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verb (+ complement)

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simple imperative clause

Rentre chez toi! (tu) 

Go home!

Répondez à la question! (vous) 

Answer the question!

N’ignorons pas la vérité! (nous) 

Let’s not ignore the truth!

Conduis ta sœur au cinéma! (tu) 

Drive your sister to the movie theater!

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EXERCICE

Build simple affirmative imperative clauses using the words in parentheses. Use the familiar 

tu command only.

1.  Decorate your room! (décorer ta chambre)

2.  Paint the walls! (peindre les murs)

3.  Organize the closet! (organiser le placard)

4.  Change the curtains! (changer les rideaux)

5.  Hang some paintings! (accrocher des tableaux)

6.  Move the bed! (déplacer le lit)

Main clauses

The examples of the previous section show us that an independent clause can be a complete sen-

tence. Remember the definition of a sentence as a group of words including a subject and a pred-

icate, and compare the following definitions of a sentence and an independent clause: