Understand imperative verbs and command words through real language you can see.

This downloadable resource uses a Structured Word Inquiry approach to help learners understand how the morpheme ‘imper’ links vocabulary and grammar through the idea of command and authority.

The accompanying image shows a real historical advertisement photographed inside an old Metropolitan line train carriage. Its headline is written as an imperative sentence, giving a clear, real-world example of how language is used to instruct, persuade, and impose an idea.

Rather than memorising grammar rules, learners explore how meaning develops from Latin into modern English, and how this meaning still shapes how sentences work today.

This pack includes:

• A structured worksheet introducing the morpheme ‘imper’ through clear, step-by-step explanation

• Explicit teaching of the Latin base ‘parāre’ and how meaning changes when prefixes are added

• Guided activities linking the morpheme ‘imper’ to words such as ‘imperative’, ‘imperial’, ‘emperor’, and ‘empire’

• Sentence-level work identifying and rewriting imperative sentences

• A full answer key for checking and consolidation

This pack is ideal for:

• Home educators

• Learners in late Key Stage 2 and early Key Stage 3

• Parents of dyslexic or neurodivergent learners

• Families using Structured Word Inquiry

• Teachers supporting grammar through meaning and structure

Designed by a qualified dyslexia specialist, this resource makes an abstract grammar concept concrete by anchoring it in real language, real history, and visible examples of command.