Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (Italicized) are all in their bare form.

(a) Simple commands:

- Stand up!

- Put it here

(b) Directions: (to reach your home)

Board Bus No. 121 and get down at Sagar Restaurant. From there turn right and walk till you reach a book shop. My home is just behind the shop.

(c) Do's and Don'ts:

1. Always get up for your elders.

2. Don't shout in class.

(d) Instructions for making a fruit salad-

Ingredients

Oranges - 2

Pineapple - one large piece

Cherries - 250 grams

Bananas- 2

(Any other fruit you like)

Wash the fruit. Cut them into small pieces. Mix them well. Add a few drops of lime juice. Add sugar to taste. Now add some cream (or ice-cream if you wish to make fruit salad with ice-cream.)

(1) Now work in pairs. Give

(i) two commands to your partner.

(ii) two do's and don'ts to a new student in your class.

(iii) directions to get to each other's houses.

(iv) instructions for moving the body in an exercise or a dance, or for cooking something.