REPORTED SENTENCES

-COMMANDS

-REQUESTS

-STATEMENTS

-YES/NO QUESTIONS

-WH-QUESTIONS

STEPS TO REPORT A SENTENCE

1. Decide what a sentence is:a) a commandb) a requestc) a statementd) a yes/no questione) a wh-question.

2. Choose the reporting verb (say, tell, ask).3. Choose the linking word (to, not to, if,

when/where…, that).4. Change the pronouns.5. Change the word order.

FILL IN THE VERBS TELL, SAY, ASK

1. The doctor _____ the patient to stay in bed for a couple of days.

2. The patient _______ the doctor how many times a day he should use the ointment.

3. The woman _______ that she wants some sleeping pills.

4. The chemist _______ him that the medicine is very expensive.

5. The article ______ us that smoking is dangerous.

FILL IN THE VERBS TELL, SAY, ASK

1. The doctor tells the patient to stay in bed for a couple of days.

2. The patient asks the doctor how many times a day he should use the ointment.

3. The woman says that she wants some sleeping pills.

4. The chemist tells him that the medicine is very expensive.

5. The article tells us that smoking is dangerous.

REPORT THE SENTENCES1. The dentist “Open your mouth wider, Mr Dandruff,

please”.2. The eye doctor

“Do you see the last line, Nick?”3. The nurse

“I will put a bandage on your arm, Ann”.4. The ambulance man

“What temperature does your son have?”5. The ENT doctor

“Don’t go out without caps, children!”

CHECK YOURSELVES1. The dentist asks Mr Dandruff to open his

mouth wider.

2. The eye doctor asks Nick if he sees the last line.3. The nurse tells Ann that she will put a bandage on her arm.4. The ambulance man asks the mother what temperature her son has.5. The ENT doctor tells the children not to go out without caps.