Commands

A. Look at the recipe for the Perfect White Cake. Lets list the verbs. There are 10 different verbs.
a. _____________, _____________, _____________, _____________, _____________,
_____________, _____________, _____________, _____________, _____________
b. What do these verbs tell us?
c. Verbs that tell us what to do are called _command_ verbs.
B. What are command verbs? Command verbs give orders, warnings, or some advice.
a. How do you make the command form of verbs? You use the _infinitive_ form of the
verb without the to.
i. Examples: Change the verbs to a command.
1. To eat:_____________
2. To come:_____________
3. To look:_____________
b. How do you make a negative command? You put do not or dont in front of the verb
in the command form.
i. Examples: Change the verbs to a negative command.
1. To eat:_____________
2. To come:_____________
3. To look:_____________
c. You can make a command more _polite_ by adding the word _please_.
i. Example: Eat the food, please.

OR Please, eat the food.

C. Your Turn: Write sentences using the command form of the verbs. Look in the parenthesis ( ) to
see if you need to use the regular, negative, or polite form of the command.
a. To take (negative): _______________________________________________________.
b. To do (polite): ___________________________________________________________.
c. To touch (negative): ______________________________________________________.
d. To say: (regular): _________________________________________________________.
e. To make (regular): ________________________________________________________.
f.

To write (polite): _________________________________________________________.