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GRAMMAR CHECK

lmperatives

Affirmative imperatives look the same as the infinitive without to.
Move' Look!

Negative imperatives start with do not or don't + infinitive without to.
Don 't forget us.
We use imperatives to give instructions, orders, or invitations, or to make offers.

Be carefu/ 1 Brave soldiers follow me 1 Come and ¡om us!

Please take my finest horse with you.

1 Choose the correct word or words to complete the army rules.

a Get up�ate in the morning.
b Leave/Don't leave your clothes all over the tent.

e Llsten/Don't listen carefully to the general.
d Fight/Don't flght bravely in all battles

e Run/Don't run away from the enemy.

2 Mulan is leaving her famlly. Complete the sentences with the afflrmative or
negative imperative. Use the verbs in the box.

be come cry read ride tell wear

, Don·+ f orflet
·1 • says er a er.
a .................. ..... your f ami y, h f th
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b ' ......... your horse carefullyl' críes her mother.
e ' ... . . . . . . people your true name,' whispers Sun Ying.

d ' ......... your soldier's clothes ali the time,' says her
father.

e ' ......... afraid ' shouts Sun Ying.
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f ' ......... back soon and ......... my books with me"

cries Xiong.
g 'Please . , ....... , Xiong,' says Mulan. 'You can see me

again soon.'

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