Command and Request

GIVING COMMANDS
AND
REQUEST
Lesson 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 you…

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 Request

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 Request

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.”

END OF PRESENTATION
Marie Jaja Tan Roa- Santa Maria West Central School- Division of Ilocos Sur

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