Command and Request

GIVING COMMANDS AND

REQUESTLesson 3

Marie Jaja T. Roa- Santa Maria West Central School- Division of Ilocos Sur

Carry out the conversation

Good morning. I’m Mrs. Juana Dela Cruz, the mother of John Dela Cruz of Grade VI- 4. May I speak with Mr. Mendoza, your principal?

Good morning. Mrs. Dela Cruz. I’m sorry but our principal, Mr. Mendoza, is attending a meeting a the conference hall. Can you wait for him?

What time is she coming back?

I think the meeting will end at 9: 00. Please have a seat.

Thank you but I still have to fetch my son, John. Please tell her that I dropped by.

Yes, I will tell her. Is that all, Ma’am?

Yes, thank you. I’ll return at 10:00.

Goodbye Mrs. Dela Cruz. See you later.


Notice the difference in the following statements:

May I please speak with Mr. Mendoza?I would like to speak with Mr. Mendoza.Kindly tell him that I dropped by.Tell her that I dropped by.Sit down.


Look at more sets of sentences below. Notice the pattern.

Speak up.

Please speak up.

Get a glass of water.

Kindly get a glass of water.I would like to talk to

you.

May I talk with you?

Stop.

Please stop.

Wait.Can you wait?


Speak up. Please speak up.Get a glass of water. Kindly get a glass of water.I would like to talk to you. May I talk with you?Stop. Please stop.Wait. Can you wait?

Sentences giving commands may be just one word. The subject is understood to be speaker or you. The pronoun you is the person to whom the command is addressed. Most requests and commands end with a period. Some of these however, are in question form.

May I leave this message for your Mother?Do you mind telling her I called?Could you remind her to return my call tonight?


Command is a sentence that orders someone to do something. It ends with a period (.) or an exclamation mark (!)

Speak up.Get a glass of water.I would like to talk to you.Stop!Wait.


Request is a sentence that asks someone to do something. It ends with a period (.) or a question mark (?).

Please speak up.Kindly get a glass of water.May I talk with you please?Please stop.Can you wait please?

Other example:Can you… Could

you…Will you… Would

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WORK IT OUT


Exercise 1: Choose if the sentence is a command or request.

Watch out! Command Request

Would you answer the phone? Command Request

Please go to the store and buy some milk. Command Request

Look left and right before you cross the street.

Command RequestMarie Jaja T. Roa- Santa Maria West Central School- Division of Ilocos Sur

Don’t go there. Command Request

Call the police! Command Request

Write your name on the first page of the book Command Request

Give me that! Command Request

Close the door. Command RequestMarie Jaja T. Roa- Santa Maria West Central School- Division of Ilocos Sur

Tell me what happened. Command Request

Come, Mina. Command Request

Go back to your classroom. Command Request

Please talk to her now. Command Request

Will you leave me alone? Command Request



Exercise 2: Read the following sentences carefully. Tell whether the sentence is in the form of a request or a command.

_____1. Open the door now._____2. Please carry my bag._____3. Could you clean the fish?_____4. Unload the groceries._____5. Kindly fold and keep the plastic bags._____6. Please stay._____7. Go and study your lessons._____8. Will you go with me to the market?_____9. Could you attend the seminar on Saturday?_____10. Give me a break.


Exercise 3: Work with a partner. Supply the appropriate sentence in the following dialog. The first one is done for you.

GINA: (commands Jess to turn in the electric fan)Turn on the electric fan.

JESS: (requests Gina to open the box for him) __________________________________________GINA: (strongly tells Jess to look for her missing book)

__________________________________________JESS: (with humility asks Gina to pray for her sick friend)

__________________________________________


Exercise 4: Read the following sentences carefully. Tell whether the expressions used are in the form of request or a command.

1. “Please, help my boy. He’s dying.”2. “You can’t enter. You have no ticket.”3. “Go back to your mother.”4. “Mix a little yellow and blue and the resulting color is

green.”5. Come, James, the doctor won’t hurt you a bit.”6. “Kenneth, finish your food now.”7. “Tell me what happened, Mayco.”8. Kindly return this paper to Mr. Ordoñez.”


9. “Don’t forget to attend the PTA meeting tomorrow, Mother.”

10.“Speak a little louder, Jena, because I can’t hear you.”11.“Please talk to Mary Rose now.”12.“Imagine that you’re up there in the sky.”13.“Will you leave me alone?”14.“Can I borrow your pencil?”15. “Study a little bit harder.”


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Command and Request