Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicised) are all in their bare form. Simple commands: Standup! Putit here! Directions: (to reach your home) BoardBus No.121 andget downat Sagar Restaurant. From thereturnright andwalktill you reach a book shop. My home is just behind the shop. Do's and dont's: Alwaysgetup for your elders. Don'tshoutin class. Instructions for making a fruit salad: Ingredients Oranges 2 Pineapple one large piece Cherries 250 grams Bananas 2 Any other fruit you like Washthe fruit.Cutthem into small pieces.Mixthem well.Adda few drops of lime juice.Addsugar to taste. Nowaddsome cream (or ice cream if youwishto make fruit salad with ice cream.) Now work in pairs. Give (i) two commands to your partner. (ii) two dos and donts to a new student in your class. (iii) directions to get to each others houses. (iv) instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something. The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table. Positive Negative (i) Savefor a rainy day. (i) Dont cryover spilt milk. (ii) Make haywhile the sun shines. (ii) Dont putthe cart before the horse. (iii) __________before you leap. (iii) __________a mountain out of a mole hill. (iv) __________and let live. (iv) __________all your eggs in one basket.

(i) Commands: (a) Stand straight! (b) Go and wash your hands! (ii) Do's : (a) Always complete your work on time. (b) Talk politely with everyone. Don'ts : (a) Don't come late in class. (b) Don't litter in the school premises.. (iii) Directions: Board bus no. 26 from the bus stop near our school and get down at Lodhi Colony. From there take a rickshaw for B.K. Dutt Colony and get down in front of shop number 14 in the main market. My house is on the first floor, just above the shop. (iv) Instructions for making a sandwich: Ingredients Bread slices 2 Butter 2 tsp Onion 1 Cucumber 1 Mayonnaise 1 tsp Coriander chutney 1 tsp Peel the onion and cucumber, and cut them in roundels. Take the bread slices and apply butter on them. Now apply mayonnaise on one slice and coriander chutney on the other slice. Keep onion roundels on the bread slice with mayonnaise followed by cucumber pieces. Cover it with the other bread slice. Cut the sandwich into triangles before serving with tomato ketchup. (Model answers have been provided for students' reference. It is strongly recommended that students prepare such answers on their own.) 2. Positive Negative (i) Savefor a rainy day. (i) Dont cryover spilt milk. (ii) Make haywhile the sun shines. (ii) Dont putthe cart before the horse. (iii) Lookbefore you leap. (iii) Don't makea mountain out of a mole hill. (iv) Liveand let live. (iv) Don't putall your eggs in one basket. (v) Mind your own business. (v) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. (vi) Be first at the feast and last at the fight. (vi) Don't count the days, make the days count! read less