Affirmative Tú Commands

Affirmative Tú Commands

How to Give Commands

What is an Affirmative Tú Command?

An affirmative tú command is used to tell either your friends, a family member, or a person younger than you to do something

Multiple Select

Hope you were paying attention: who do you use the affirmative tú command on?

• Family members

• Friends

• Teachers

• People younger than you

How to Use

To make a tú command, conjugate the verb to its present tense singular third person form (él, ella, and usted)

Multiple Choice

Which form do you use to make a tú command?

• Tú

• Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes

• Nosotros

• Él, Ella, Usted

Irregular Tú Commands

• There are some verbs that have an irregular command form. These include:

• Venir (ven), Decir (di), Salir (sal), Hacer (haz), Tener (ten), Ir (ve), Poner (pon), and Ser (sé)

• If you ever forget, just remember the acronym:

Multiple Select

Pick all of the irregular verbs.

• Tener

• Decir

• Comer

• Ser

Let's Practice!

In the next five slides, you will practice translating and writing affirmative tú commands.

Multiple Choice

Translate this Spanish sentence to English: ¡Usa un buen diccionario!

• Have a good dictionary!

• Buy a good dictionary!

• Use a good dictionary!

• Make a good dictionary!

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct English translation of this Spanish sentence: Para tu tarea, escribe dos párrafos sobre plantas y animales

• For your homework, write two paragraphs about plants and animals.

• For your homework, read two paragraphs about plants and animals.

• For your homework, practice two paragraphs about plants and animals.

• For your homework, make two paragraphs about plants and animals.

Multiple Choice

Pick the correct Spanish translation of this English sentence: Paolo, set the table for dinner!

• ¡Paolo, haz la mesa para la cena!

• ¡Paolo, pon la mesa para la cena!

• ¡Paolo, ven la mesa para la cena!

• ¡Paolo, di la mesa para la cena!