1) Asking for instructions

How do you (do this)? How do I . . . ?

What is the best way to . . . ? How do I go about it?

What do you suggest? How do you suggest I proceed?

What is the first step?

2) Giving instructions

Sequencing First, (you) . . .

Then, (you) . . . Next, (you) . . .

Lastly, (you) . . . 3) Starting out

Before you begin, (you should . . .) The first thing you do is . . . .

I would start by . . . The best place to begin is . . .

To begin with, 4) Continuing

After that, The next step is to . . .

The next thing you do is . . . Once you've done that, then . . .

When you finish that, then . . . 5) Finishing

The last step is . . . The last thing you do is . . .

In the end, When you've finished,

When you've completed all the steps,

Example: How to Use a Photocopier

First, you need to turn on the photocopier. Then you put the face of the paper that you want to copy, on the screen of the copier. Next, you need to select the paper size and how many number you want. After that, you push the start button and the copier starts working. Finally, you get the papers that you want.

Imperative form in English

We use the imperative form to give orders, warnings and advice:

Be quiet!

Take care!

Listen to me carefully!

Because it can sound rude to give direct orders (especially if you are talking to an adult), we "soften" the imperative form with "let's" or "please":

Let's go now.

Please listen to what I'm saying.

Exercise 1. Match the parts of the sentences.

a) Stand behind me 1) down.

b) Tell me all 2) three times a day.

c) Shut 3) line, please.

d) Come 4) in.

e) Take your feet off 5) about it.

f) Turn to 6) up.

g) Take one pill 7) turn left.

h) Go to the traffic lights and 8) me next week.

i) Come and see 9) page 69.

j) Put that 10) the sofa.

Exercise 2. Complete these sentences using one of these verbs.

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1. _________ your oven to 200 degrees C.

2. _________ the stones from 750 grams of ripe cherries.

3. _________ six eggs with a pinch of salt.

4. _________ 90 grams of sugar and 100 grams of flour mixed with a few drops of vanilla essences.

5. Gradually _________ litre of milk.

6. _________ the mixture into a greased flan dish and then _________ the cherries on top.

7. _________ for 45 minutes and _________ warm.

Additional exercises

1. Complete each gap in this text with a suitable word from this list .

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Your computer could be………. 1 by many different viruses. There are probably ………..2 than 30,000 in existence but only………..3 200 to 300 are present in sufficient numbers to be a threat to your PC. We can ………4 viruses into a small number of basic …………5. Boot sector viruses infect a computer when you ………..6 it. File viruses infect………..7 files and the system when the files are ………8. These are less …………9 now that PCs mainly run Windows.

The most common viruses now work in the Windows …………10 and are spread using …………..11, including the Internet. Most are macro-viruses. Melissa is an example. Melissa ………..12 using email. It operated by……………..13 the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) ………..14 to automate the Microsoft Outlook …………..15 client to send itself to the first fifty …………..16 in the Outlook address book. In this way it infected millions of …………..17. in a few days.

A worm is not a…………18 but it is a …………..19 program. It infiltrates your system’s network ……….. 20 and from there infects other systems.