Instructions usually start

with bossy words.

Turn the taps off!

Put the scissors away here.

Listen carefully.

Put your hand up. Don’t shout out!

Hang your coat up. bossy words

Wash your paintbrushes and put them in the pots.

How good are you at giving an instruction using bossy words?Try it and see!

I wish I could

have a pet.

Tommy really wanted a pet.

His mum told him that he couldn’t have a big pet because their house was too small and they didn’t have a garden for it to play in. Tommy felt sad.

He tried to think of all the smallest animals that would be a good pet and fit inside his house.

And before Tommy could blink the goldfish spoke to him!

If you had some instructions

you’d know how to look after me! said the goldfish.

How to look after a goldfish

What you needa tank full of watergoldfish fooda goldfish

1. Give your goldfish a little pinch of food every day.

What to do

2. Keep his tank nice and clean.

The title explains what the

instructions will help Tommy to do.

This is what he has to do. The steps are all in the right order.

This is a list of everything that Tommy needs.

Do you remember how instructions helped Tommy to look after his goldfish?

Can you remember what his page of instructions looked like?

Use bossy words when you write your instructions….

cutmix

write

make

spread

Bossy words are often called

bossy verbs.

Look at lots of examples of instructions.

What bossy verbs

can you find.?

squeeze

fold

turn

rinse

remember

put

use

enjoy decorate

Bossy verbs.

Here are some bossy

verbs that Dusty found.