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– The Thespian –
Learn English – Lesson 18 – The Thespian
Karen: I used to walk the boards, you know.
Polly: You were in the theatre?
Karen: Yes I was. That’s where I met David. He used to design the sets.
Polly: Did you used to perform in big shows?
Karen: Yes, I used to perform in a lot of musicals. I performed in Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the opera.
Polly: Wow, that must have been very exciting. I didn’t use to like the theatre. It has grown on me over the years. Do you miss it?
Karen: I used to miss it a lot. I don’t think about it very much now. Occasionally I get the urge but not very often.
Polly: I think I’d like to try my hand at a bit of acting. Let’s join a drama group!
Karen: I don’t know about that…
Polly: Come on! Let’s give it a go. Don’t take it too seriously! It is just a bit of fun.
Karen: Hmm. Let me think about it…
Polly: Let’s look for some drama groups. We can see if there is one better suited to your experience.
Karen: Okay, but let’s not get too excited. I haven’t decided for sure yet.
Polly: Of course but it will do no harm to look! Besides, you may be inspired!
Karen: Fine, we’ll take a look on the internet but I’m not promising anything. Don’t build up your hopes!
Polly: I’ll grab the local newspaper too.
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We use the imperative form to give orders. Constructing a phrase using the imperative is not difficult. It is simply the infinitive without to.
Examples:
Come here!
Be quiet
To have is often used to express wishes imperatively:
Examples:
Have a good day!
Have fun!
To form the negative imperative, all you have to do is add the particle don’t before the imperative:
Negative imperative = Don’t + infinitive without to
Examples:
Don’t come here!
Please don’t go!
LET’S
Let’s is the imperative form used to express something to be done in a group:
Imperative of us = let’s + infinitive without to
Examples:
Let’s dance!
Let’s sing a song!
The negative form, let’s not, is used to express clear denial of an action or suggestion:
Negative imperative of us = Let’s not + infinitive without to
Examples:
I’m tired. Let’s not dance.
People are sleeping. Let’s not play music
USED TO
Whenever we want to talk about past habits and states that are finished, we use used to. There is no present or progressive form for this form.
| I | Used to | Rest of the sentence |
| You | ||
| He | ||
| She | ||
| It | ||
| We | ||
| You | ||
| They |
To do
| I used to do |
| You used to do |
| He used to do |
| She used to do |
| It used to do |
| We used to do |
| You used to do |
| They used to do |
Example:
I used to have short hair.
Negative form
To do
| Did I use to do? |
| Did you use to do? |
| Did he use to do? |
| Did she use to do? |
| Did it use to do? |
| Did we use to do? |
| Did you use to do? |
| Did they use to do? |
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