The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in reported command form. In the first section, various people tell the subject of each sentence to perform an action like clean a bike, write a text message, or check emails. In the second section, additional examples are given of people telling or asking others to do things like stop talking, be patient, or fill out a form, demonstrating the changes in pronouns and tense that occur when converting direct commands or requests to reported speech.
The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in reported command form. In the first section, various people tell the subject of each sentence to perform an action like clean a bike, write a text message, or check emails. In the second section, additional examples are given of people telling or asking others to do things like stop talking, be patient, or fill out a form, demonstrating the changes in pronouns and tense that occur when converting direct commands or requests to reported speech.
The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in reported command form. In the first section, various people tell the subject of each sentence to perform an action like clean a bike, write a text message, or check emails. In the second section, additional examples are given of people telling or asking others to do things like stop talking, be patient, or fill out a form, demonstrating the changes in pronouns and tense that occur when converting direct commands or requests to reported speech.
II.- Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the
change of pronouns in some sentences. 1.
"Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
The teacher told Joe TO STOP TALKING. 2. "Be patient," she said to him. She told him TO BE PATIENT 3. "Go to your room," her father said to her. Her father told her TO GO TO HER ROOM. 4. "Hurry up," she said to us. She told us TO HURRY UP 5. "Give me the key," he told her. He asked her TO GIVE HIM THE KEY. 6. "Play it again, Sam," she said. She asked Sam TO PLAY IT AGAIN. 7. "Sit down, Caron" he said. He asked Caron TO SIT DOWN. 8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said. The receptionist asked the guest TO FILL IN THE FORM. 9. "Take off your shoes," she told us. She told us TO TAKE OFF OUR SHOES. 10. "Mind your own business," she told him. She told him TO MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS.