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Affirmative informal commands

In English All affirmative commands are formed by using the infinitive form ofa verb, without the word to. There are no irregular commands in English.

Eat your vegetables! Please stop yelling! Be nice!

When a direct object pronoun is included in the sentence, it follows the verb.Here is your key. Keep it safe.I'm very interested in your paintings. Show them to me some day.

A Circle the verbs that express commands. Underline the direct objectpronoun if there is one.

1. You left your umbrella here. Please(tak£)it with you.

2. Here is your apple. Cut it into pieces before eating it.

3. It's raining. Drive carefully.

4. You're so nervous. Calm down!

5. I fried these plantains for us. Try them!

6. The air conditioning is off. Please turn it on.

7. You're friends. Forgive and forget!

8. Please turn down the radio, it's very loud.

In Spanish Informal commands are used to tell a friend or relative (some-one you address as tu) to do something. Affirmative informal commands areformed by taking the tu form of the present tense and dropping the final -s.

calientas -> calienta Calienta la leche.comes -> come Come las espinacas.

Some verbs have irregular affirmative informal command forms.tener -» ten ir -» ve hacer -»hazvenir -> ven ser -» se salir -»salponer -» pon

When you use a pronoun with an affirmative informal command, attach it to theend of the verb. The stressed vowel of the verb will then have an accent mark,unless the verb is only one syllable long.

iAbro el libro? Si, abrelo.^Cuando hago las camas? Hazlas ahora.

B Circle the command forms. Underline the direct object pronoun, if there is one.

1. La torta esta deliciosa.(^ruebjla.2. Las zanahorias estan en el refrigerador. Sacalas y ponlas en la mesa.

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