Ex: Wash the dishes, please
Don’t talk so loudly
Mary, close the door
Imperatives
Use: to tell somebody to do something
Don’t + infinitive: negative
Infinitive: affirmative
Quantify determiners
Quantify determiners + of + noun
A bit of
Half of
Enough of
None of
Too many of
Too much
Too many
Negative meaning
So much + uncountable nouns
So many + plural nouns
Emphasize quantify of something
Much + uncountable nouns Ex: Much money…
A little + uncountable nouns Ex: A little coffee…
Little + uncountable nouns Ex: little energy…
Many + plural nouns Ex: Many engineers…
A few + plural nouns Ex: A few countries…
Few + plural nouns Ex: Few cars…
Tag questions
used usually in speech
used to: confirm something in true
used to: encourage a reply from a person we are
Form: with auxiliary verbs (do, have, will..) + subject
+ statement, - tag (frase +, question tag -)
- statement, + tag (frase -, question tag +)
Ex: You are a student, aren’t you? (same verb and subject)
Pronouns: one / ones
Use: to avoid unnecessary repetition.
They are used with determiners: demonstrative, adjectives, prepositional phrases.
Demonstrative pronouns
THOSE: plural, far
THESE: plural, near
THAT: singular, far
THIS: singular, near
Substitute people / things mentioned before
We can use demonstrative pronouns to quantify determiness.
