Name : Agusman Syahputra Gulo

No. : 1805081010

Class : Ak-5A

2. Understanding Instructions (week 3; 4 meetings)

Objectives: Retell or Rewrite Information

Materials:

1. Find the meaning of Command and Instrutions

2. Find the difference between Command and Instrutions

3. List some expression used both in Command and Instrutions

4. Put the proses materials (in vidoes instructed last week) into written and oral

Command and/or Instrutions.

1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/command

Definition of command ; Verb

- To direct authoritavitely : // Commanded adherence to the rules

- To exercise a dominating influence over : have command of : such as

a. : to have at one’s immediate disposal// commands many resources

b. : to demand or receive as one’s due // commands a high fee

c. : to overlook or dominate from or as if a strategic position // a hill that

commands the city

d. : to have military command of as senior officer // command a regiment

- Absolete : to order or request to be given

- : an order given // the command was to hold fire.

- : the ability to control // she was in command of her emotions.

- : the authority or right to command // the officer in command

- : the act of commanding // the tropps will charge at command

- : a position of highest usually military authority // he was relieved of this

command after being charged with misconduct .

Definition of command ; adjective

- : done on command or request // a command performance.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instructions#other-words

Definition of instructions ;

- : an outline or manual of technical procedure

- : the action, practice, or profession of teaching

https://www.definitions.net/definition/instruction

: the act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

: that which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information

imparted
2. https://wikidiff.com/command/instruction

As nouns the difference between command and instruction is that command is an

order, a compelling task given to an inferior or a machine while instruction is

( uncountable ) the act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or

knowledge.

3. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/commands-and-

instructions

Giving Commands

We often use an imperative in commands, and we also use must . They both sound

very direct :

- ( in class ) : Stop talking now !

- ( a father to his child ) : Don’t press that button.

- ( a mother to a child ) : You must wear a coat. It’s raining.

There are a number of ways of making commands sound more polite. We can add

please at the end of what we say, or we can use a question form to make a command

sound more like a request, or we can use I’d like you to + infinitive or i’d be grateful

if you’d + infinitive without to :

( a boss to an assistant )

: ask Max to sign this form and then send it off immediately please, Gwyn.

: will you bring us the files on the Hanley case please, Maria ?

: i’d like you to bring us four coffes at eleven when we take a break in the

meeting.
https://3nglish7.blogspot.com/2010/02/step-5-expressing-command.html

here are two types of command :

1. Verbal Command

2. Nominal Command

Verbal command is a command which uses "Bare-Infinitive" in the beginning

of this expression.

For examples:

Do it!

Come here!

Stand up!

Sit down!

Close the window!

Come on over!

Come back here!

Write the story!

Read the novel!

All expressions above describes the commands. The expressions are built by

one core-element, that is, Bare-Infinitive (e.g. do, come, stand, sit, close, write
and read, etc). Remember that bare-infinitive, here, is in Lexical-meaning-verb

form.

So, there are three answers when someone asks us what kinds of verb must be

used in building a command expression, in Verbal Command?

The answer should be:

1.Bare-Infinitive,

2.Lexical-meaning-verb, and

3.Present form verb.

Study this follows!

Read the books!

/Read/ is a bare-infinitive. /Read/ is a lexical-meaning-verb. And, /Read/ is a

present verb form.

When you answer is like that, no body will argue.

Nominal Command is a command which uses "BE" in the beginning of this

expression.

Take notice that the /BE/, here, is not like /is, am, are, was, were, been, or even

being. This /BE/ is a real kind of "BE".

For examples:
Be carefull!

Be deligent!

Be a man!

Be on time!

Be there immediately!

Be smart!

Be mine!

Be a good teacher!

Take notice that /Be/, here, needs a complement. A complement must be in

Adjective, Adverb, Pronoun or Noun phrase form. On the other hand, you can

place another except VERB.

Remember that /Be/ which is being used is a structural-meaning-verb not

lexical-meaning-verb. This rule is a Must to obey!.

When someone asks us to do something, we sometimes feel lazy to do that.

Make different!

Come here!

Come here, please!

new colour. When the word /please/ is placed there, the command becomes

"Polite Command".

/Please/ can be used in the end or in the beginning of a command expression.

Come here, please!

or,

Please Come here!

Addition:

Beside the discussion above, we can make a command expression by using a

word "MUST".

For examples:

you must come here on time.

You must tell me something.

Take notice that you should place Bare-infinitive after the word /must/.

We also can say :

You must be on time!

In the sentence above, there is /be/. The pattern of the expression is similar to

the previous patter

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/commands-and-

instructions

We use instructions to tell someone how to do something. We usually use

imperatives. They do not sound too direct in this context :

( a cookery class )

: Beat four eggs, like this. Then add the flour gradually. Don’t beat the eggs too

much though.

( instructions on how to replace a missing button )

: Thread your needle with a piece of thread about 25 cm long. Mark the spot where

you want the button. Insert the needle from the back of the fabric and bring it

through....

4. https://youtu.be/WMt920SXwkQ

How to use commands and instructions ;

; commands , we use commands when we want to tell someone to do something//

- Open the window ; if we add please at the end then this becomes a polite request,/

open the window, please .

However, when we want someone to do something.

It is better to form the request as question, and not to use an imperative.

Such as : can you turn the volume down, please ?

something. We do not need to use polite language when giving instructions, because

we are helping the order person rather than asking for something.//

- Here are instructions on how to bake a cake ; first, measure the ingredients, then

mic the ingredients....

Yo would also use imperatives when giving directions on how to get somewhere,e.g.

go straight for two blocks, turn right onto Fifth Avenue.