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Giving Instruction and Its Response

Giving Instruction and Its Response. Instruction is used when we want someone to
do something for us. In giving instruction, we should pay attention to someone whom
we are speaking to. So to learn how to give a good instruction, we can follow the
following explanations.

Actually instruction is a kind of expression consists of imperative sentence in

grammar so the main form of instruction is

(+) Verb 1 + ! (or can be Verb 1 + Complement + !)

Example
Open the book!
Clean the board!
Amir, close your book!

(-) Don’t + Verb 1 + ! ( or can be Don’t + Verb 1 + Complement + !)

Example:

Don’t close the window!

Don’t speak loudly, Tina!
Bayu, don’t sit here!

And below are other expression of giving instruction and its response

Giving Instruction Response

Open the door!

Sit down! All right
Stand up! Okay
Give me that box! Yes
Be quiet! Thank you
Don’t smoke here! Of course
Stop it, I tell! Ok
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However, we can make our instruction more polite by adding “Please” before or after
instruction.

Example

Don’t disturb me, please!

Go out, please!

Please study hard!

 2

Please don’t smoke here!

Example in dialogue

Dialogue 1

Teacher    : Hey, Ratna. Come here and help me, please.

Ratna        : Yes, Mom. I’m coming. What should I do for you, Mom?

Teacher   : take a look at my hand phone, will you? It went blank.

Ratna        : Yes, Mom. I will.

1. b) Dialog 2

Jenny       : Good Morning, this is Yamaha Printer call center.

Young girl: Hello, I need a help. My printer got jammed.

Jenny      : please, turn it off. Wait for a second and turn it on again.

Young girl: OK. Wait a minute.

Jenny       : Does it print again?

Young girl: yes, it does. Thank you.

Contoh 3

Mr. Zacky: Good morning my students!

The students: Good morning Sir!

Mr. Zacky: Do yo know what are we going to study now?

The students: Not yet, sir!

Mr. Zacky: Well, today we will learn how to operate Photoshop program. First, please turn on
your computer.

The students: Yes sir.

Mr. Zacky: Next, click the photoshop icon located at the corner of your dekstop

The students: What next, sir?

Mr. Zacky: Then, draw something by clicking a new canvas and be creative from it!

The students: Okay sir, we will try.

Mr. Zacky: Don’t worry. Let’s try together!