Exercises on the imperative mood

I. Складіть речення з наступних слів.

1. of/ cup/ coffee/ a/ have

2. at/ make/ home/ yourself

3. talking/ stop

4. station/ to/ hurry/ the

5. us/and/ring/try

6. letter/ this/ me/ help/ with

7. walk/ not/ do/ grass/ the/ on

8. out!/look/coming/is/bus/a

9. the/ next/ turning/ left/ take

10. sandwich/ another/ have

II. Зробіть речення з першої вправи більш категоричними.

III. Зверніться до друга (друзів) із наступним проханням (наказом).

1.Насолоджуйся! 2.Насолоджуйтесь! З.Зроби каву! 4.Виключи телевізор! 5.Не включай світло! б.Понеси трохи цю валізу! 7.Присядь на хвилинку! 8.Відпочинь декілька хвилин! 9.Ані руш! 10. Відішли ці листи, будь ласка. 11. Не слухай її! 12.Відчуй смак життя! 13.Почекай мене на дворі! 14.Усім зберігати спокій! 15. Хтось підійдіть до телефону! 16. Усім мовчати ! (не казати ані слова).

IV. Утворіть прохання за допомогою кінцівок типу: can you/ could you/ can't you/ will you/would you. Haпp. Stop shouting, will you.

1.Would you post this for me? 2.Will you take a seat? 3.Will you stop whistling? 4. Can't you do something useful? 5. Won't you stop asking questions? 6. Could you post these letters? 7. Would you hold this bag? 8. Can you get me some stamps? 9.Won't you come in?

V. Перекладіть на англійську мову вживаючи конструкцію з подвійним наказовимспособом, напр. Try and help.

1.Прийди і побачиш. 2.Спробуй і підніми цю валізу. З.Сядь тут і чекай на мене. 4.Почекай і побачиш.

VI. Вставте пропущені дієслова: ASK, AVOID, COME AND ASK, DO, KEEP, MIND,THINK, DON'T WASTE.

It's a case of AS YOU'RE TOLD in our company! I work for a small firm and my boss

is so bossy that we all call him 'Napoleon'. He doesn't mind a bit. Wherever you look in our

building there's a notice of some kind. The first thing you see when you arrive is OFF

THE GRASS! You come into the building and see THE STEPS! The walls are

covered with advice. IF IN DOUBT ME! MAKING MISTAKES!

ME FIRST! TIME! We have learnt to ignore this advice, but lately notices have

begun to appear in every part of the building. We have a small kitchen at the back where we

make coffee. Yesterday there was a new notice over the kitchen sink. It said: I was

pleased to see it wasn't long before someone added another notice under it which said THOAP!

Subjunctive I

• Subjunctive I has no tenses, the same form being used for the present, past and future.

• It is homonymous with the Bare Infinitive (Indefinite Active or Passive):

e.g. He orders that we be present.

• The formal difference between Subjunctive I and the Indicative Mood has almost disappeared in Modern English. The remaining forms in which Subjunctive I differs from the present Indicative are:

• In the verb to be: I, he, she, it, we, you, they – be;

• In all other verbs where the form of the third person singular has no “s” – he have, he speak, he go.

• Subjunctive I represents an action as problematic but not as contradicting reality. It is used to express order, request, suggestion, supposition, purpose, etc.

• Subjunctive I is rather obsolete in Modern English. In British English its use is confined to certain styles (poetry, high elevated prose, official documents). In everyday speech the Suppositional Mood or modal phrases are used instead. Subjunctive I is commonly used in American English.