“CELTA Language Related Assignment 1. Generative Context A: The first week of July was very warm in Blackburn. I was invited to my sisters house for a party. There were many others that were invited too. As soon as I entered my sisters house I felt so hot because she was baking a cake in the oven, the children were running around the house and the windows were all closed. I went in the kitchen and complained to her by saying, Its so hot, open the window, will you?”

A: This is an imperative sentence which is used in an informal way. We use this sentence structure to tell or ask people to do things (interpersonal uses) – and the question tag makes it a little bit polite.The window is closed.Two close people are talking.The speaker is not very polite.The two people are very comfortable with each other.The speaker may be annoyed.B: This type of sentence structure is used as a formal or polite request.The speaker is very polite.They are not very comfortable with each other.They could be strangers….(short extract)