Imperative Form
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Also known as the Imperative Form, commands are very easy to use. Begin the sentence with a verb and end with an object, a person or a thing. |
Drive to the post office.
Help me find this information.
The subject in each of these sentences is "you," but it doesn't sound correct to use the subject.
Tell someone not to do something:
Don't do that.
Don't hit him.
Don't drive a car without a seat belt.
In each sentence above, the present tense is used and the subject is "you.
The polite form of a command uses the word "please."
Please give that to me.
Pass the potatoes, please.