Have you ever had to give instructions in English to someone who is lost in your town/city?
Alguma vez você teve que dar instruções em inglês para uma pessoa perdida na sua cidade?
We use the IMPERATIVE when giving INSTRUCTIONS or ORDERS.
There is just one imperative form for both “you” singular and plural and it is used when being polite or not so polite.
We use the base form of the form, i.e. the infinitive without “to”, to form the imperative in English.
So, if a lost person asks you for instructions to get to a specific place you could reply, for example,
Por isso, se uma pessoa que estiver perdida lhe pedir
indicações para chegar a um lugar determinado, você poderia responder,
por exemplo:
Go straight on and turn left after about 100 metres.
Siga reto e vire à esquerda após uns 100 metros.
Here, “go” and “turn” are imperatives.
We use “do not”, or its contracted form “don’t”, followed by the base
form of the verb, to tell someone or some people not to do something,
for example, you could tell the lost person:
Remember to turn left. Don’t turn right by mistake!
Lembre-se de virar à esquerda. Não vire à direita por engano!
“Remember” and “Don’t turn” are both imperatives.
In every unit of our course you will read and listen to lots of imperatives.
Have a lovely weekend but don’t forget to study English if you have some free time!
As Bobby McFerrin used to say, “Don’t worry, be happy”!
Como dizia Bobby McFerrin dizia, “Não se preocupe, seja feliz”!
Have a lovely weekend.
Best regards,
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