In this guide we are going to discuss about how imperative questions are used to make a polite request and examples to understand how we should write them.
All the imperative questions are imperative sentences and therefore are used to tell people what to do or what needs to be done.
It is recommended to have a knowledge of Imperative sentences and how to use them, to understand the following concepts.
Examples of Imperative Sentences Question Tags
To make a polite request we make use of words shall and will. We use the phrases like “shall we” or “will you” at the end of the imperative sentence to make a request more polite.
This is used in case of a positive sentences. Let us see this thing in action
Some Examples of Imperative Questions using “shall we” and “will you” –
- Let’s get started, shall we?
- Let’s go it, shall we ?
- Don’t go there, will you ?
- Be careful, will you?
- Do this for me, will you?
Now, If you want to be even more polite, you can use a complete question instead of the commands in the form of questions (what we discussed above).
Examples of positive request questions using “shall”, “will” ,”would” ,”could” etc. –
- Will you pass me the salt, please?
- Will you help me?
- Could you do it for me?
- Will you do it for me ?
- Would you mind opening the window?
Using the above mentioned question types you can clearly request someone to follow what you asked for.
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