Commands Worksheet

Students write a command sentence for each of four pictures, using action words and a closing full stop while thinking about the understood subject you.
Year levels
Years 2–4
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Updated Aug 02, 2021

Subject
Writing, English
Topic
Sentences, Themed Writing Paper
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This worksheet is great for helping students learn how to write command sentences. The worksheet includes a picture and students have to write a command sentence based on the picture. This is a great way for students to practise their sentence writing skills.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Write a command that matches a picture

  • Recognise the understood subject you

  • Use the punctuation requested on the worksheet

Teaching tips

  • Describe the pictured action, then turn it into a command.

  • Discuss the understood subject you; a name at the beginning may name the person being addressed.

  • The directions use the word period; explain that it means a full stop, and compare an emphatic command ending with an exclamation mark.

Skills covered

  • Command writing — learners choose action words to tell someone what to do.

  • Sentence analysis — learners identify the understood subject you and distinguish a person being addressed.

  • End punctuation — learners close each command with a full stop.

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Core concepts

  • Command sentences

  • Understood subject you

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