Práctica en Contexto

Commands are used for public messages and commercials. Try to recognize commands in the following video.

Review the conjugation rules for commands one more time before you complete the activities:

**Regular Verbs - Conjugation for Commands**
Person	entrar	mover	introducir	divertirse
tú	entra	mueve	introduce	diviértete
Usted / él, ella	entre	mueva	introduca	diviértase
vosotros	entrad	mueved	introducid	diviértidos
Ustedes / ellos, ellas	entren	muevan	introducan	diviértanse

Note: the vosotros command form will be used only rarely outside of Spain.

**Irregular Verbs - Conjugation for Commands**
tener	hacer	venir	decir	poner	salir
ten	haz	ven	di	pon	sal
tenga	haga	venga	diga	ponga	salga
tened	haced	venid	decid	poned	salid
tengan	hagan	vengan	digan	pongan	salgan

Practice Activities

Activity 1

In this video you saw 30 mensajes and they all have at least one command. Download and complete the Advertising Commands handout and write the verbs in the chart. You will not be submitting this handout, but use it to practice your verb forms. You can also download the Advertising Commands Answer Key to check your answers.

Activity 2

The basic rule is that any pronoun needs to be attached to the end of an affirmative command but come in front of a negative command. Consider the command, "Tell me!": Díme.

Activity 3

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