Imperative commands

Gramática--
Spanish Imperatives

Maestra Sánchez

The imperative is how we say a command. Example:

"You drank water" (indicative)
"Drink water" (imperative)

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What is the imperative?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the imperative mood?

• Did you answer him?

• Answer him

• You answered him

• You should answer him

Affirmative imperatives are used to tell someone to do something.

Example: "Move the box."
Ejemplo: "Mueve la caja."

Affirmative

​Negative imperatives are used to tell someone to not do something.

Example: "Don't move the box."
Ejemplo: "No muevas la caja."

​​Negative

We still conjugate when giving orders in Spanish. The conjugations for regular verbs are as follows:

Notice- we only use the imperative for "you," "you all," and "us"

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​The Imperative in Spanish

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the affirmative imperative mood?

escuchar- to listen

• Eschuchar

• Eschuchas

• Escucha

• Escuches

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences is in the affirmative imperative mood?

escribir- to write

• Ecribir

• Escribes

• Escriban

• Escribe

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the negative imperative mood?

ayudar- to help

• No ayudes

• No ayudo

• No ayudar

• No ayudamos

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the negative imperative mood?

cenar- to eat dinner

• No cenes

• No cenamos

• No ceno

• No cenar

Multiple Choice

But what is a tense? A tense of a verb tells you when a person did something or when something existed or happened. In English, there are three(3) main tenses. What are they?

• Present, command, future

• Present, past, future

• Past ,future, conditional

But what exactly is the Subjunctive?

• A tense?

• A mood?

• Something else?

Yes, we talk about most events using verbs in either the past, the present or the future

• This also exists in Spanish

• You have learned the Present Tense, The Preterit and the Imperfect Tense(past tenses)

But what is a mood?

• Sad, gloomy, angry?

• Elated, excited, fearful?

• Something else?

Multiple Select

A mood is used to refer to a verb category or form which indicates whether the verb expresses a fact , a command, a question, a condition, or a wish or possibility. Tick the grammatical terms for these.

• indicative

• imperative

• interrogative

• conditional

• subjunctive

informal spanish commands

By Melissa Creamer

​Don't forget to stem-change your verbs!

Affirmative

Informal

Commands​

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Multiple Choice

______ la cebolla.

• Corta

• Corte

• Cortas

• Cortes

Multiple Choice

______ las semillas.

• Remueve

• Remove

• Remova

• Remueva

Multiple Choice

______ el chocolate con leche.

• Bata

• Bates

• Batas

• Bate

​Don't forget to stem-change and spell-change.

​Negative Informal

Commands ​

1. Start with the YO

2. Drop th​e "o"

3. Add the opposite ending ​

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Multiple Choice

______ las galletas. (quemar)

• No quemes

• No quemas

• No queme

• No quema

Multiple Choice

______ el agua por mucho tiempo. (hervir)

• No herves

• No hervas

• No hierves

• No hiervas

Multiple Choice

______ el batido antes de la cena. (beber)

• No bebas

• No bebes

• No beba

• No bebe

Multiple Choice

______ tu dedo. (picar)

• No picas

• No pices

• No picques

• No pica

Irregular Commands

informal spanish commands

By Melissa Creamer

​Don't forget to stem-change your verbs!

Affirmative

Informal

Commands​

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Multiple Choice

______ la cebolla.

• Corta

• Corte

• Cortas

• Cortes

Multiple Choice

______ las semillas.

• Remueve

• Remove

• Remova

• Remueva

Multiple Choice

______ el chocolate con leche.

• Bata

• Bates

• Batas

• Bate

​Don't forget to stem-change and spell-change.

​Negative Informal

Commands ​

1. Start with the YO

2. Drop th​e "o"

3. Add the opposite ending ​

​

Multiple Choice

______ las galletas. (quemar)

• No quemes

• No quemas

• No queme

• No quema

Multiple Choice

______ el agua por mucho tiempo. (hervir)

• No herves

• No hervas

• No hierves

• No hiervas

Multiple Choice

______ el batido antes de la cena. (beber)

• No bebas

• No bebes

• No beba

• No bebe

Multiple Choice

______ tu dedo. (picar)

• No picas

• No pices

• No picques

• No pica

Irregular Commands