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Poornima Sharma

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Students should follow below mentioned tips:

·       Students need to focus and have clarity on the meaning of imperative sentences to be able to use them efficiently. They should know the core functions of these sentences, which are, giving commands, instructions, or requests.

·       Practice a lot by making such sentences. Students should keep in mind to use basic form of verb and indirect subject, to structure these sentences.

·       Students should know when and how to use punctuation in these sentences. While full stop is commonly used, exc

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Here are some books that students can consider for studying imperative sentences in detail:

Books

Author

English Imperative Sentences: Most Common Imperative Verbs

Manik Joshi

Imperatives

Mark Jary and Mikhail Kissine

English Daily Use Book 3

Manik Joshi

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Let's take a deeper look into these two with their examples, to understand the difference better.

Imperative sentences

Indicative Sentences

These sentences express commands, requests, or instructions

These sentences state facts, opinions, or asks questions.

Often lack a subject and use the base form of the verb.

Include a subject and verb.

The tone ranges from polite requests to firm commands.

These can be declarative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

Examples:

·       Close the door.

·       Please stand here.

·       Go away!

·       Stop talking.

 

Examples:

·       The rabbit is sitting on the table.

·       I believe she is saying the truth.

·       The sky is blue today.

·       Is it raining?

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Imperative sentences are divided into following types depending upon the use cases:

Types of Imperative sentence

Example

Positive command

·       Eat your food.

·       Close the window.

Negative command

·       Don't make noise

·       Don't touch the flowers.

Command

·       Stop talking.

·       Go to your seat.

Request

·       Please pass the salt.

·       Could you open the door?

Instruction

·       Add some sugar to the cake.

·       Turn left from here.

Advice

·       Get some rest.

·       Don't take this medicine.

Offer

·       Have some coffee?

·       Join us for the party?

Suggestion

·       Let's go for a movie.

·       How about trying this new dish?

 

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Imperative sentences give a command, makes a request, or offers instructions, in English language. These sentences tell someone to do something and typically end with a period or an exclamation point. Imperative sentences do not always state a subject as the subject "you" is usually understood.

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Students can refer to the following books to study and understand the topic of complex sentences in English:

Books

Author

Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences

Aamir Shaikh

"English Grammar Revision B1: 120 Sentence Transformation Exercises"

Jacqueline Melvin

Diagramming Complex Sentences: A visual Approach to English Grammar

Chandrasekar, Mira Saraswathi, A, Ramachandran

 

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Following are the examples of complex sentences:

After you work is done/join us at the restaurant for the dinner.

Dependent clause/Independent clause

Although she was tired/but/she went for shopping.

Dependent clause/conjunction/Independent clause

Because/ it was hot/we did not go out.

Subordinating conjunction/ Dependent clause/ Independent clause

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·       Understand the sentence structure. Every sentence needs to have a dependent clause, independent clause and a conjunction, to be correct and complete.

·       Use the right punctuation as per the requirement.

·       Practice writing complex sentences to solidify your understanding.

·       Read a lot. Explore different examples. This will enhance your understanding, clarity and use of sentences.

·       Listen to native speakers and focus on the usage and complex sentence s

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When a sentence contains one or more Dependent clauses along with multiple independent clauses, it becomes Compound Complex Sentences. Ex: Because it was raining, the children stayed inside, and they played board games.

Remember, the complex sentence only has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. Ex: When the party ends, we can go home.

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A Complex Sentence is a combination of an independent clause (which can stand alone as a sentence) with one or more dependent clauses (which cannot stand alone). These clauses are linked using subordinating conjunctions like "because," "although," "while," "since," or relative pronouns like "who," "which," or "that". Unlike Simple Sentences, Complex Sentences are not complete in their thought until both the clauses are used.

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