Mandatos negativos con tú
To form ___________________ tú commands with regular verbs, drop the
_____________ of the present tense yo form and add the following endings:
hablo  habl + es
hablar
_____________________ ahora.
-Don’t _______________ right now.
como  com + as
comer
_____________________ tanto.
– Don’t ________________ so much.
abro  abr + as
abrir
_____________________ la boca.
– Don’t ________________ your mouth.
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The same rule applies to those verbs whose present yo form ends in –go, -zco,
-yo, and –jo.
No ___________________ si estás enferma. (______________________)
– Don’t _______________ if you are sick.
No les ___________________ comida basura a tus amigos. (_____________)
- Don’t __________________ junk food to your friends.
No ____________________ comida con mucha grasa. (_________________)
-Don’t ________________ food with a lot of grease.
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The following verbs have irregular negative tú command forms.
dar  ____________________
ir  ____________________
estar  ____________________
ser  ____________________
Verbs ending in –car, -gar, and –zar have the following spelling changes in
the negative tu commands in order to keep the original sound.
sacar (cqu) saqu + es
____________________la basura.
– Don’t __________________ the garbage.
llegar (ggu) llegu + es
____________________tarde.
– Don’t ________________ late.
cruzar (z  c) cruc + es
____________________aquí.
– Don’t _________________ here.
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If you are using reflexive or object pronouns with negative commands, place
them ___________________ no.
Estás enfermo. No ____________________de la cama.
- You are sick. Don’t get (__________________) out of bed.
No ________________ el pastel. No ____________________.
- Don’t ________________ the cake. Don’t eat ____________.
Affirmative: ¡Come el pastel! ¡____________________!
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1. _____________________________
4. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
5. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
6. _____________________________
p.122 Act. 14
1. ______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________