The imperative

The imperative tense

Familiar commands

Today we will

• Review how to conjugate verbs in the imperative tense

• Apply these verbs to food and cooking

• Learn its other uses, such as advice

What is the imperative?

• the imperative mood is the form of the verb that makes direct commands and requests.

• It uses the 3rd Person singular form (él/ella/usted) in the present.

• The verbs in this mood can also be called familiar commands.

Conjugation

• Use affirmative forms when you are instructing someone to do something

• Use the negative form by placing NO in front

• The affirmative uses the él/ella/usted form

• The negative uses the tú form flipped (-er/-ir flip to -ar ending)

• Don't eat (comer) > No com-as

Review

• For regular verbs the endings are shown

• For -ar verbs, drop the R

  flip to -es for the negative form

• For -er/-ir drop the ending and replace with -e

• Flip to -as for negative form

• 
  

Irregular verbs

• These verbs do not follow the rule and have their own form

• these are the most commonly used ones

• 
  

• 
  

Let's break it down

-AR verbs

Cocinar - to cook

Affirmative -> Cocina el pollo : Cook the chicken

Negative-> No cocines el pollo : Don't cook the chicken

-ER & -IR verbs

Beber - to drink

Affirmative -> Bebe el café : Drink the coffee

Negative-> No bebas el café : Don't drink the coffee

-ER & -IR verbs

Batir - to whip

Affirmative -> Bate la crema : Whip the cream

Negative-> No batas la crema : Don't whip the cream

Vamos a practicar

let's practice what we have reviewed

Multiple Choice

When do you use an affirmative Tú command?

• Tell someone what to do.

• Tell someone what happened.

• Tell someone what NOT to do

• Tell someone what is happening.

Multiple Choice

How do you form an affirmative Tú command?

• Use él/ella/usted form

• Use Yo form

• Use Tú form

Multiple Choice

When do you use Negative Tú Commands?

• I Don't know

• Telling someone they are a bad person

• Telling someone what they SHOULD do

• Telling someone what NOT to do

Multiple Choice

What's the first step when forming Negative Tú Commands?

• I don't know

• Place a sí in front of the verb

• Put the verb in the usted form

• Place a No in front of the verb

Multiple Choice

What's the second step when forming negative TÚ commands?

• I don't know

• Replace the ending with appropriate ending(opposite ending)

• Conjugate it in the ustedes form

• Drop the o and change it to the appropriate ending (same ending)

Multiple Choice

Negative Tú: desayunar (to eat breakfast)

• No desayuna

• No desayunes

• No desayuno

Multiple Choice

Negative Tú: Estudiar (to study)

• No estudias

• No Estudio

• No estudies

Multiple Choice

Affirmative Tú: Comer

• como

• comes

• come

Multiple Choice

Affirmative Tú: Comer

• como

• comes

• come

Multiple Choice

Affirmative Tú: Beber

• bebo

• bebes

• bebe

Multiple Choice

Affirmative tú: Comprar

• compro

• compra

• compres

Multiple Choice

Affirmative tú: Poner (to put)

• pongo

• pone

• pon

Multiple Choice

Affirmative tú: Poner (to put)

• pongo

• pone

• pon