Commands in Spanish

In Spanish there are ___________ different types of commands

• dos - polite and not polite

• dos - polite and familiar

• tres - polite, familiar and irregular

• ninguna es correcta

_____________ commands are often used when addressing a person you don't know well, a person older than you, or a person to whom you want to show deference or respect (like a boss or teacher)

• familiar

• polite

• irregular

• ninguna es correcta

Polite commands are formed from the __________________ of the Present Tense

• third person singular

• second person singular

• first person plural

• ninguna es correcta

To form polite commands, we first need to drop the final ____

• a

• e

• vowel

• o

Polite commands: →AR verbs: add –______ for the singular, and –______ for the plural.

• e / en

• en / e

• a / an

• ninguna es correcta

Polite commands:

→ER/IR verbs: add -____ for the singular and –______ for the plural.

• e / en

• a / a

• a / an

• ninguna es correcta

Polite: singular (escribir)

• escriba

• escriban

• escribe

• escribid

How many irregular verbs are there with Polite commands?

• tres

• catorce

• cuatro

• ninguna es correcta

Which ones are the irregular Polite commands?

• ninguna es correcta

• Estar / ir / Dar / Coger

• Dar / Estar / Ir / Ser

• Ser / Hacer / Ir / Estar

Why does the irregular polite command "dé" have an accent mark?

• to make it more complicated

• to distinguish it from the preposition de (of).

• to make it cool

• to make it truly irregular