IMPERATIVES – How to give commands in English

jajaja, your class was very funny!

thks!!

kotysky

I thought it was a piece of cake for me to give orders, but to my dismay there’s much more to it that meet the eye.

Interesting lesson on imperatives.

Regino

. . . mmmm . . . making mistakes as usual . . .

“. . . there is much more to it THAN meetSSS the eye”.

Regino

Nice lesson 100

soso88xoxo

thanks you are the best

AAOK100

9 out 9 great!

Makeee

Hmmm antuak

antuak

I have to take off my hat for you, James!

Thanks again.

Just a little something. You said it’s freezing
in Canada. But “keep it under your hat” here in
my tropical country the heat is not too forgiving. Right now in Rio de Janeiro is
39C. But for us it feels like 50C.So say the
news.
My city is about to run out of water. São Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil, has run out of water, already.

This heat is appalling, worrying and unbearable.

But, we always have Engvid! So, let’s play ball!

Sonia1234

Heeeeeeeeeeelp me, James.

Is it right to say: ” So say the news” or should I have said “So says the news.”

As “news” in a non-coutable word the verb must
be in the singular, mustn’t it?

Sonia1234

So say the news is correct. But – verb cannot in plural or singular. Says is for 3rd person singular, say is for the others

emo53

correction and completing:
…verb cannot be in plural…
3rd person (he, she, it)
the others (I, you, we, they)

emo53

Hello Sonia,

You are correct. “news” is an uncountable noun.
Thus, “So says the news” is the correct form to report on a fact you’ve just heard.

Common phrases that I have seen in journalism are “according to news reports, …”, “news reports tell of + ” – here the verb is in plural, as “news” acts as an adjective.

As “news” is uncountable, therefore the opening line of newsreaders is: “Here IS the news.”

Check out also http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/news

David

Mr. E was cute :D Thank you for your interesting lesson, James. You are funny :)

Happy04

Thank you James, great lesson, I have clear imperatives now.

jkarloz

i tried my best an got 78 .. Really enjoyed the lesson

Nabin Adhikari

i really like this lesson . i got 100 :)

msmohammed

Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle! (Plato)

Thanks for this simple and clear lesson.

byte

Thanks very much

InurHova

Great job, James! I’ll take your lesson into account when it’s needed to use commands…and polite commands, of course

1AlexUnder1

The lesson is funny, engaging and interactive. I love it.

Carlos Steven Carty

A million thank you Mr James. Really convenient ! ;) :)

Oussamadridi

Thank you Mr. James.
Can you please teach us something about military language?

Feti Pronaj

than very my dear teacher , i am very happy to try some of the test exam to worked thank u

yasiin

I just realize that let’s is a contraction of let us xD

almiuxd

It’a interesting how the language treath each situation. In portuguese language, i dind’t see situations like that, if you use please before or after is the same kind of comand. Cool! Mr Jame you are a great speaker. I’ve got 100.

RobertoCRibeiro

8/9 (wrong on the second question) Very well explained, very interesting. Thank you, all

Jorge Pedroso

Great lesson, James.

Taylor Mcknight

thanks you Mr James

Hassan Akoshli

Great lesson! As a matter of fact, this site is great! I have a suggestion: you could do (or make?) a lesson about numbers, how to say, how to write. For example, I don’t know wich is correct: two thousand-fifteen, two thousand and fifteen, two thousand fifteen etc. It would be a nice lesson!

Valderí Andrade

i got 8 correct , seems super xD

memo beek

thanks , good teacher

MOH900

Hi James
Thanks for another great lesson. I am with engvid.com from about three years, and I see my progress in learnig English Language. Once more Thanks.

eurokolchoznik

Thanks James. This lesson is very fun

Yunisli

Thank you so much James for this usefull class.

By the way if you want to speak English to make practise on skype, read my account details please :)

camalote

Answer me please :) Thanks James! It’s really helpful your stuff again. Now, I am going enjoy another lesson by a other teacher. Lets don’t take off our shirts! :D

makw

Hi James, thank u so much for teaching imparetive :)

Stranger444

Hi guys,join me on skype curiose34354 just to practice english.

Stranger444

Congratulations, its a great video!

JoanaDarc9999

Thank you Mr. E

bundersvaguen

This was fun.

Lcseeker

nice lesson thanks.

ziyacrzc

Thanks James.It’s so funny

Viktor B.

thanks james…..

Lokesh

Thanks James I got 7 correct out of 9. Please add me my skype is ukrit_2011 Let’s me join you to improve my english speaking skill and listening skill

Ukrit

Hey man
I hope I could speak English like you.You speak English in a strong way

kami88

Dear James,
you are a very good teacher. Mr E is very funny.
We really enjoyed this lesson. Best Compliments!:)

winnie22

Thanks a lot, sir. I fairly appreciate your teaching style. The content is not only humorous but also useful. You are a good teacher. I wish you healthy and happy.

noneego

Tkss!!! :)

gugasamorzao

We should take off our shirts.

YOU WIN MAN! ^______^’

aiace

funny lesson)

SergeyPenza

very good lesson thank you

brala

9/9 the first time

vikingloveu

James you are excellent teacher, thank you.

juanbayona

Yeah!!! I got 8 out of 9 on that quiz and this is my first time… Love you Jame and you are the best….

vanbawi24

6/9 please do again

adalberto75

thanx you guy, you give me a hope! your lessons are spectacular! thanx again, because of you i want to know English well!

Ol-W

p.s. 7/9 :)

Ol-W

8/9 now what

Ramesh Kumar AMAN

Very good class! Congratulations.

Max

Many thanks teacher

C5sar

This lesson is very nice! Congratualations

ANTONIO LIRA

thanks so much

NgoHuyPhap

thanks for the class.. It was very funny.

Soraya Moreno

Good!

HG2014

that was excelent ty to EngVid

Victhor

Thank you .it’s amazing

cute miro

it was good lesson i have got from it alot thanks!

ElyasMirzayee

Good lesson.

I like your style.

panda7

what’s wrong with the sound?

spiridolga

Thanks a lot .

Djellza

thanks so much,this lesson is funny and useful

therock1991

Thank you James

Maribelle

thank you noha

abdu65

Check how you use the microphone,
please.)
When you are turning your head the sound volume is changing. May be is better to use two microphones..?

Azat

Thank you for the nice lesson!

Teodora61

Hello, can i talk with you..? i want to improve my english..

sukhpreetm

Great video

JanetG

Thanks got 56% but very good lesson, first time delivered by Mr. James and I liked.

Abdul Qayum

2nd time I got 67% only 11% improvement.

Abdul Qayum

hello im realy like your lessons its realy help me tnx. i want asking you why more of asian people used word me when they must say i am . for exs. me not bad
me not lucky ect . tnx i hope you help them understood it

tamri

ıt was very good. I spent funny time. Also my quiz was very good. thanks:))))

pinar95

Thanks, Yes Sir,

Suvit Kingtion

thankyou so much james. It’s fantastic. I’m starting to learn now. I like it cause you’re sort of funny. hehe

J-O-Y

I’ve got 100
Thank you James for the great lesson

Belal Fadel

thank you for interesting lesson! :)

Hodr

I got it 10/10.
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luigieriche

Thanks very much!!! Good lesson.

Vlad172

Thank you very much!

Cristian Gutiérrez

Your explanation easy
And got degrees on 9-9
Thanks, James.

khaloud111

I am very impressive from your lessons. It is enjoy to watch the videos. And it is very good that my level of English enough for understanding your speech.

SASwin

good quiz!

romuald

Thank you James great lesson.

ninette45

Thanks a lot,very useful!

Cafeluta

well that is better yourself english

gonagueezra100

good english or bad english we teach will fix it sentece.

gonagueezra100

Believe it or not in 3 month I’ll be ready for college
thx to Engvid.com

Beevenson Taloute

thank’s James, but i got 89 percent ¬¬

raphaprazeres

Last 5 years i have stayed in different places
is this a grammatically correct sentence ?

sufibd2010

Thank You James!

houdah

hey there engvid,kindly develop your website where we can make new friends or make a every persons”s inbox option with that source of contact where we can talk on skype to improve aur english thank you.

Kashif shahzad

you’re the best man please;keep going :D

solly93

Thank my lovely teacher, James

Xuphuongthao

Thank you, James. It’s good, but the only question: why did you turn your eyes down saying that “us” is a 3rd person? © Dr. Lightman ;-)

Konstantin

Thank You! James. You r an osum teacher!

Shantanu Goel

Great practical lesson.Thanks James.

tutte

Very Funny and practical lesson! Thanks!

Marysol

it is very exiting lesson more fun thanks

zaki2015

9 out of 9 ..I can’t say no more about you .. You’re the best ,Thanks James

marouane10

James, you’re genius :) … Thanks a lot.

dovla187

I got 8 correct out of 9. Thanks James.

tony wang

Great….

Ashane

i got 7 correct out of 9
good lessson

hawsa

Hey James! You know what… YOU ROCK!!!

Please keep up doing your great job.

Kind regards from Peru

Brian2015

Thank you , you are the best :)

Azargooy

thank you james . great lesson

uduck4@yahoo.com

thanxxxx

Asharaa

Theacher! You’re freaking awesome! :)

Madjarof

sooo much fun! like the way this teacher teach

Sil Silvia

Very interesting lesson.

ricmen

the best lesson for me

dahdee

Good lesson.

welesh

thanks teacher so much the lesson was very enjoyable and useful ,i had a fun time and you are funny like it :)see you soon

nouf abdullah

Hello James! Thank you for lesson.
I have a question to engvid teachers and site administrators: Maybe possible to add in engvid site ability to video/voice/chat communication between site users? It would be wounder, if teacher will organize video/audio conference call rooms, and all people can communicate in real time.
It it is impossible do in engvid site, lets do it by gmail hangouts or in other communication tool.

My Gmail accaunt : haykkh78@gmail.com
Skype: haykkh78

I will happy to talk with you.

hajkx

Well done, James ! You are a good English teacher and a talented actor as well !

cborozan

Good Job man. I got 8 correct out of 9 (89)

dearabi

9 in 9 ;)

alicetin09

You are very entertaining. I enjoy your lessons.
Thanks

stpetersbklyn

thank you teacher I love the class
I enjoy your class every time >>>>

hashim2015

Thanks

LeoZorba

7/9 Thank you, James! I like you pronunciation!

viacheslavkr

Really, you are awesome, your expressions and body language is excellent.

Aahil manzar

Thanks

Rozenn

Thank you for the lesson

Dan70010

Thank you that was great

Saghimatouri

Good lesson, 10/10 thank you very much professor James

Carolinar8

Thanks very much!)

Xsenia17

thanks

danielecappuccini

Thank you James !:_)

Sitosh

Thanks, John

Andahazy

You are the best!!! :)

Renataantunes

thank you James
I like that way you teach

costuky

you class is funny,I love you lessons.

jack-zhou

Awesome lesson, Mr. James.
Thank you so much, I´ll give so many orders now.

iberri23

Mr. James, continue teaching, please. You’re nice teacher.

Elnar

That’s a really funny lesson, now i can understand more about imperatives

Bach Le

I just joined the engvid. And i’m very happy…

Cecep

Yaaay I got 9 out of 10, thank you, I like your lesson

Dr.Areej

You already know but, you are the best teacher!!! Congratulation for your job, it is awesome!!!

Alex R. Lima

So clear! Thank you Mr. James!

sunshine9065

thanks teacher it was really useful i got 89

sultan.sleman

thnxx a lot

NeSma MuStafa

you are the best XD

hossam42

It was helpful and fun for me and I laughed at many times :D
thank you for your good lesson. It was interested.

nori1996

thank you for the interesting lesson.

sashadana

i like this class.thank you

misterius

let’s do this again ;)

brigidaturi1

Perfect! This lesson was incredible, congrats!

tchello

Really nice…

Sivakumar

I’m really love the way your teaching

kameko

Thank you James.

Enkutatash

Just seeing myself getting 100 makes me happy, me neva know English could be this nice your making it more fun.

hinata@

You got 9 correct out of 9.
:D

zapdnb

ı got 7 correct out of 9 on quız :D thanks James! teach us more! Please :D :D

mahsungok

Thanks James. This lesson is very fun

Irina Bondareva

this is great my teacher !!!
i like so much your cours!! take courage to do the best than this .

daroka

hi,
about let us in the imperative ,i think the speaker is not included is it right ?

mahmoud AbdAllah

Thank you for brighten me up

yildirimahmet

First of all thank you so much for the incredible work through the video .
Please make the last question a little clear , what do you mean by strong ??? , strong affirmative or polite ?

Baryalaii

Thanks so much
You are very funny and a good teacher

Faith

thanks got an 89

Faith

Thanks for all your help
You’re the best teacher i’ve ever seen

kotoz

Thanks a lot!:)

Successful Student

Want to thank you again!

thank you it was very funny ^^

bennie~

Thanks james. You are perfect teacher. I got 100 ☺

Fztruh

Thanks. But u r the Best

nirob

Thank you James it was a great lesson

Adnan Moussa Soubaneh

thank you teacher

Samson12

Thank you…

Md.Akter Hossain

Thank you!

Matheus Lucas

Thank you for this lesson !

Annie GLG

I love your classes ! :D very funny

Valeria Salinas

Thank you , James! Great class!

Hedneya

Thank you very much James, amazing class. As usual.

Medardo@17

thank you so much i learned alot from you
you are the best

Areej Albarqi

Hi James, it’s good reminder for imperative use of these sentences.It’s commonly use by our teachers and boss in companies but it is still required to use please begin of the command.