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Reported Speech: Commands

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REPORTED SPEECH

COMMANDS

When do we use reported speech?

When someone says a sentence and later we wamt to tell someone else what the first person said.

Julia: "I am playing tennis." I report later: Julia said that she was playing tennis.

DIRECT SPEECH and INDIRECT SPEECH

  • Direct speech: "I am playing tennis."
  • Indirect speech: Julia said that she was playing tennis
  • Direct speech: "I like chocolate."
  • Indirect speech: He said that he liked chocolate.

Direct speech: the exact words Indirect speech: the reported words

COMMANDS Commands are orders, instructions or requests

COMMANDS Examples

Affirmative

Negative

  • Don't open the door.
  • Don't sit down, please.
  • Don't go to bed.
  • Open the door.
  • Sit down, please!
  • Go to bed.
  • Can you help me, please?
  • Could you pass me the milk?

REPORTED SPEECH: COMMANDS Affirmative

DIRECT SPEECH

INDIRECT SPEECH

My brother asked me to open the door.

My brother: "Open the door."

He told me to sit down.

He: "Sit down, please."

Susan: "Can you help me, please?"

Susan asked me to help her.

Alan asked me to pass him the milk.

Alan: "Could you pass me the milk,"

REPORTED SPEECH: COMMANDS Negative

DIRECT SPEECH

INDIRECT SPEECH

My brother asked me not to open the door.

My brother: "Don't open the door."

He: "Don't sit down, please."

He told me not to sit down.

Alan told me not to smoke in the bedroom.

Alan: "Don't smoke in the bedroom."

PRACTICE: write these commands into the indirect speech.EXAMPLES

1- "Be on time!" He asked me to be on time. 2- "Stand up, please!" My teacher told me to stand up. 3- "Can you close the window, please? She asked me to close the window. 4- "Don't be late." He asked me not to be late. 5- "Don't work so hard." My boss asked me not to work so hard.

PRACTICE: write these commands into the indirect speech.ACTIVITY

1- "Listen to that song!" He asked me ______________________________________________________________. 2- "Come back in one hour, please!" My teacher told me _______________________________________________________. 3- "Can you buy some milk, please? She asked me _____________________________________________________________. 4- "Don't play in front of my window." He asked me ______________________________________________________________. 5- "Don't say that!" My boss asked me _________________________________________________________ 6- "Could you feed the cat? My brother asked __________________________________________________________.

PRACTICE: write these commands into the indirect speech.ANSWERS

1- "Listen to that song!" He asked me to listen to that song ________________________________________. 2- "Come back in one hour, please!" My teacher told me to come back in one hour _____________________________. 3- "Can you buy some milk, please? She asked me to buy some milk __________________________________________. 4- "Don't play in front of my window." He asked me not to play in front of his window_____________________________. 5- "Don't say that!" My boss asked me not to say that__________________________________________. 6- "Could you feed the cat? My brother asked me to feed the cat ______________________________________.