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GCSE English Language · key term
A sentence form used to give a command or instruction.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
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A verb form used to give a command or instruction.
Revise: Analysing languageThen examine speech and sentence form. ‘come here’ and ‘look at that’ are imperatives. Mrs Fairbank urgently directs Percy’s actions and attention. The exclamation marks intensify that urgency.
A command or instruction, such as ‘Come here!’
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A grammatical form expressing a command or instruction.
A verb form used to give an instruction or direction, as in ‘Check the opening times.’
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A sentence that gives a command or instruction.
Revise: Analysing languageA declarative sentence states something; an interrogative asks a question; an imperative gives a command. A question may be rhetorical, or it may represent a genuine doubt that the writer then answers, as in Sandow’s imagined dialogue.
A sentence that tells the reader to do something, usually beginning with a verb, such as ‘Check the timetable.’
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