Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Improve your English immediately and easily with this video. Learn these 30 short, very common imperatives (commands). Whether you’re at the grocery store, the dentist’s office, or any other public place, you hear short imperatives wherever you go. In this lesson, I’ll teach and practice saying these common, short imperatives that surround us every single day: “Wait here,” “Be careful,” “Follow me,” “Let go,” “Stay still,” “Pay attention,” “Don’t move,” “Leave it,” “Don’t do that,” and many more. You will improve your English listening skills, your speaking skills, and your pronunciation with this useful lesson on common, everyday phrases. Make sure to do the quiz to test your understanding, and if you do well and feel confident about your progress, just keep doing what you’re doing! engvid.com/learn-english-30-common-commands
Next, watch my new video about 10 ways to use imperatives youtu.be/mR_resFEgm4 and my video on 30 PHRASAL VERB commands: youtu.be/_7_QXVcvcfQ
In this lesson:
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Let's do it, let's go
1:51 Come here
2:14 Follow me
2:46 (Come) this way please/Right this way
3:17 Keep doing what you're doing
3:36 Keep going
3:59 Wait (here/there)
4:29 Hold it
5:26 Stay/stand still
6:18 Try again/one more time
6:43 Stop right there
6:57 Try it
7:19 Help me/him/her/etc.
7:49 Give it to me/her/etc.
8:10 Click/tap/scroll
8:36 Swipe right/left
8:47 Be quiet
9:03 Stop that/it
9:24 Don't do that/it
9:48 Be careful
10:06 Pay attention
10:22 Ask him/her/etc.
10:57 Let go (of that/it)
11:30 Leave it (here/there)
11:53 Put it there/here
12:49 Review
Improve your English immediately and easily with this video. Learn these 30 short, very common imperatives (commands). Whether you’re at the grocery store, the dentist’s office, or any other public place, you hear short imperatives wherever you go. In this lesson, I’ll teach and practice saying these common, short imperatives that surround us every single day: “Wait here,” “Be careful,” “Follow me,” “Let go,” “Stay still,” “Pay attention,” “Don’t move,” “Leave it,” “Don’t do that,” and many more. You will improve your English listening skills, your speaking skills, and your pronunciation with this useful lesson on common, everyday phrases. Make sure to do the quiz to test your understanding, and if you do well and feel confident about your progress, just keep doing what you’re doing! engvid.com/learn-english-30-common-commands
Next, watch my new video about 10 ways to use imperatives youtu.be/mR_resFEgm4 and my video on 30 PHRASAL VERB commands: youtu.be/_7_QXVcvcfQ
In this lesson:
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Let's do it, let's go
1:51 Come here
2:14 Follow me
2:46 (Come) this way please/Right this way
3:17 Keep doing what you're doing
3:36 Keep going
3:59 Wait (here/there)
4:29 Hold it
5:26 Stay/stand still
6:18 Try again/one more time
6:43 Stop right there
6:57 Try it
7:19 Help me/him/her/etc.
7:49 Give it to me/her/etc.
8:10 Click/tap/scroll
8:36 Swipe right/left
8:47 Be quiet
9:03 Stop that/it
9:24 Don't do that/it
9:48 Be careful
10:06 Pay attention
10:22 Ask him/her/etc.
10:57 Let go (of that/it)
11:30 Leave it (here/there)
11:53 Put it there/here
12:49 Review
