- Go away!
- Tell him that I am here!
- Listen to me now!
Kalau permohonan agar terdengar leibh halus dan sopan, kita menggunakan kata please pada akhir kalimat atau di awal kalimat. Perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimat berikut:
- Please sit down!
- Sit down, please!
- Sit here, please! atau Please sit here!
Untuk perintah atau permohonan agar tidak melakukan sesuatu, kata don't (jangan) digunakan pada awal kalimatnya:
- Don't tell her about it!
- Don't sit there!
- Don't go away, please!
Jika kalimat perintah tidak mengandung kata kerja transitive atau intransitive (sit, go, eat, study dan lain-lainnya) kalimat perintah menggunakan kata be:
- Be silent, please! (Mohon diam ya)
- Don't be angry with me! (Jangan marah sama saya!)
- Don't eat it up! (Jangan habisi makanan nya!)
Kalimat imperative (imperative sentences) kadang-kadang hanya terdiri dari satu kata saja. Perhatikan contoh-contoh berikut:
- Help!
- Run!
- Listen!
Latihan:
Isilah titik-titik dalam kalimat-kalimat berikut dengan kata-kata kerja (+pronouns) atau kata sifat. Anda diminta menebak kata kerja apa yang sesuai dengan makna kalimatnya.
- Don't .............this newspaper. I still need it later.
- ............, please. I need your help.
- .................. her that I plan to visit her this evening.
- Don't be ................... I am only joking.
- Don't ........................There are still others who haven't had their dinner..
- ..............me! I am drowning
- Please.................it to Any. She's going to use it.
- Don't ............now. You haven't finished it yet.
- ............me, please. I want to know about it.
- Don't .........him, please. I am afraid he will be angry with me.