DIRECT-INDIRECT

SPEECH
1. IMPERATIVE
2. QUESTION
3. STATEMENT

1. IMPERATIVE
(+) to V1

(-) not to V1

Examples:
(+) Go away! He asked me to go away.
I asked him to go away.
(-) Dont smoke! He asked me not to smoke.
I asked him not to smoke.

2. QUESTION
a) Yes / No Question : if
e.g. Are you a student? (present)
Mr. Ali often asks me if I am a student.
Mr. Ali asked me if I was a student.
e.g. Did you come yesterday? (past)
Mr. Ali asks me if I came the day before.
Mr. Ali asked me if I had come the day before.

b) WH- Question : WH-

e.g. Where is your father? (present)
Mr. Ali usually asks me where my mother is.
Mr. Ali asked me where my mother was.
e.g. What did you bring yesterday? (past)
Mr. Ali asks me what I brought the day before.
Mr. Ali asked me what I had brought the day before.

3. STATEMENT
(+)(-) that
e.g. I am a librarian (present)
Mr. Ali always tells me that he is a librarian.
Mr. Ali told me that he was a librarian.
e.g. I did not come yesterday (past)
Mr. Ali tells me that he did not come the day before.
Mr. Ali told me that he had not come the day before.

ITS TIME FOR QUIZ

1. Dont lie to me!

Ida always says to him

2. Do you remember me?

Bram asked Anni

3. Where are they?

Sonny asked me

4. I go to school on foot
Laura often tells Linda

5. The sun rises in the east

The teacher said