Imperative Mood

Question 1

Informal (tú) command: “speak.”

Answer 1

Habla.

Question 2

Informal (tú) Commands (Imperative), name the differences in affirmative and negative grammatical structure.

Answer 2

Affirmative: Use the present indicative Ud. form
Negative: Use the present subjunctive tú form

Question 3

Informal (tú) command: “eat.”

Answer 3

Come.

Question 4

Informal (tú) command: “write.”

Answer 4

Escribe.

Question 5

Informal (tú) command: “Do not eat.”

Answer 5

No comas.

Question 6

Informal (tú) command: “Do not speak.”

Answer 6

No hables.

Question 7

Informal (tú) command: “Do not write.”

Answer 7

No escribas.

Question 8

Informal (tú) command: “(You) Write the letter.”

Answer 8

Escribe la carta.

Question 9

Informal (tú) command: “(You) Speak more slowly.”

Answer 9

Habla más lentamente.

Question 10

Informal (tú) command: “(You) Eat the dinner.”

Answer 10

Come la cena.

Question 11

Informal (tú) command: “Don’t speak more slowly.”

Answer 11

No hables más lentamente.

Question 12

Informal (tú) command: “Don’t count your blessings.”

Answer 12

No cuentes tus beneficios.

Question 13

For regular AR, ER, IR verbs, for an informal (tú) affirmative command how do the verbs conjugate?

Answer 13

The affirmative informal (tú) commands are formed the same way as the present indicative Ud. form:

AR = -ar + a
ER = -er + e
IR = -ir + e

Question 14

For regular AR, ER, IR verbs, for an informal (tú) negative command how do the verbs conjugate?

Answer 14

Note that the negative informal commands use the tú form of the present subjunctive:

AR = -ar + es
ER = -er + as
IR = -ir + as