IMPERATIVES

IMPERATIVES, -WH QUESTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

USE

• TO GIVE ORDERS

• TO GIVE A WARNING

• TO GIVE AN ADVICE

• TO MAKE A REQUEST (using "please")

EXAMPLES

• Do your homework!

• Don't touch!

• Take care !

• Insert coin here.

• Wait in line.

WH- QUESTIONS

WHAT     -------> QUÉ?

WHERE ------->DÓNDE?
WHEN------->  CUÁNDO?
WHO -------> QUIÉN?
HOW-------> CÓMO? /CUÁNTO?
WHY -------> POR QUÉ?

WHAT DID YOU DO LAST WEEKEND

I WATCHED TV

WHERE WERE SHE YESTERDAY

SHE WAS IN HER HOUSE

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

IN / ON / AT

IN is followed by

• the morning

• the evening

• the afternoon

• months -----> January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

• years -----> in 1997

Examples

• She was born in December 2005

• They went to a party in the evening

• I studied in this school in 2002

ON is followed by

• days ------> Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

• Dates

Examples

• My birthday is on January 13

• My birthday is on Monday

• He played on Friday

• We eat cake on 6 March

AT is followed by

• time of the day

• the night

Examples

• at four o'clock ------> a las cuatro en punto

• Did you eat at four o'clock?

• Where you calling me at night?