ENGLISH REPORT SPEECH AND COMMANDS

reported speech and commands

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explanation:

A reported command is an order to do something with rarely a chance of refusal. Reporting verbs for the orders and commands are: Order, shout, ask, forbid, threaten, purpose, command, tell, insist etc..

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.Reported speech is not really difficult. It is more a matter of logic and common sense. You probably have the same concept in your own language, where you use your own words to say what somebody has said or written.

We usually introduce reported orders/commands with the verb "tell". The structure is very simple: told + noun + to infinitive pronoun for reported commands

structure of reported commands

Speech reports consist of two parts: the reporting clause and the reported clause.

structure of reported speech

examples

examples

'This is my house.' He said this was his house. [You are currently in front of the house.] He said that was his house. [You are not currently in front of the house.] 'We like it here.' She told me they like it here. [You are currently in the place they like.] She told me they like it there. [You are not in the place they like.] 'I'm planning to do it today.' She told me she's planning to do it today. [It is currently still the same day.]

direct order/command and command or reported orderShe said, "Eat your food now!" She told the boy to eat his food right then. The policeman said: "Get out of your car!" The policeman instructed us to get out of our car. She said, "You must make the bed before you go to work!" She told her husband to make the bed before he went to work. The doctor said: "Don't smoke in here!" The doctor told them not to smoke in there.

Notice above that we report a negative order by using not

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