The teacher told the students not to give up. "Don't give up," the teacher told her students. Tell can introduce statements, commands, requests or advice. The doctor warned my father not to smoke. "Don't smoke," the doctor warned my father. Negative commands, requests and advice are made by verb + object + not + infinitive. In the indirect speech the person addressed must be mentioned.
In the direct speech we do not mention the person in the imperative. The commands, requests and advice mostly have the same form in English: verb + object + infinitive ( advise, ask, beg, forbid, order, persuade, recommend, tell, urge, warn etc.). She wondered if/whether he had married Sue. If is more common and whether is more formal. In yes/no questions we use if or whether in questions. He wanted to know what time it had started. The reporting verb say changes into ask, want to know, wonder. Reported questionsĭirect questions become reported questions with the same word order as statements. Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands.Įnglish grammar PDF All PDF rules with examples on this website to download for free. Reported speech exercises PDF Changes of tenses, time and place in reported statements.ĭirect and indirect speech exercises Multiple choice and gap-filling exercises on reported statements, questions and commands. "Don't do it." - He told me I didn't do it.
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