CAUGHT 798 62 . DON’T DO THIS 791 63 . DON’T DO THAT 776 64 . DON’T WORRY TOO 768 65 . DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE 764 66 . DON’T BOTHER WITH 762 67 . DON’T FALL FOR 745 68 . DON’T WASTE TIME 733 69 . DON’T MAKE IT 728 70 . DON’T TRY AND 673 71 . DON’T THINK YOU 670 72 . DON’T LET A 668 73 . DON’T FORGET YOU 642 74 . DON’T WORRY ; 615 75 . DON’T LOOK AT 614 76 . DON’T BELIEVE US 608 77 . DON’T BE SCARED 605 78 . DON’T BE PUT 604 79 . DON’T FEEL LIKE 589 80 . DON’T LET HIM 580 81 . DON’T THINK IT 578 82 . DON’T BE DISCOURAGED 575 83 . DON’T WAIT TO 572 84 . DON’T THINK ABOUT 571 85 . DON’T FALL INTO 554 86 . DON’T GO TO 535 87 . DON’T KNOW WHERE 530 88 . DON’T LIKE THE 526 89 . DON’T USE IT 524 90 . DON’T EXPECT A 520 91 . DON’T MISS A 520 92 . DON’T TAKE THE 517 93 . DON’T THINK OF 510 94 . DON’T BE THAT 498 95 . DON’T WORRY ! 497 96 . DON’T HAVE TO 488 97 . DON’T BE THE 485 98 . DON’T LET YOURSELF 480 99 . DON’T GET DISCOURAGED 476

100 . DON’T LEAVE IT 476

Also, adverbs can appear before the imperative.  Not all of the following are condisdered imperatives though:

. _RR _VV0

1 . PLEASE NOTE 136893
2 . PLEASE CONTACT 65225 3 . PLEASE SEE 42571 4 . JUST MAKE 37269 5 . PLEASE CHECK 30249 6 . PLEASE HELP 27676

7 . PLEASE CALL 24900

8 . JUST REMEMBER 23798 9 . PLEASE REFER 23626 10 . PLEASE LET 22615 11 . PLEASE VISIT 18914 12 . PLEASE KEEP 17484 13 . PLEASE MAKE 17186 14 . JUST LOOK 17016 15 . JUST KEEP 16145 16 . JUST LIKE 15370 17 . PLEASE FEEL 15323 18 . PLEASE READ 13583 19 . HIGHLY RECOMMEND 13092 20 . PLEASE USE 12956

21 . PLEASE CLICK 12928

22 . PLEASE TAKE 12890

23 . JUST CLICK 12832

24 . PLEASE ALLOW 12468 25 . ALSO NOTE 12182

26 . JUST TAKE 11090

Just take a look at this mug.

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27 . JUST THINK 10612 28 . PLEASE SEND 10351 29 . SO MAKE 10203 30 . JUST GO 10167 31 . PLEASE EMAIL 10073 32 . PLEASE REMEMBER 10036 33 . JUST ASK 9968 34 . PLEASE REVIEW 9047 35 . JUST USE 8973 36 . PLEASE INCLUDE 8755 37 . PLEASE ENSURE 8418

38 . NEVER MIND 8359

Never mind.
Can you just sit down?

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39 . ALSO CHECK 8219 40 . ALSO MAKE 8213 41 . SO GO 7640

42 . SIMPLY CLICK 7597

43 . SO GET 7594 44 . PLEASE CONSULT 7422

45 . RIGHT CLICK 7306

46 . ALSO SEE 7240 47 . JUST GET 7182 48 . SO TAKE 7147

49 . JUST ADD 7143

50 . SO LET 7083 51 . WELL SEE 7033 52 . PLEASE GIVE 6988 53 . PLEASE TELL 6807

54 . JUST FOLLOW 6751

55 . PLEASE BRING 6644 56 . JUST IMAGINE 6627 57 . PLEASE TRY 6458

58 . PLEASE FOLLOW 6449

59 . PLEASE CONSIDER 6359 60 . JUST LET 6327 61 . JUST TRY 6181 62 . PLEASE PROVIDE 6072 63 . PLEASE JOIN 5894 64 . SO KEEP 5755 65 . JUST GIVE 5509 66 . PLEASE ADVISE 5375 67 . ALWAYS USE 5064 68 . ALSO KEEP 5039 69 . NEVER USE 4994 70 . PLEASE SHARE 4922 71 . SO THANK 4908 72 . ALSO REMEMBER 4901 73 . PLEASE ASK 4833 74 . ALSO CONSIDER 4612 75 . ALWAYS REMEMBER 4560 76 . ALWAYS CHECK 4380 77 . JUST KNOW 4239 78 . PLEASE GO 4192 79 . JUST CHECK 4165 80 . ALSO TRY 4058 81 . ALWAYS KEEP 4000 82 . PLEASE SUBMIT 3961 83 . JUST WATCH 3912 84 . SIMPLY SELECT 3907 85 . JUST NEED 3769 86 . JUST PUT 3717 87 . PLEASE LEAVE 3715 88 . PLEASE KNOW 3673

89 . SIMPLY ADD 3554

90 . SIMPLY ENTER 3547 91 . SO TRY 3512 92 . ALSO LOOK 3433 93 . PLEASE UNDERSTAND 3431 94 . PLEASE COME 3427 95 . JUST WANT 3392 96 . JUST ENTER 3306 97 . ALWAYS MAKE 3294 98 . SO CHECK 3258 99 . PLEASE CONTINUE 3189

100 . JUST SELECT 3154

However, if the vocabulary is listed at a higher level than A2, we should note the vocabulary level instead of the grammar point.  For example:

Imagine when this all makes way for McKerrow‘s Christmas kingdom.

A Christmas Star

Also note, not all sentences that start with a verb are A2 imperative:

So we started with about 60 grams per day, going up to 250 grams.
Mind you, this was mixed in with 25 kilograms of their feed.

TED

“mind you” can be considered an imperative phrase, but, it’s often used to draw attention to an important piece of information or to add emphasis.