Imperative Mood | What is the Imperative Mood?
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Empty the bin, John.
John empties the bin.
The main verb (i.e., the finite verb) in an imperative sentence will be in the imperative mood. In other words, it will be a command or a polite request.
Run!
Get out!
Stop the bleeding.
I am going to cross the field. Shout when you see the bull.
What Is Mood?
Mood is the form a verb takes to show how it is to be regarded (e.g., as a fact, a command, a wish, an uncertainty).
I am painting the fence.
Are you painting the fence?
Paint the fence!
Please paint the fence.
I suggest that Mark paint the fence.
I propose that Mark be made to paint the fence.
If I were there, I would paint the fence.
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