¡Cuida el planeta! Irregular affirmative imperative 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven'
I can understand instructions about caring for the environment.
¡Cuida el planeta! Irregular affirmative imperative 'sé', 've', 'ten', 'ven'
I can understand instructions about caring for the environment.
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Key learning points
- It is important to revisit and practise vocabulary regularly to store it in your long-term memory.
- Use the affirmative imperative to tell somebody to do something or to give instructions.
- The imperative forms of 'ser', 'ir', 'tener' and 'venir' are irregular: 'sé', 've', 'ten' and 'ven'.
- Direct and indirect object pronouns follow and are attached to affirmative imperative verbs.
Keywords
Imperative - form of verbs used to give instructions or commands
Direct object pronoun - replaces the noun receiving the action of the verb e.g. 'me', 'you', 'it', 'them'
Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is done ‘to’ or ‘for’ someone or something
Common misconception
The only translation of 've' in Spanish is 'she, he, it sees'.
In Spanish, the verb 've' usually means 'she, he, it sees', but it is also the affirmative imperative form of 'ir', meaning 'go'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to remember, remembering
to revise, revising
to live, living
to check, checking
to come, coming
to go out, going out
air
rubbish
countryside
group
game
skin
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to see, seeing
she, he, it goes
I see
she, he, it sees
Go!
Come!
pollution
environment
planet
meat
food
place