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1.1

Personal Pronouns

1.2

Possessives

1.3

Demonstrative Pronouns

1.4

Reflexive Pronouns

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2.1

The Definite Article

2.2

The Indefinite Article

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3.1

Prepositions

3.2

Prepositions of Place

3.3

Prepositions of Time

3.4

Prepositions of Movement or Direction

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4.1

Nouns

4.2

Proper Nouns

4.3

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

4.4

There Be

4.5

Quantifiers

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5.1

Adjectives

6.1

Verbs

6.2

To Be

6.3

Short Forms

6.4

Have vs. Have got

6.5

Modal Verbs

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Sentence Structure

7.1

Constructing Sentences

7.2

Imperative Sentences

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Verb Tenses: Present

8.1

Present Simple

8.2

Present Continuous

8.3

Continuous Verb Tenses

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Numbers, Dates, Time

9.1

Cardinal Numbers

9.2

Ordinal Numbers

9.3

The Date

9.4

Time

10.1

Christmas Vocabulary
10.2

Christmas in New York City

Reading Comprehension

11.1

Family

11.2

School

11.3

Weather and Clothing

11.4

Sports

11.5

At the Supermarket

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Lesson 7.2

Imperative Sentences

Las frases imperativas

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In general, the imperative is used to give orders, instructions or warnings. The structure of imperative sentences is different because we do not use a subject; it is assumed that the subject is always “you”. Therefore, the verb is always in the infinitive form.

The Affirmative Imperative

Verb + noun, adjective…

Examples:

Do your homework!

Wash your hands!

Tell me the truth!

The Negative Imperative

Auxiliary verb (to do) + negative auxiliary (not) + verb + noun, adjective…

Examples:

Do not lie to me!

Do not wash in the washing machine.

Don’t hit your sister!

Note: If we want to include ourselves in the sentence, we use “let’s”…

Examples:

Let’s go!

Let’s not fight.

En inglés no se usa el imperativo tanto como en el español. En general, se usa para dar órdenes, instrucciones o advertencias. Las frases imperativas se construyen de manera diferente a las afirmativas: no se utiliza un sujeto porque se supone que el sujeto es siempre “you” y el verbo principal va en la forma infinitiva.

1. El imperativo afirmativo

Verbo + nombre, adjetivo…

Ejemplos:

Do your homework!(¡Haz los deberes!)

Wash your hands!(¡Lavaros las manos!)

Tell me the truth!(¡Dime la verdad!)

2. El imperativo negativo

Verbo auxiliar (to do) + auxiliar negativo (not) + verbo + nombre, adjetivo…

Ejemplos:

Do not lie to me!(¡No me mientas!)

Do not wash in the washing machine.(No lo lave en la lavadora.)

Don’t hit your sister!(¡No le pegues a tu hermana!)

Nota: Si queremos incluirnos a nosotros mismos, usamos “let’s”.

Ejemplos:

Let’s go!(¡Nos vamos!)

Let’s not fight.(No nos peleemos.)

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