W8490PR-Learn from Home Workbook 3
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Command verbs<br />
1. Read the procedure for making goo.<br />
• Collect all the materials—a 500 g box of cornstarch, 1 1 / 2<br />
cups water,<br />
food colouring, a bowl.<br />
• Pour the cornstarch into the bowl.<br />
• Add the water.<br />
• Add about 15 drops of food colouring.<br />
• Mix the goo using your hands.<br />
2. Circle the words at the beginning of each sentence. These five words are<br />
all command verbs.<br />
A command verb is a word used to order, command or instruct.<br />
3. Write a command verb to complete each sentence.<br />
(a) ‘ your shoelaces’, said Mum.<br />
(b) ‘ that!’ yelled Dad. ‘You’ll hurt yourself.’<br />
(c) ‘Don’t holes in the garden!’ said Barry to the cat.<br />
(d) ‘ your finished work on that pile!’ said the teacher.<br />
4. In the box below, write instructions for tying your shoelaces. Begin each<br />
instruction with a command verb.<br />
Viewing sample<br />
5. Check with your teacher to make sure that your instructions have the<br />
correct verbs, then say them to a classmate for him or her to follow.<br />
36 <strong>Learn</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Home</strong> <strong>Workbook</strong> 3 978-1-912760-63-3 www.prim-ed.com Prim-Ed Publishing
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