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Hello everybody, my name is Miss.

Barron and welcome to lesson four in our unit "All About Instructions".

Now you can see I'm ready to stand up and that's because we are going to start today's lessons straight away with a game.

So our game is called "Yes, Let's." Stand up and I'll tell you how to play it.

Okay, so you're standing up just like me? Fantastic.

Now, I'm going to say let's and then do an action with a word.

You're going to say "yes, let's" and copy me, you're going to do the same action, okay? So let me show you how it works.

Let's hop.

And you're going to say, yes, let's and you're going to hop too.

Okay, so should we try that again? Let's hop.

Are you doing it? Did you say yes, let's? Well done.

Let's dance.

Brilliant.

Let's skip.

Go on and say yes let's and do it.

Let's run on the spot.

Let's jump up and down.

Are you doing it? Are you remembering to say yes let's? Let's yawn.

Let's buzz like bees.

And the last one, let's stomp like giants.

Go on, be your biggest, scariest giants when we stomp.

Fantastic.

Did you remember to say yes let's each time and do the action? Well done.

Now we're going to be thinking a little bit more about the types of words that we just used in today's lesson.

So, shall I tell you what we're going to do today? Now you know that we are learning all about instructions at the moment.

And so, in today's lesson we are going to learn how to use imperative verbs to help us give instructions more clearly.

Now don't worry if you're not sure what they are yet, that's what we're going to be learning today.

So this is what today's lesson is going to look like.

First, the new learning.

So you're going to find out what an imperative verb is, why we use them, and how we use them.

Then you're going to spot some imperative verbs in instruction sentences.

Then we're going to do some shared writing, we're going to tell people what to do to get their dragon's tooth and their unicorn's horn.

And finally, you're going to have a go at writing in sentence by yourself using an imperative verb.

So, I'm really looking forward to today's lesson, I hope you are too.

Now this is what you're going to need today, you are going to need an exercise book or a piece of paper to write on and a pencil or pen to write with.

So pause the video now and go and get those things if you need to.

Fantastic job, you are back with everything you need to start the learning today, well done.

So, let's get going.

Take a look at the words in the table on your screen, do they look familiar? Those are the words we used in our "Yes, Let's" game at the beginning of the lesson.

Now, we're going to use them again, we are going to act them out a second time, but this time we're not going to say yes, let's, I'm just going to say the word, and you're going to do the action, ready? I'll do the action with you, let's go.

Hop.

Dance.

Run.

Are you doing it? Make sure you're doing it.

Jump.

Yawn.

Stomp.

Well done.

So these are the words that we have acted today.

Hop, dance, read them with me, run jump, yawn, stomp, but what type of words are these? I wonder if you know already.

These are verbs, verbs.

Let's say that together, verbs.

My turn, verbs.

Your turn, well done.

Again, verbs.

Your turn, fantastic.

These are verbs, and most verbs are doing words which means that we can do them.

Just like all the words in the table, they are all verbs that you can do and we've just shown that, because we did them.

Now then, let's put some of those verbs into some sentences.

Dance on the spot.

Go on, stand up and do it.

Dance on the spot.

Well done, you're doing it.

Let's do the next one.

Stomp like a giant.

Go on stomp for me like giant, I'll do it too.

Stomp like a giant.

Well done.

And finally, jump up and down.

Do it, go on, jump up and down.

Fantastic, well done.

Now when we use verb in sentences like that, we are using them to tell somebody to do something.

So when I say dance on the spot, I'm telling you to do something, aren't I? When I say stomp like a giant, I'm telling you to do it.

And when I say jump up and down, I'm telling you to do it.

So when we use verbs to tell somebody to do something then we call them imperative verbs.

Now that is a mouthful, let's say the first word, imperative, say it with me, imperative.

My turn, imperative, your turn, fantastic.

Now let's do it in a robot voice, my turn first.

Im-pe-ra-tive.

Your turn.

Brilliant robot voices.

Lets do it this time in a low voice, my turn first.

Imperative.

Your turn, well done, you went really low then.

Let's do it in a whisper voice this time.

Imperative.

Your turn, fantastic, now let's put the two words together, imperative verbs.

My turn, imperative verbs.

Your turn, fantastic, one more time, Imperative verbs.

Your turn, well done, super job.

So imperative verbs tell somebody to do something so that the sentence becomes an order or a command.

So when I say dance on the spot, that sentence is an order, it's a command, I'm telling you to do something.

When I say jump up and down, that sentence is a command, I'm telling you to do something.

So, imperative verbs are used to tell somebody to do something and that's why they're so useful for instructions.

Remember, when we give instructions we tell people how to do things, don't we? When we are giving our set of instructions for how to make a magic hat, we are telling somebody how to make the hat and so in order to do that, we need to use imperative verbs because they tell somebody what to do.

So let's have a look at some imperative verbs now in our set of instructions for how to make a magic hat.

And you're going to see if you can spot the imperative verbs in our instruction sentences, so let's have a look.

Here's the first sentence, read it with me.

Put your reading finger under the first word.

Let's go, let's read together.

First, catch a ray of silver moonlight.

Can you spot the imperative verb in that sentence? Which is the verb that tells somebody what to do? Pause the video now, and have a think, see if you can spot it.

Great, you're back and ready to tell me which word you think is the imperative verb.

So tell me in a full sentence.

The imperative verb is? Tell me at your screen now.

Well spotted.

The imperative verb is catch, isn't it? First, catch a ray of silver moonlight.

The imperative verb is catch, that's the word that tells somebody what to do.

Brilliant.

Now, let's look at the next sentence.

Read it with me, reading finger under the first word.

Next, add your unicorn horn and dragon tooth.

Now can you spot the imperative verb in that sentence? Pause the video now and have a look for it.

Fantastic.

You're back, go on and tell me your answer in a full sentence, the imperative verb is? Tell me at your screen now.

Fantastic, the imperative verb is add, well done.

The imperative verb is add, that is the word that tells somebody what to do.

So, next add your unicorn horn and dragon tooth.

That is the word that tells them what they need to do, well done.

Let's have a look at this sentence, reading finger under the first word, read it with me.

Then, mix it all together with the snot of a giant.

Pause the video, and see if you can spot the imperative verb in that sentence.

Fabulous, you're back and ready to tell me.

Go on and say, the imperative verb is? Tell me your answer.

Let's see if you're right.

The imperative verb is mix, mix is the verb that tells somebody what they need to do.

It's a command, isn't it? Mix it all together, it tells them to do it.

So, mix it all together with the snot of a giant.

So now you've practised spotting imperative verbs in sentences, you are now going to have a go at using some in sentences.

But before we do that, just remind me what an imperative verb is.

Say, an imperative verb, go on and finish my sentence, tell me to your screen now.

Well done, well remembered you are really learning this today.

An imperative verb tells somebody to do something.

So let's have a look at some imperative verbs that we could use in these sentences.

Now you can see three sentences on your screen but they don't have a beginning, do they? I'm wondering if you could help me fix them by choosing one of the imperative verb in the green box that makes sense at the start of each sentence.

So, let's first read he sentences.

"Mm" the mermaid's song.

"Mm" your golden bucket.

"Mm" until it is dark and the moon is out.

Now, let's have a read of the imperative verbs that we can choose from in the green box.

Mix, say it with me, mix, kick, kick, sing, fill, run, wait, so those are the imperative verbs.

Those are the verbs that tell somebody what to do that we can put in the beginning of those sentences.

So I would like you to pause the video now and decide which verb you are going to use, which imperative verb is going to complete those sentences at the beginning.

You don't have to write them down, you can just say them out loud.

You can write them down if you would like to.

So pause the video and do that.

Brilliant, you're back, so I'm really interested to hear which imperative verbs you chose to complete your sentences.

Brilliant, you're back, let's see how you got on.

So which imperative verb did you choose? Tell me your sentence, tell me your first sentence.

Brilliant, you're back, now let's see how you got on.

So tell me your first sentence with the imperative verb that you chose at the start.

Go on tell me into your screen now.

Fantastic, which imperative verb makes sense there? It is sing, isn't it? Sing the mermaid's song, that makes sense and we know that's right from our set of instructions about how to make a magic hat.

Let's have a look at the next one.

Go on, tell me your sentence, tell me your full sentence with the imperative verb at the start.

Brilliant job, the answer is fill, isn't it? Fill your golden bucket, that makes sense and again, that's right isn't it from our set of instructions about how to make a magic hat.

We need to fill a golden bucket with the things that we need to make it.

And finally, go on tell me your final sentence with the imperative verb at the start, tell me to your screen.

Amazing job, the answer there is wait, isn't it? Wait until it is dark and the moon is out, that's so that we can catch our silver ray of moonlight, isn't it? So what do people need to do? They need to wait.

Well done.

There are our answers.

Fantastic.

So now, we are going to write a sentence together using an imperative verb.

And we're going to write a sentence telling people how to catch a dragon's tooth.

Because we know that we need a dragons tooth to make our magic hat, don't we? But the hat maker didn't tell us how to get one, so we are going to tell people how to do it in our sentence.

So, let's do that together now.

So let's write our sentence together telling people how to catch a dragon's tooth.

Now because we're telling somebody to do something, we need to start our sentence with an imperative verb, don't we? So let's look at the imperative verbs in the bubble on my page.

Let's read them together, Run.

Let's sound this one out.

/c/-/r/-/e/-/e/-/p/ Creep.

To creep means to move really quietly.

/M/-/a/-/k/-/e/, make.

/S/-/n/-/e/-/a/-/k/, sneak, to sneak up on someone means to do it really quietly so they don't know that you're there.

Usually you have something bad in mind if you're going to sneak up on someone.

/S/-/i/-/n/-g/, sing.

/O/-/f/-/f/-/e/-r/, offer.

To offer means to ask someone if they want something.

So I might offer to help my mom in the kitchen.

Give, here's one of our tricky words, give we can't sound that out, can we? We just have to remember it.

/T/-/a/-/k/-/e/, take.

And finally /d/-/r/-/e/-/s/-/s/, dress, dress up.

So those are some imperative verbs that we might like to choose to start our sentences telling people how to catch a dragon's tooth.

You might like to choose from one of those or you might have a different imperative verb that you're thinking of.

Now have a look in the bubble, have a think, which imperative verb are you going to use to start your sentence? And can you come up with an idea using that verb for how to catch the dragon's tooth? I'm going to think of mine too.

I wonder, what if you have an idea already, can you tell me to your screen? Wow, I am hearing some amazing ideas, you're being so creative today, well done.

So these are some of the ideas I heard.

I heard sing her to sleep.

Sing her to sleep, the imperative verb at the start of that sentence is sing, so we could do that.

I also heard offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

Maybe our dragon is greedy and would swap her tooth for some gold.

Offer is the imperative verb at the start of that sentence, isn't it? And I also heard, make her dentist pull it out.

So maybe we could work together with the dentist.

Make is the imperative verb at the start of that sentence, isn't it? Now you might like to use one of those ideas or you might have a different sentence of your own.

I think I'm going to choose the second one.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold, offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

Now let's say that sentence together, you're going to help me write it.

So let's tap it out on our heads, ready? Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

Now tap it out on your shoulders.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

Now on your fingers.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

That is nine words, so I'm going to write nine down here to remind me so I can check after.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

So I'm going to start writing my sentence and what do I need first? A capital letter, offer /o/ starts with a capital O.

Off has two -F's, offer.

Offer, finger space, to offer to swap, /s/-/w/.

Now swap sounds like it has the /o/ sound in it, it does have the /o/ sound, but it's spelled in swap with an -a, swap.

S-W-A-P spells swap.

Offer to swap it, it for, for a.

Offer to swap it for a piece, now piece when it means a piece of something is tricky to spell so watch me write it, I'm going to write here, piece.

P-I-E-C-E spells piece.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold, sound out gold with me.

/G/-/o/-/l/-/d/, gold.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold and what do I need at the end of my sentence? A full stop.

Brilliant.

So, let's read it.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

Is that the sentence we wanted to write? Yes it is.

Let's just count the number of words.

Offer to swap it for a piece gold.

That's nine words, fantastic, so I could put to tick there.

There's my sentence telling you how to catch a dragon's tooth and here is my imperative verb and I'm going to underline it to show that I know where it is in my sentence.

Now it's your turn to write your sentence telling people how to catch a dragon's tooth.

Remember to start with an imperative verb.

There they are on the green box on your screen.

Now, think of your sentence first, then say it out loud.

Say it out loud a few times, I would then write it downs and then re-read your sentence to check it makes sense.

And do your five finger check.

Now here are my examples.

So, there's my sentence again in the blue box.

Offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

And then there's another sentence I made up too.

Sing her to sleep with the songs of Katy Perry.

So I thought maybe this dragon could really love the songs of Katy Perry and I would sing her to sleep with those.

So those are two ideas of mine to help you, I would like you to pause the video now and write your sentence and get ready to tell me your sentence when you press play again.

Fantastic, I cannot wait to hear your sentence.

So, go on tell me to your screen how do you catch a dragon's tooth? Tell me your sentence, brilliant job.

So many different and creative ideas and they all start with imperative verbs, well done.

Now then, I would like you to write one final sentence of your own telling people what to do to catch a unicorn horn, because we need one of those as well, don't we? To make our magic hat.

So how are people going to catch a unicorn's horn? So there are your imperative verbs to choose from in the green box again or you might be thinking of another that you'd like to use.

Here's my sentence to help you, so I used a different imperative verb, one that's not in the box and it's swap, remember we used swap in my sentence, didn't we? About the dragon's tooth.

Swap her horn for a rainbow mane.

I think this unicorn wants a rainbow mane, I think she'd be willing to swap her unicorn horn for one of those.

So that's my sentence, swap her horn for a rainbow mane and swap is the imperative verb.

That is the verb that tells somebody to do something.

So I would like you to pause the video now and have a go at writing your own sentence.

Remember to start it with an imperative verb.

Fantastic, you're back well done for having a go at writing a sentence of your own.

Now can you tell me your sentence now? Tell it to your screen.

How do you catch a unicorn's horn? Tell me now.

Fabulous job, again, so many different and creative ideas.

Now, be careful doing some of those things.

And finally, final challenge for today.

Can you add an adverb to your sentence? Now what is an adverb? An adverb tells us how the verb is done.

The clue is in the word, adverb means we're going to add some details to the verb to tell people how to do it.

So here are some adverbs in the green box that you might like to choose from.

Let's read them together.

Quickly, slowly, carefully, loudly, softly, kindly.

Now, let's have a look at those in practise.

Here's an example on your screen.

Quickly, mix it all together with the snot of a giant.

So mix is the imperative verb in that sentence, isn't it? Mix tells us what to do.

Mix it all together with the snot of a giant and quickly tells us how to do the verb.

Quickly mix it all together.

Now let's have a look at another example.

Kindly offer to swap it for a piece of gold.

So how are we going to offer? We are going to offer kindly.

Notice that the adverb is at the beginning of these sentences.

Now we can put adverbs in different places in sentences, but today, I would like you to put yours at the beginning of the sentence just like I've done in mine.

So, I would like you to have a go at adding an adverb at the beginning of one of your sentences to tell the reader how to do the imperative verb.

Now have a go if you would like to, this is your challenge if you want to go above and beyond today.

Pause the video and have a go.

So that almost brings us to the end of today's learning.

We have been learning how to use imperative verbs to help us give clear instructions and I'm about to give you one final set of instructions.

See if you can spot the imperative verbs that that I used.

I'm going to tell you how to make a paper crown, so a different kind of hat.

You should make a paper crown because when you wear it you will feel as powerful and fantastic as a king or queen.

This is what you need, you need a piece of paper, some scissors, some glue or some sellotape and some colouring crayons, this is what you do.

First, take your piece of paper and fold it in half lengthwise.

Next, run your fingers along the fold to make your crease really clear.

After that take your scissors and cut along the folds just like this.

Now remember to cut it carefully, scissors can be dangerous.

You have your two pieces of paper, after that, take your glue or sellotape and stick the two ends together.

It should look like this.

After that, take your scissors again and cut zigzag shapes into your crown, so, something like this, can you see that? Take your scissors and cut zigzag shapes all the way across your strip of paper.

Then, colour it in with your design and finally, put it around your head and stick it together.

Now, I can't do it all as I've done here for you on this video cause it would take too long but that is how you make a paper crown.

So why don't have a go at home at making your own paper crown and remember make sure you do it with an adults help, that is really important.

You cannot use scissors on your own, unless you have permission scissors can be dangerous.

So please make sure that you get an adults help to help you do this.

But that is how to make a paper crown, something you can have a go at, at home.

I wonder if you've spotted the imperative verbs.

I think I used the imperative verbs fold, run, open, cut, glue, put, stick, at least seven.

I used at least seven imperative verbs there to make this paper crown.

So have a go and that is all from me today, enjoy using your imperative verbs to help you give clear instructions.

See you in lesson five, bye.