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Imperative

IMPERATIVE

> Easy to build:

SINGULAR
Sit down and open your book / The ambulance is coming, get out of the way

PLURAL

let's go to the beach / let's have lunch now

> HOW TO USE

a) Giving orders
go out! / shut the door! / hurry up you'll be late!

b) Giving advice

drive to the end of the street and turn left

c) Suggestions

come in and sit down / have a cup of tea

d) Signs

push / pull (door) insert a coin

e) Emphasis
do come in / do have a cup of tea / do sit down

> NEGATIVE: don't
let's not / don't let's

don't open the window, it is cold / don't smoke in your room! / don't be silly!

don't let's go into this house, it is haunted / let's not say a word !

> never & always are before verbs:
never do that again / always listen to your parents

> Passive form: get + past participle

get vaccinated as soon as possible

CRUMPETS recipe

11g active dry yeast for making cake rise

1/4 cup warm water (45°)

1/2 cup slightly warm milk

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 cup flour

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1.
Helen: Mummy, what will we have for tea ? There isn't any biscuit left in the box .
Mum: worry

2.
make some crumpets.

3.
Take a bowl and the yeast while I'm stirring the milk, the butter,
the flour and the sugar

4.
Helen: What can I do now ?
Mummy: the egg,

5.
careful!

6.
Oh no! be so clumsy! I'll do it myself

7.
I'll put all the ingredients in the bowl and you'll beat the batter until it is smooth .
Then cover the bowl and rise until the batter double.

8.
One hour later / Helen, the frying pan and heat it on the cook ring

9.
One, two tablespoons of butter for each crumpet. them until the bottoms are golden brown
then turn the cakes to brown the other side

10.
let them burn! Have you finished ?
Good! It's time to have a cup of tea and taste those appetizing cakes

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