This research aims to describe the form and function of imperative sentences in novel Guru Aini by Andrea Hirata and their learning in speech texts in junior high school. Data collection utilized documentation techniques and data analysis used pragmatic analysis. This study found five forms of imperative sentences in the novel: ordinary, request, granting permission, invitation, order. The function of ordinary imperative requires that the speech partner perform the action desired by the speaker. The request imperative sentence functions to express a request to the speech partner to take an action. The permission granting imperative serves to give permission or grant a request for permission. The function of invitation imperative is to offer the speech partner to act together with the speaker. The order imperative functions to tell the speech partner to take an action according to what the speaker wants. The results can be utilized in developing teaching materials for learning Indonesian persuasive speech texts in class IX semester 1 of Junior High School (SMP) in the form of persuasive speech material based on Base Competency 3.4 and 4.4.