Good Morning Year 2!
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Well done for your brilliant work on purple crayon yesterday! I love how imaginative you were with what else could be coloured in purple.
Today we’re going to write some commands. Do you remember what they are? They are a special type of sentence that is very bossy! Rather than being polite and asking nicely, you start the sentence with the verb to sound bossier. The fancy word for the bossy verb is an imperative verb.
This BBC Bitesize page has a good video and quiz to help you understand it more.
Have a go at this activity:
When you write your commands, I want you to take care with your capital letters and full stops – you can’t forget them! Command sentences don’t usually have lots of adjectives, they are much more direct.
*If you want a challenge, can you write your different commands into a little story rather than 5 separate sentences?
Adrien’s English
Sophia P’s artwork
Don’t wear my football boots!
Take my favourite football shirt with us on holiday.
Stop doing that, it’s annoying!
Put your rubbish in the bin.
Ask to go to the toilet.
Excellent commands Vincent! Well done.
I don’t think you’d like anyone wearing your football boots Vincent!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1.Don’t be late for school ?!
2.Take you’re bowl to the sink.
3.Stop running ?♀️ in the grass it’s getting cold ?.
4.Put the bucket down.
5.Ask daddy if he wants to go with us to the church ⛪️.
Brilliant Marie, very good commands. Have a look at number 3 – between the words ‘grass’ and ‘it’s’, you should have a conjunction that joins these two clauses together. What could you use?
1. Don’t you dare eat ? my cake ?!!!
2. Take your LOL dolls to the park ? !!!
3. Stop going to bed ? so late!!!
4.Put your Polly Pocket toys in your bedroom ? and play with them there!!!
5. Ask if you can have those clothes?!!!
Great commands Sophia! I wonder if these are things that your parents say to you ever?!
Stop playing the violin and put the cup down because it looks very weird.
You need to take my clothes because you are stretching too much!
You have to ask my dad to turn the light of after he finishes going to the toilet and to flush the toilet because it will stink.
Don’t look into my desk because it is private and it is rude.
Well done Marisa. I think you have been a little bit too polite in your second and third sentences, try and be more bossy! Start the sentence with the bossy word.
1. Don’t take my dark crayon.
2. Take my light green instaed.
3. Stop following me !
4. Put your coat on.
5. Ask Miss if we can tidy up the book corner.
6. Don’t hit me with your ball again.
7. Take a book from the book corner.
8. Stop watching TV.
9. Put your clothes on. We are going outside.
10. Ask my mum if we can do a craft.
Excellent Madeleine, well done for writing two sentences for each command word.
Once upon a time there lived a little girl called Ida. She had two sisters named Hanna and Magda. They quarrelled a lot. One day Magda borrowed Hanna‘s precious snow globe without asking. When Hanna went home from practising her magic in the forest, she saw that her globe was missing! She thought:“Maybe one of my sisters took it?“ She turned around to look. She saw that Magda had taken her globe! „Don‘t touch that! Put it down! Take the globe back into my room!“ Hanna said upset. „Stop taking my things!“ „Sorry“, apologised Magda, „I only wanted to practise my magic on it“. „That‘s ok, Hanna said, „ but next time ask first before you take my globe!“ They hugged each other and went to the kitchen to have some cake ? with their other sister Ida. The end.
A brilliant little story Sophia, well done! I love how bossy you made Hanna. We can all definitely get a little bossy when we’re upset!
Don’t Take Stop Put Ask
DON’T leave the table – you must eat all your greens!
TAKE a look at yourself! What a disgrace!
STOP the bus right now or I’m going to be late!
PUT away your lunchbox – lunch is over!
ASK nicely! How rude!
Well done Rex. I can really imagine the person shouting the commands because you have used capital letters.
Stay with me and don’t go over there!
Take my ?glasses, as they are not broken.
Stop making me go ?crazy!
Why won’t you put those ?chairs down?
Ask if you can go inside.
Brilliant sentences Luisa!
Good morning Miss Carruthers,
Here are my sentence
1. Take a big break and come on holiday with us.
2. You have been really bad because when you had to go to bed ? you didn’t listen to me because you decided to go watch some television ?. Then I heard the television ? on so I went to the living room and I saw you watch television. I said stop ✋ but you didn’t listen to me.
3. Put your hands behind your back because you are under arrest.
4. Don’t go outside without a jacket ?.
5. Please ask me if you need help.
Bye, Bo
Well done Bo! Check sentences 2 & 5, I think you were being a bit too polite rather than giving a bossy command.
Don’t leave the house until your done!
Stop jumping in the mud it is to dirty!
Take your bag before you go to school!
Put your bag on the shelf!
Ask her to stop!
Fantastic Layla. Well done for including an exclamation mark at the end of your commands.
Don’t eat my ice cream.
Take my suitcase Daddy.
Stop right there and put you hands up!
Put your shoes on now.
Ask Misty the cat if she wants to go outside?
Brilliant Romey, I love how you included Misty in one of your sentences!
Put those boots in the washing .
Take a shower.
Stop being a donkey.
Don’t ask 44 times to get a hot dog .
Fantastic commands Joshua!
Don’t be rude!
Take my jimjambaloos and put them on my bed.
Stop that, it’s annoying!
Put yourself down.
Ask daddy a question.
Excellent commands Albert! Are your jimjambaloos what you call pyjamas?!
Dear Miss Carruthers
my answers
1. Don’t put the book in the bin.
2. Take my baby home.
3. Stop cutting down trees.
4. Put your rubbish in the bin.
5. Ask me next time!
My Story
“Stop that!” said Nadine to Saoirse. She had put Nadine’s favourite book in the bin! “Don’t take my book!” said Nadine. “Take Mossy’s books instead!” “Let’s play a prank on Mossy!” said Nadine. “Let’s do that!” said Saoirse. “Put Mossy’s book in the bin, then ask him where it is!” said Nadine. So they did.
THE END
Fantastic work Nadine! I love that you were able to write a story about two very bossy girls! 🙂
Don’t go too far into the woods.
Take some cookies.
Stop if there’s no more path and come back home.
Put some cake in your basket as well.
Ask the woodchopper if to protect you if the big bad wolf comes.
Brilliant Finley. I love how you retold a well known fairy tale using just bossy commands. I wonder if anyone else can recognise the story?
Dear Miss Carruthers,
1. Ask my mother to throw the rubbish in the bin now.
2. Stop that loud banging noise.
3. Take the money and buy me a lollipop.
4. Don’t sing that song, I told you to dance.
5. Put on your coat not your hat.
Challenge question
Cathy woke up early on a rainy morning and was getting ready for school. Mother said “take your school bag now or we will be late”. Cathy picked up her school bag. As she walked towards the door, her mother said again “don’t you dare forget your school books”. Cathy grabbed her books and walked outside. She remembered she had forgotten her coat. She said to her brother “ask mum to get my coat now”!
As she walked to school, mum said she should stop as the red light was on at the crossing. It started raining and she put up her umbrella. Cathy got to school safely.
Brilliant work Catherine. You’ve used your commands very well in your story!
Well done Adrien! Good bossy commands. Check your spelling of disturb.
Sophia P – I know this isn’t an art blog but I didn’t know where else to share your beautiful rainbow picture! It looks so lovely and has such an intricate design, I love it!
A long time ago there was a old woman called Darkness and she was a really rude witch. One day, she captured a princess and started to tell her what to do. She shouted at her :” TAKE MY BROOM,POLISH IT and PUT IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY!” She also said “ DON’T TALK , DON’T ASK ME any question and STOP CRYING! “ The poor princess ? was stuck there forever and no one ☝️ saw her again. ?
Darkness sounds horribly rude! Well done girls, you’ve used all your command words correctly.
1. Don’t eat my yummy ice cream!!!
2. Come and take it right now!!!
3. Stop driving your car so much! It will pollute the air!
4. Put the toy down!!!
5. Stop asking me too many questions.
Brilliant work Sophie, great commands.
Hello everyone, I hope that you are all well. Here are my sentences:
* Don’t eat too many sweets.
* Take the trash outside.
* Stop in the name of the law!
* Put my bag on my bed.
* Ask before you take it.
Brilliant Jack – very bossy!
1. Don’t go without me.
2. Put your toys away!
3. Take it to the park.
4. Stop that car!
5. Ask him.
Brilliant work Rebecca! You sound very bossy!
1. Don’t forget your water bottle!
2. Take your iPad!
3. Stop!
4. Put that down!
5. Ask for the rubber!
Wonderful commands John! I think you’ve come up with the shortest one yet!
Dear Miss Carruthers,
I should have added because.
Stop running ?♀️ in the grass because it’s getting cold ?.
Thank you
Fantastic editing – well done for choosing an appropriate conjunction.
1. Stop Playing video games!
2. Don’t take my chicken nuggets!
3. I’m going to take your chips!
4. Put your phone away NOW!
5. Ask the principle nicely! Then you can go.
Brilliant Gabi! These are great commands.
Don’t eat my candy
Take off your dirty shoes
Stop playing with your toys
Put that toy down now
Ask your dad if you can go to the park
Once upon a time there a naughty boy name Cruz and he never listened to his mum. In the morning his mum will always tell him to quickly swallow his breakfast.
In the afternoon she will tell him to tidy up his toys and don’t be so naughty! She will tell him to ask your dad to brush your teeth and wash your face and then before bed she will say go to bed now and then he finally fall asleep.
Well done for writing some bossy commands. Don’t forget the full stop at the end of each sentence.
1. Don’t switch off the lights !!!
2. Take your shoes with you !!
3. Stop playing and do your work.
4.Put your book away after you finish reading.
5. Ask for another ice cream.
Brilliant commands Klara!