COMMANDS, REQUESTS AND WARNINGS IN INDIRECT SPEECH

1. " Don't open the window" I said to her .

2. "Take the books to the library now" He told me

3. "Don't make a noise" the nurse said to the visitors.

4. "Hand in your homework next Friday" the teacher said to the students.

5. "Don't smoke in my house , please" our neighbour told us.

6. "Please sit down and make yourselves comfortable" the secretary said
to us.

7. "Be careful when you cross the road." He said to me

8. " Help me , please" Jean said to Tom

9. " Please. please don't call the police" He said to Colin

10. " Why don't we go for a drink" I said to them

Grammar / Use of English: reported speech – reporting verbs

Rewrite the sentences below with a suitable reporting verb: suggest,

warn, ask, command etc. depending on the sentence type you find :

1) ‘Could you sign the book, please?’ she said.

2) ‘Shall we go for a walk?’ said George.

3) ‘Would you mind taking off your hat?’ Mr. Cooper said to the woman
in front of him.
(He was in the theatre.)

4) ‘Shall I wait for you? I’ll wait for you if you like,’ Aimee said.

5) ‘I don’t want to go dancing,’ Yvonne said.

6) ‘You’d better throw the cracked glass away,’ said her mother.
 7) ‘Please, please don’t do anything dangerous,’ said Clare.
(She was very much in lov with him.)

8) ‘Would you mind waiting?’ she said.

9) ’Shall I help you?’ I said.

10) ‘What about putting the mattress on the floor?’ she asked.

11) ‘Let’s not worry about the climate change,’ he said.

12) ‘Why don’t you ask him?’ Amanda said.

13) ‘Don’t enter the lab without the teacher’s permission,’ the principal
said.