1. The Imperative

2. Remember that the imperative only uses the tu, nous & vous forms of a verb: Prends ton livre. Take your book. (tu form) Prenez vos livres. Take your books. (vous form) Nous prenons nos livres. Let’s take our books. (nous form)

3. Regular –er verbs Remember that when you write the tu form of an –er verb as a command, drop the final s of the verb ending: Tu rentres tôt  Rentre tôt.

4. Irregular verbs If the verb isn’t a regular –er verb, the spelling of the command form doesn’t change: Tu fais  Fais les devoirs! Tu prends  Prends un hot-dog, Adrien!

5. To make a command negative, put ne in front & pas after the verb: Regarde la télé! → Ne regarde pas la télé!

6. To make a negative command with a reflexive pronoun, put the reflexive pronoun in front of the verb: Ne te lève pas! Don’t get up! Ne vous couchez pas tard! Don’t go to bed late! Ne nous dépêchons pas! Let’s not hurry!

7. When you make an affirmative command with a relexive verb, put the reflexive pronoun after the verb separated by a hyphen. NOTE: te becomes toi: Lève-toi! Get up! Couchez-vous! Go to bed! Dépêchons-nous! Let’s hurry!