Identifying different types of command

This resource looks at how traditionally commands may have been perceived as bossy, starting with an imperative verb. The children are taught to recognise these types of command before looking at ones that may seem more polite and not start with the imperative. In recognising these types of commands, the children will also revise questions, statements and exclamatory sentences. Following this, the children are taught about the impact of modal verbs and how these stop a sentence being a command even though they can sound bossy. The children are then challenged to identify all the different sentence types within a paragraph and punctuate them appropriately.