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Reported Speech Commands Requests and Questions

The document discusses how to report commands, requests, and questions in indirect speech. For commands, the verb form changes to the infinitive with "to" or "not to". For requests and questions, the verb typically comes before the subject. Yes/no questions are reported using "if" or "whether". Verb placement can vary when reporting questions containing "who", "what", or "which".

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Reported Speech Commands Requests and Questions

The document discusses how to report commands, requests, and questions in indirect speech. For commands, the verb form changes to the infinitive with "to" or "not to". For requests and questions, the verb typically comes before the subject. Yes/no questions are reported using "if" or "whether". Verb placement can vary when reporting questions containing "who", "what", or "which".

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Reported speech

 Commands and
 requests
Reported Commands.

Form
•affirmative commands → to + infinitive
•negative commands → not + to + infinitive

1. Affirmative commands
•Direct Speech → Mum: “Tidy your room.”
•Reported Speech → Mum told me to tidy my room.

2. Negative commands
•Direct Speech → Policeman: “Don’t park there.”
•Reported Speech → The policeman told me not to park there.
EXAMPLES:

Direct Speech: “Do your homework.”


Reported Speech: Dad told me to do my homework.
Direct Speech: “clean the blue bike”
Reported Speech: Andres told me to clean the blue bike.
Direct Speech: “write a letter”
Reported Speech: Maria told me to write a letter.
Direct Speech: “Don't play football in the garden”
Reported Speech: Katia told me not to play football in the garden.
Direct Speech: “Don’t open this door”
Reported Speech: Suzy told me not to open the door.
Direct Speech: “Don’t sing that song”
Reported speech: My mother told me not to sing that song.
Reported Requests

Requests are when someone asks you to do


something in a polite way.

Form
•affirmative request → asked me + to + infinitive
•negative request → asked me + not + to + infinitive

1. Affirmative request
• Direct Speech: “Could you close the window, please?”
Reported Speech → She asked me to close the window.

2. Negative request
• Direct Speech: “Could you not make so much .”
Reported Speech → She asked me not to make so much noise.
EXAMPLES:

Direct Speech: She said: "Could you open the window, please?"
Reported Speech: She asked me to open the window.
Direct Speech: He said: "Please don't smoke."
Reported Speech: He asked them not to smoke.
Direct Speech: "Can I have an apple?", she asked.
Reported Speech: She asked for an apple.
Direct Speech: “Please make 10 copies of this report.”
Reported Speech: She asked me to make 10 copies of the report.
Direct Speech: "May I have a glass of water?"
Reported Speech: He asked for a glass of water.
Reported speech

 questions
When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb.

• Direct speech: “Where are you going?”


Reported speech: He asked me where I was going.
• Direct speech: “Why is he shouting?”
Reported speech: He asked me why he was shouting.
• Direct speech: “What do you want?”
Reported speech: She asked me what I wanted.
• Direct speech:‘What is the problem?’
Reported speech: She asked what the problem was.
• Direct speech: Who’s the best singer here?
Reported speech: She asked me who the best singer was.
• Direct speech:‘When are you going on holiday?’
Reported speech: She wanted to know when I was going on holiday.
•We report yes/no questions with if or whether.

• Direct speech: “Do you want me to come?”


Reported speech: I asked him if he wanted me to come.
• Direct speech: “Have you fed the dog?”
Reported speech: She asked me whether I had fed the dog
• Direct speech: 'Will you do this?’
Reported speech: She asked me if I would do that.
• Direct speech: 'Are you going to the market?’
Reported speech: She asked me if I was going to the market.
• Direct speech: Will you help me?
Reported speech: She asked me whether I would help her.
• Direct speech: Have you bought a new cellphone?
Reported speech: She wondered if I had bought a new cellphone.
• When we report questions with
who, what or which + to be + object,
the verb be can come before or after the object.

•Direct speech: “Who is the champion?”


Reported speech:
+She asked me who the champion was. 
+She asked me who was the champion.

•Direct speech: “What is your favourite colour?”


Reported speech:
+She asked me what my favourite colour was.
+She asked me what was my favourite colour.

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