COMMAND AND REQUESTCOMMAND

Asking someone to do something, and he/she must do it.Pattern

V1 + Object!/ Don’t V1 + Object!

Or

Be + Adj!/ Don’t be + Adj!

Examples

Open the door!Move to the front!Do your homework!Don’t go there!Don’t smoke here!Be careful!Don’t be late!

Notes:

“Command” biasanya dilakukan oleh atasan kepada bawahan, atau yg yang secara struktural jabatannya lebih tinggi. Pada umumnya digunakan dalam dunia militer. Misal Komandan kepada bawahannya. Bersifat wajib (keharusan), jika tidak dilakukan akan kena sanksi.

Ex: Make line up!

Request

Asking someone to do something in polite way.

Pattern :

V1 + Object, Please!

Don’t + V1 + Object, Please!

Or

Be + Adj, please!

Don’t be + adj, please!

Polite request using Modals

Pattern :Can /could/ would you + V1 + Object, please!Can /could/ would you + V1 + Object?Would you mind + V+ing + Object, Please!Would you mind + V+ing + Object?

A nurse should know how to ask the patients to do something

Patients in hospital are usually anxious/ restless and fearful/ afraid. It is important that hospital staff put them at their ease by being polite and pleasant. The following expressions will guide you how to express polite form in English. Be careful about the way your voice rises and falls when you say those expressions.

Examples:•Sit down, please!•Raise your arms, please!•Get up, please! We would like to make the bed.•Move your head, please!•Put out your tongue, please!•Don’t move, please!•Don’t bend your knee, please!

Be + Adj & Don’t be + adj

Examples :Be patient, please!Be calm, please!Don’t be angry, please!Don’t be lazy, please!

Using modals • Can you get up alone?• Could you stand up?• Would you bend your back, please!• Would you mind opening your mouth, please!• Could you roll your sleeve up, please!• Would you mind taking your dress off?• Can you lie down here?• Would you mind wriggling your fingers?• Could you touch your toes?

Exercises1. Practice with your partner in front of the class (patient

and nurse). Situation : A nurse gives some instructions to her patient, and ask your patient to do what you said.

2. Translate into good English!• Silakan turunkan kaki anda!• Lower your leg, please!• Silakan menahan nafas!

Please, hold breath!, hold your breath, please!• Bisakah anda menekuk lutut?• Can you bend your knees!• Silakan buka mulut!• Open the mouth, please!• Silakan minum obat anda!

please take your medicine!