COMMAND AND REQUEST

COMMAND SENTENCE

Command is a sentence that orders someone to do something. It ends with a period (.) or an exclamation mark (!)

1.        Second Personal Imperative

a.         Verbal Sentence

(+) V1 + O

(-) Don’t + V1 + O

b.         Nominal Sentence

(+) Be + Nonverb

(-) Don’t Be + Nonverb

2.        First Person Imperative

(+) Let Us + V1 + O

(-) Let Us + Not + V1 + O

Example:

1.        You must help your mom.

Command sentence: Help your mom!

2.        You shouldn’t do that.

Command sentence: Don’t do that!

3.        We had better study together.

Command sentence: Let’s study together.

4.        You mustn’t arrogant.

Command sentence: Don’t be arrogant!

5.        You ought to be polite.

Command sentence: Be a polite man.

6.        We don’t have to be there.

Command sentence: Let’s not be there.

7.        You have to obey your father even when he seems to strict.

Command sentence: Obey your father!

8.        We should take care of our earth.

Command sentence: Let’s save our earth.

9.        You shouldn’t be like that.

Command sentence: Don’t be like that!

10.    You must make your parent proud of you.

Command sentence: Make proud your parent!

REQUEST

Request  is a sentence that asks someone to do something. It ends with a period (.) or a question mark (?).

1.        Request with “I” as the subject.

Example: May/Could/Can + I + borrow your pen?

2.        Request with “You” as the subject.

Example: Would/Will/Could/Can + You + lend me your novel?

Example :

1.        You want to ask your tutor a question.

Request sentence: May I ask a question?

2.        You are at your friends house. You want to use the phone.

Request sentence: Can I use the phone?

3.        You are at restaurant, you’ve finished the meal, you ask the waiter for the bill.

Request sentence: Could you give me the bill?

4.        You knock on your tutor’s half opem door. He’s sitting at his desk.

Request sentence: May I come in?

5.        You want to see Agung’s dictionary.

Request sentence: May I borrow your dictionary?

6.        You are in class, you are hot, you are talking to your friend.

Request sentence: Will you turn on the air conditioner?