Reporting instructions and requests. What did they say?

1. He said “don’t go”

2. She said “take your hands off me”
3. He said “leave me alone”
4. He said “please give me another chance”
5. She said “ don’t say that”
6. She said “get out of my way”
7. “don’t talk about bullfighting!” the Spaniard said to me
8. “Give me your name and address!” the policeman said.
9. Karen said to Mike, “Don’t play on your computer”.
10. His father said to him “stay at home”
11. “Wake up” shouted his mother
12. “Give me your homework on Tuesday, please” , said the teacher
13. “Be careful when you go swimming” said the father

Reported instructions and requests. Look at the examples. Can you complete the rule using
some of the words in the box?
He said “listen to me for a moment”
He asked her to listen to him for a moment.

He said “oh, please don’t be so cruel”.

He begged her not to be so cruel.

She said “stop being so ridiculous”

She told him to stop being so ridiculous.

RULE:
Instructions and requests are reported using...............
Say is replaced usually by...............or........................

Ask infinitives participles past tenses tell

Reported instructions and requests. What did they say?

1. He said “don’t go”.
2. She said “take your hands off me”?
3. He said “don’t leave me”.
4. She said “leave me alone”.
5. He said “please give me another chance”.
6. She said “ don’t say that”.
7. She said “get out of my way”.