| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| los platos después de cenar. |
| los platos después de cenar. |
| Lava |
| Lava |
| Lava los platos después de cenar. |
| Lava los platos después de cenar. |
| "Wash the dishes after dinner." |
| We use lava in this sentence because it's the regular imperative form used to give a command to one person using tú. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| Come |
| Come |
| Come tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| Come tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| "Eat your lunch before class." |
| We use come because it's the regular imperative form of comer, used to tell someone informally to eat. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| más agua cuando hace calor. |
| más agua cuando hace calor. |
| Bebe |
| Bebe |
| Bebe más agua cuando hace calor. |
| Bebe más agua cuando hace calor. |
| "Drink more water when it's hot." |
| We use bebe because it's the regular imperative form of beber, used to give a command or suggestion to someone using tú. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Estudia |
| Estudia para |
| Estudia para el |
| Estudia para el examen |
| Estudia para el examen de |
| Estudia para el examen de mañana. |
| "Study for tomorrow's test." |
| Estudia para el examen de mañana. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (Abres or Abre) la puerta para tu abuela. |
| (Abres or Abre) la puerta para tu abuela. |
| Abre |
| Abre |
| Abre la puerta para tu abuela. |
| "Open the door for your grandma." |
| We use abre in this sentence because it's the imperative form used for giving a direct instruction to tú. |
| Abres is incorrect here because it's the present indicative form, not the imperative. It means "you open" as a statement, not a command. Imperative sentences use the base verb form without the subject pronoun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| (Camina or Caminas) con cuidado en la calle. |
| (Camina or Caminas) con cuidado en la calle. |
| Camina |
| Camina |
| Camina con cuidado en la calle. |
| "Walk carefully in the street." |
| We use camina in this sentence because it's a tú imperative, used to give a direct command or instruction to someone. |
| Caminas is incorrect here because it is the present indicative form, which describes what someone is doing — "you walk." It's not used for giving commands. The imperative mood uses a different form to directly tell someone what to do. |
| Let's translate some sentences into Spanish. |
| Translate "Write your name on the sheet." into Spanish. |
| escribe, "write" (imperative form for tú) |
| followed by |
| tu nombre, "your name" |
| next |
| en, "on" |
| followed by |
| la hoja, "the sheet" |
| We use escribe in this sentence because it's a command directed at tú, telling them to write. |
| Escribe tu nombre en la hoja. |
| Escribe tu nombre en la hoja. |
| "Write your name on the sheet." |
| Translate "Listen to the song and sing with me." into Spanish. |
| escucha, "listen" (imperative form for tú) |
| followed by |
| la canción, "the song" |
| next |
| y, "and" |
| followed by |
| canta, "sing" (imperative form for tú) |
| next |
| conmigo, "with me" |
| We use escucha in this sentence because it's the imperative form of escuchar, which is used to tell someone to listen. |
| Escucha la canción y canta conmigo. |
| Escucha la canción y canta conmigo. |
| "Listen to the song and sing with me." |
| Translate "Teach me how to cook something easy." into Spanish. |
| enséñame, "teach me" (imperative for tú + object pronoun me) |
| followed by |
| a cocinar, "to cook" |
| next |
| algo, "something" |
| followed by |
| fácil, "easy" |
| We use enséñame in this sentence because it's a tú command with a pronoun attached, used to say "Teach me." |
| Enséñame a cocinar algo fácil. |
| Enséñame a cocinar algo fácil. |
| "Teach me how to cook something easy." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which verb in the imperative mood do you hear? |
| Come tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Come tu almuerzo antes de la clase. |
| Did you hear, come? Come, meaning "eat," is the imperative form used to give a direct command to tú, the informal "you." |
| How about...? |
| Estudia para el examen de mañana. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Estudia para el examen de mañana. |
| Did you hear, estudia? Estudia, meaning "study," is a tú command—an imperative form used to tell one person what to do. |
| Next… |
| Camina con cuidado en la calle. |
| One more time. |
| Camina con cuidado en la calle. |
| Did you hear, camina? Camina, meaning "walk," is used here as a command in the imperative mood for the pronoun tú. |
| And... |
| Enséñame a cocinar algo fácil. |
| One more time. |
| Enséñame a cocinar algo fácil. |
| Did you hear, enséñame? Enséñame, meaning "teach me," is the tú command form of enseñar, with me attached as a pronoun to show who is being taught. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to ask someone to do something in Spanish. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Nos vemos. |
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