MEMBERIKAN INSTRUKSI: KALIMAT IMPERATIF

         

COMMAND (a)      General:   Open the door! Soldier:    Yes, sir! REQUEST (b)      Teacher:   Open the door, please. Student:     Okay, I’d be happy to. DIRECTIONS      (c)      Barbara:  Could you tell me how to get to the post office? Stranger:  Certainly. Walk two blocks down this street. Turn left and walk three more blocks. It’s on the right hand side of the street.	Imperative sentences are used to give commands, make polite requests, and give directions. The difference between a command and a request lies in the speaker’s tone of voice and the use of please. Please can come at the beginning or end of a request: Open the door, please. Please open the door.
(d)   Close the window. (e)    Please sit down. (f)    Be quiet! (g)   Don’t walk on the grass. (h)   Please don’t wait for me. (i)     Don’t be late.	The simple form a verb is used in imperative sentences. The understood subject of the sentence is you (meaning the person the speaker is talking to): (you) close the window. Negative form: Don’t + the simple form of a verb.