Imperative exercises

Commands in English: the second person imperative - positive and negative (Take it. Don't cry.) - PDF exercises for elementary and pre-intermediate students of English to download for free.

Commands Exercise 1

Key with answers 1

• Use positive or negative commands to rewrite sentences.
• Example: You mustn't cry. - Don't cry.

Commands Exercise 2

Key with answers 2

• Use words in the correct order to make imperative sentences.
• Example: again | it | say - Say it again.

Commands Exercise 3

Key with answers 3

• Choose words to complete positive or negative commands.
• Example: (help, don't turn, play...) - ___ on the radio now.

Commands Exercise 4

Key with answers 4

• Use positive or negative imperatives to complete short dialogues.
• Example: Where shall we meet? - W___ for me outside the hotel.

Imperative (command) sentences - mixed forms

• A PDF test on the first, second and third person imperative and on the emphatic imperative.

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Imperative exercises PDF: 1st - 3rd person Let's do it. Let me see. Let him go.

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All these materials are written for students and teachers of English as a foreign language.