Level 02 – Step 09 : Positive and Negative Commands (Please / Don’t)
/Level 02 – Step 09 : Positive and Negative Commands (Please / Don’t)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to tell someone to do something and how to tell them not to do it.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to tell someone to do something and how to tell them not to do it.
🐧Igupen: Like when my mother says, “Please wash your hands” or “Don’t run!”?
/🐧Igupen: Like when my mother says, “Please wash your hands” or “Don’t run!”?
🦉Professor Owl: Exactly.
/🦉Professor Owl: Exactly.
We use short, polite commands to ask people to do things and we use “Don’t” to stop actions.
/We use short, polite commands to ask people to do things and we use “Don’t” to stop actions.
Listen and try the examples.
/Listen and try the examples.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What are commands (imperatives)?
/What are commands (imperatives)?
Commands tell someone what to do or what not to do.
/Commands tell someone what to do or what not to do.
For a polite request, we often add “please” before or after the command: Please sit down.
/For a polite request, we often add “please” before or after the command: Please sit down.
Sit down, please.
/Sit down, please.
For a negative command, use “Don’t” + base verb: Don’t be late.
/For a negative command, use “Don’t” + base verb: Don’t be late.
Don’t touch that.
/Don’t touch that.
How to make them
/How to make them
Positive do something: Verb base form plus optional please.
/Positive do something: Verb base form plus optional please.
Example: Be quiet.
/Example: Be quiet.
Please be quiet.
/Please be quiet.
Negative use Don’t plus base verb.
/Negative use Don’t plus base verb.
Example: Don’t be late.
/Example: Don’t be late.
Please don’t touch that.
/Please don’t touch that.
When to use please
/When to use please
Use please to be polite and you can put it at the start or the end of the command.
/Use please to be polite and you can put it at the start or the end of the command.
Short commands without please can sound stronger or more urgent.
/Short commands without please can sound stronger or more urgent.
Politeness tips
/Politeness tips
For adults or strangers, add please or say a softer phrase: Could you please sit down?
/For adults or strangers, add please or say a softer phrase: Could you please sit down?
Could you please sit down?
/Could you please sit down?
For friends or children, simple commands are common: Stop!
/For friends or children, simple commands are common: Stop!
Don’t jump.
/Don’t jump.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Put Don’t before the base verb to make a negative command and add please to be polite.
/Put Don’t before the base verb to make a negative command and add please to be polite.
Quick checks
/Quick checks
Positive: Close the door.
/Positive: Close the door.
Negative: Don’t close the door.
/Negative: Don’t close the door.
Polite: Please close the door.
/Polite: Please close the door.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
No.01 Please be quiet.
/No.01 Please be quiet.
No.02 Don’t be late.
/No.02 Don’t be late.
No.03 Sit down, please.
/No.03 Sit down, please.
No.04 Don’t run in the hall.
/No.04 Don’t run in the hall.
No.05 Please open your book.
/No.05 Please open your book.
No.06 Don’t touch the cat.
/No.06 Don’t touch the cat.
No.07 Stand up, please.
/No.07 Stand up, please.
No.08 Don’t shout.
/No.08 Don’t shout.
No.09 Please wash your hands.
/No.09 Please wash your hands.
No.10 Don’t forget your homework.
/No.10 Don’t forget your homework.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to a polite command: close the window.
/Q1: Change to a polite command: close the window.
Q2: Make a negative command: eat that.
/Q2: Make a negative command: eat that.
Q3: Choose the correct polite form: A) Don’t please touch that. B) Please don’t touch that.
/Q3: Choose the correct polite form: A) Don’t please touch that. B) Please don’t touch that.
Q4: Make a command using please: sit down.
/Q4: Make a command using please: sit down.
Q5: Change to a negative command: run in the corridor.
/Q5: Change to a negative command: run in the corridor.
Q6: Make a short command to ask for quiet two words.
/Q6: Make a short command to ask for quiet two words.
Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) Don’t be worried. B) Don’t worried.
/Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) Don’t be worried. B) Don’t worried.
Q8: Change to polite: wash your hands.
/Q8: Change to polite: wash your hands.
Q9: Make a negative command for forget your bag.
/Q9: Make a negative command for forget your bag.
Q10: Write a command telling someone to stand up politely.
/Q10: Write a command telling someone to stand up politely.
Answers
/Answers
A1: Please close the window.
/A1: Please close the window.
A2: Don’t eat that.
/A2: Don’t eat that.
A3: B is correct: Please don’t touch that.
/A3: B is correct: Please don’t touch that.
A4: Please sit down.
/A4: Please sit down.
A5: Don’t run in the corridor.
/A5: Don’t run in the corridor.
A6: Be quiet.
/A6: Be quiet.
A7: A is correct: Don’t be worried.
/A7: A is correct: Don’t be worried.
A8: Please wash your hands.
/A8: Please wash your hands.
A9: Don’t forget your bag.
/A9: Don’t forget your bag.
A10: Please stand up.
/A10: Please stand up.
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Well done today.
/🦉Professor Owl: Well done today.
Commands are short and useful.
/Commands are short and useful.
Remember: use a base verb for positive commands, put Don’t before the verb for negative commands, and add please to be polite.
/Remember: use a base verb for positive commands, put Don’t before the verb for negative commands, and add please to be polite.
🐧Igupen: I will practice asking nicely and stopping bad actions!
/🐧Igupen: I will practice asking nicely and stopping bad actions!
Keep practicing these short sentences each day and you will feel more confident giving and following commands.
/Keep practicing these short sentences each day and you will feel more confident giving and following commands.
