Download this free A1–A2 grammar worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson helps students practise imperatives for giving instructions, warnings and advice.
Students learn how to use an imperative to tell someone what to do or what not to do. The worksheet explains that imperatives usually use the base form of the verb and leave out the subject you.
The worksheet teaches positive imperatives such as Open the window, Turn left at the bank, Take a break and Wash your hands. Students practise using clear instruction forms for classrooms, directions, recipes, safety situations and everyday requests.
Students also practise negative imperatives with don’t + base verb, such as Don’t open the window, Don’t touch that, Don’t run across the road and Don’t stay up late. The worksheet also covers Be + adjective, Don’t be + adjective, and polite forms with please at the beginning or end.
The worksheet helps students understand different uses of imperatives. They learn how to give instructions, warnings, advice and ordered steps using First, Then and Finally. This makes the grammar useful for real classroom English, directions, safety warnings, recipes, polite requests and everyday advice.
The PDF includes a grammar focus section, imperative exercises, choose-the-correct-form practice, sentence matching, mistake correction, mini-dialogues, imperative rewriting, meaning-and-use practice, speaking practice, writing practice, vocabulary and grammar sentence practice, an error-checking challenge, useful reminders and a full answer key.
This worksheet can be used in one-to-one lessons, group classes, online English lessons, adult ESL lessons, EFL classes, homework or independent grammar practice.
Level: A1–A2
Grammar point: Imperatives: instructions, warnings and advice
Focus: grammar accuracy, positive imperatives, negative imperatives, don’t, be, don’t be, please, instructions, warnings, advice, speaking and writing
Format: Free grammar worksheet PDF with answer key
This free worksheet includes:
- a clear explanation of imperatives
- practice with positive imperatives using the base verb
- practice with negative imperatives using don’t + base verb
- practice with Be + adjective
- practice with Don’t be + adjective
- practice with polite imperatives using please
- practice with please at the beginning of a sentence
- practice with please at the end of a sentence
- practice giving instructions
- practice giving warnings
- practice giving advice
- practice using First, Then and Finally
- choose-the-correct-form practice
- sentence-to-reason matching
- mistake correction
- mini-dialogues
- sentence rewriting
- meaning-and-use practice
- speaking practice
- writing practice
- vocabulary and grammar sentence practice
- an error-checking challenge
- useful reminder table
- full answer key for teachers and students
The worksheet focuses especially on common A1–A2 mistakes such as Opens the book, Don’t touches, Please to sit, Be carefully, Not be late, To turn left, Don’t to use and Please closes. The main classroom point is simple: use the base verb for positive imperatives, use don’t + base verb for negative imperatives, use Be / Don’t be with adjectives or noun phrases, and leave out the subject you.
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