Session 15: Reported Requests/Commands

When we put direct commands or requests into indirect speech we usually follow the below structure:

a.
 We use introductory verbs:
order, ask, tell, want and request, etc.

b. We use indirect objects after those introductory verbs.

c. The command or request in direct speech takes the infinitive form.

EX:

  1. The sorcerer to Aladdin: Give the gold coins to your mother.’  --> The sorcerer told Aladdin to give the gold coins to his mother.

  2. ‘Don’t lose the ring.’ --> He told him not to lose the ring.
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Exercises

  1. Mother to daughter: "Put on your shoes."
  2. The teacher to me: "Open your notebook."
  3. Merry to her uncle: "Don't be mad at me."
  4. The officer to us: "Do not park here."
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