Homework - 'Bossy' and 'Ordering' words

[AJWBON]

Hi, I am new to this forum and so glad I've found it!

My daughter is in Year 3 and has come home with some English/Literacy homework which she has to identify the 'bossy' words and the 'ordering' words from a long list.

Help! I was my daughter's age 32 years ago and I can't remember what the definition for 'bossy' and 'ordering' words are, in fact I don't think they were called that then.

Does anyone know the definition for these words please so I can help my daughter with her homework?

Thank you so much.

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bossy - tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering

ordering -
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Imperatives?

Do/hold/Make/Sit etc

ordering -

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" or issues commands

I would think it means the imperative verbs e.g Sit! Think! Listen!
rather than the sitting/sits/sat etc.

Is there a list with lots of different verb forms?

Imperatives are verbs used to give orders, commands and instructions. The form used is usually the same as the base form. It is one of the three moods of an English verb. Imperatives should be used carefully in English; to give firm orders or commands, but not as much when trying to be polite or show respect to the other person.

EG: Give me that tape, please.

www.usingenglish.com/glossary/imperative.html

www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-imperatives.htm

it's the 'do something' words, I think. i don't know what their real name is.

Sit. Stand. Run. Stop. Go. Listen. Speak. Shout. Come.

They are probably talking about imperative verbs. Have they maybe been talking about instructions such as recipes etc.?
Imperative verbs tell people what to do, for example, shut, put, mix, turn, open, get etc.

To me bossy and ordering are very similar so I am finding it hard to differentiate.

Here are the list of words:

pointed, first, draw, meanwhile, walk, until, secondly, lastly, hugging, next, around, punch, then, words, finally, square, mixed

She has to cirle the 'bossy' words and put a square around the 'ordering' words.

I feel so thick LOL. The school doesn't like it if you ask questions, they don't like it at all. In their eyes they only have to teach the kids and don't think they need to explain to the parents.

If they want parents to understand what they are doing, they need to use proper terms for the instructions for their set homework, and not make up their own terms on a whim.

And I would be very suspicious of a school who doesn't like it when someone asks questions!

ordering: first secondly lastly next finally then (?) until (?)

bossy: draw walk punch

Dunno. v v odd.

Ordering - sequencing. Eg first, then...

Ok, the bossy words are the imperatives - telling someone to do something (drwaw, walk, punch) and the ordering words are connectives that would help you show the order of events (first, secondly, lastly, next, then).

Tooooo sloooow sorry!

Please tell the teacher how stupid it is.

The bossy words tell you what to do, the ordering words tell you in which ORDER to do them ( I don't think the use of "ordering" is very clear as it has two meanings!)
So draw,walk,punch are bossy words, first, meanwhile, until,secondly lastly,next then and finally would be ordering words. I wouldn't say the others were either!

Thank you so much. I am so grateful for your replies.

My daughter's school doesn't like parents talking to them at all, it's like it's too much effort for them and when you tell them something it just goes in one ear and out of the other.

Thanks again, your replies have been extremely helpful.

I may be imagining it but I seem to remember learning (in French class) that imperatives can be used on their own without a sentence. that's a good way of working out which ones are imperatives e.g. 'lastly' doesn't make sense on its own but 'punch' does (if you were a boxing coach at least...) :)