Imperative sentences, Lesson 5

  1. Look at the blackboard.
  2. Set/ put/ lay it aside.
  3. Layby something for a hard time.
  4. Layout a garden here.
  5. Lay down arms.
  6. Make up your deficiency in English.
  7. Strike off his name.
  8. Strike a match.
  9. Strike at his head.
  10. Set about your work.
  11. Set out on a journey.
  12. Set out some business.
  13. Go and blow out your nose.
  14. Dust my shoes.
  15. Be off my eyes/ Get out of my sight.
  16. Don't beat about the bush, come to the point.
  17. Hand over the thief to the police.
  18. Try this coat.
  19. Read out the newspaper to me.
  20. Please give me a change worth five rupees.

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