Calentamientowrite the answer to each question

(include the verb)

1. ¿Quién pide el café?1. Iñaki ______ ___________.

2. ¿Quién limpia la casa hoy?1. Tú ____ __________.

3. ¿Quién sirve la cena en tu casa?1. Mis padres _____ _________

4. ¿Quién prepara los postres?1. Nosotros _____ _____

5. ¿Quién va a sacar la basura ésta noche?

1. Yo _____ ________ _________ ______.

Affirmative Informal commands w/ prepositions + practice

Overview/Purpose: To be able to tell someone that you refer to as “tú” to do something.

Content Objective: To learn command forms of familiar verbs.

Language Objective: Students will be able to orally tell three other students to do something, using the correct form of the verb.

Affirmative Informal Commands

AffirmativeTelling someone TO do something

Instead of NOT to do something

InformalTúNot “usted”

CommandsTelling someone to do something.

On your papers…

Find the affirmative commands in Exercise A, circle them

Underline the Direct Object Pronoun

Affirmative Informal Commands

To tell someone you address with “tú” to do something

Talk to your mother! Use the “tú” form of the verb

Hablar -> hablas Drop the “s”

HABLA

¡Habla con tu madre! In Spanish we talk “with” people & not

“to” them

Regular commands

Comer Comes COME (eat!)

Pedir Pides PIDE (order!)

Order a pizza! ¡Pide una pizza!

Inténtalo…

Eat your vegetables! ¡Come tus verduras!

Speak Spanish! Habla español!

Order the soup! Pide la sopa

On your papers…

Find the affirmative commands in Spanish in Exercise B, circle them

Underline the Direct Object Pronoun!

Kitchen commands

Abrir (to open)Tu abresABRE

Añadir (to add)Tú AñadesAñade

Cortar (to cut)CortasCorta

Mezclar (to mix)Tú mezclasMezcla

Sacar (to take out)Tú sacasSaca

Stem-changing…

Calentar (to heat up)E -> ie stem-changingTú calientasCalienta

Inténtalo tú

Open the door! Abre la puerta

Add the water! Añade el agua

Cut the steak Corta el bistec

Mezcla el chocolate Mix the hot chocolate

Take out the trash Saca la basura

Heat (up) the soup!

Calienta la sopa

Irregular Commands

Some commands will not follow the pattern…

For most, you’ll remove the ending from the infinitive

Tener ( to have)Ten ¡Ten el libro! Have/take the

book!

More irregular commands

Venir (to come)VEN iVen a comer! (Come to eat!)

Poner (to put/set)PON ¡Pon la mesa! (Set the table!)

Salir (to go out/exit)Sal de aqui! (Get out of here!)

Otros…

Hacer (to do/make) Haz ¡Haz la tarea! (Do the homework!)]

IR (to go) Ve ¡Ve a clase! (go to class!)

Ser (to be) Sé ¡Sé bueno! (Be good!)

Inténtalo…

Go to schooliVe a la escuela!

Go to the bathroom! iVé al baño!

Do your choresiHaz tus quehaceres!

Create instructions to make macaroni & cheese

Use ALL the kitchen instructions you learned today: Añadir, sacar, abrir calentar, cortar, mezclar, poner

You may need some of these words: La Caja (box) La Pasta El Paquete (package) El Sobre (envelope) La Bolsa (bag) La Olla (pot)

Come up with a new command (not one from class) using:

HablarSalirComerPedirSer

PonerVenirIrHacer

A practicar… Find the correct command for each….then find the

order!

1. _____ (servir) la ensalada fría2. _____ (lavar) las frutas3. _____ (probar la ensalada para ver qué tal

está/4. _____ (añadir) un poco de azúcar (sugar) a la

mezcla de frutas y jugo de naranja.5. _____ (cortar) las frutas en trozos (pieces)

con el cuchillo.6. _____ (poner) los trozos en un plato hondo.7. ____(tener) cuidado con el cuchillo.8. _____ (Mezclar) las frutas con un poco de jugo

de naranja.

Make flash cards

INFINITIVE ON ONE SIDE Command on the other

Comer(to eat)

¡Come!

CALENTAMIENTO:

Tell this person how to remedy their problems by giving them a command using the given verb:

1. Tengo sueño. (dormir)

1. ¡Duerme más!2. Tengo mucha hambre. (comer)

1.

3. Mis notas son malas (estudiar)1.

4. Estoy aburrido en casa (salir)1.

5. No me gusta la sopa (pedir)1.

6. Tengo sed (beber)1.

CALENTAMIENTO:

Tell this person how to remedy their problems by giving them a command using the given verb:

1. Tengo sueño. (dormir)

1. ¡Duerme más!2. Tengo mucha hambre. (comer)

1.

3. Mis notas son malas (estudiar)1.

4. Estoy aburrido en casa (salir)1.

5. No me gusta la sopa (pedir)1.

6. Tengo sed (beber)1.

Affirmative informal commands with pronouns

Remember: you can put a direct object pronoun at the end of an infinitive.

Voy a preparar la pizza La voy a preparar. Voy a prepararla.

You can only do this at the end of an infinitive! -ar, -er, -ir Only if there is a conjugated verb first

Quiero comerlo

Commands with direct object pronouns

You can also put the direct object pronoun at the end of an affirmative informal commandPon el pollo en el refrigerador.Ponlo en el refrigerador.

Come las verduras.Cómelas.

Accents on commands

If your commands with pronouns are three or more syllables, you put an accent on the 3rd to the last syllable:CómeloÁbrelas Invítalos

Translate your favorite recipe into Spanish!:

1. Translate all ingredients & measurements to Spanish There is a “food” dictionary on Srta.

Meinecke’s desk Cup = taza Teaspoon = cucharadita Table spoon = cucharada Pinch/dash =

pizca abrir=to open añadir=to add

mezclar=to mix cortar=to cutsacar=take out

2. Translate the instructions using your new vocabulary and the command formate you just learned.