Reported Orders, Requests & Suggestions

• "Go to bed!“ [Affirmative]• REPORTED SPEECH: He told me to go to

bed.

• "Don't go to bed!“ [Negative]• REPORTED SPEECH: He told me not to go

to bed.

Commands

Reported speech.Commands-1

1. Teacher: "Do your homework." The teacher told me to do my homework.

2. Andrew: "Clean the blue bike." Andrew told me to clean the blue bike.

3. Jessica: "Write a letter." Jessica told me to write a letter

4. Nelly: "Help Peter's sister." Nelly told me to help Peter's sister

5. Anna: "Open the window.“Anna told me to open the window.

6. Ben: "Come home at 8." Ben told me to come home at 8.

7. Tom: "Dance with me.“Tom told me to dance with him.

8. Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station." Sabine told me to meet Sandy at the station.

Reported speech.Commands-2

1. Karen: "Don't play football in the garden." Karen told me not to play football in the garden.

2. Teacher: "Don't forget your homework." The teacher told me not to forget my homework.

3. Mike: "Don't shout at Peter." Mike told me not to shout at Peter.

4. Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour." Yvonne told me not to talk to my neighbour.

5. Denise: "Don't open this door.“Denise told me not to open this door.

6. Marcel: "Don't sing that song.“Marcel told me not to sing that song.

7. Jana: "Don't go to the cinema." Jana told me not to go to the cinema.

8. Dominique: "Don't ring Romy on Sunday.“Dominique told me not to ring Romy on Sunday.

"Could you buy some eggs?” [Affirmative]

REPORTED SPEECH: She asked me to buy some eggs.

"Don't buy any eggs, please”. [Negative]

REPORTED SPEECH: She asked me not to buy any eggs.

Reported Orders, Requests & Suggestions

Requests-1

Requests for objects are reported using the patternask + for + object:

Reported Orders, Requests & Suggestions

Requests -2

Examples:a. "Can I have an apple?", she asked. She asked for an apple.b. "Can I have the newspaper, please?" He asked for the newspaper.

c. "May I have a glass of water?”, he said. He asked for a glass of water.

d. "Sugar, please." She asked for the sugar.e. "Could I have three kilos of onions?" He asked for three kilos of

onions.

Reported Orders, Requests & Suggestions

Suggestions

Suggestions are usually reported with a that-clause. 'That' and 'should' are optional in these clauses:

She said: "Why don't you get a mechanic to look at the car?" She suggested that I should get a mechanic to look at the car.

OR She suggested I get a mechanic to look at the car.

OR

She suggested getting a mechanic to look at the car