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Commands Some sentences tell people what to do. These sentences are called commands. Directions for playing a game are examples of commands. Take your turn. Select a card. Roll the number cube.
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Go to the next green square.
The subject of a command is you. The subject is not stated in most commands. A command ends with a period ( . ). When you give a command, it is polite to use a person’s name and please.
t t r r a t a S t Please do your homework, S Katy. Open the window, please.
Please have a seat right there. Follow me, please.
Which of these sentences are commands? A Have some juice, Gilly. B He finished the song. C Unwrap your gift.
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D Please blow out the candles. E Are we going to play games?
You are right if you said that A, C, and D are commands. They tell someone what to do. Sentence B is a statement. Sentence E is a question. Exercise 1 Tell which of these sentences are commands.
1. I want to make bananas on a stick. 2. Do you have the recipe? 3. Please hand it to me, Brad.
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