Commands

Commands: 

Command refers to an order, especially one given by a soldier.   

To express command to do something, we say:

i. Follow me.

ii. Keep waiting over there.

iii. Open the door.

iv. Go out.

v. Bring the file.

 

Forbidding commands:  

To express command not to do something, we say:

i. Don't leave the office now.

ii. Don't be a fool.

iii. Stop writing.

iv. Don't worry about me.

v. You mustn't speak much.

EXERCISES

What you say in the following situations:

a. You think that your younger brother should not waste time.

b. Your maid servant speaks too much.

c. You intend to go on an excursion with your classmates.

d. You need your sister to shut the door.

e. You advise your younger sister to read seriously.

f. You suppose you and your friends should meet your teacher.

g. You do not like your father's working hard.

h. Your younger cousin idles away time.

i. Your office door is unnecessarily closed.

j. Your mother is ill.