REPORTED SPEECH

He said what?- PART III

Commands and requests are
reported using a
TO IFINITIVE
structure
TELL/ORDER
WE Can Report Using

ASK
 AFFIRMATIVE COMMAND: “Stop Talking! “, Anne ordered me

STEP Use TELL/ORDER as the reporting verb

1 Anne told/ordered

STEP Include indirect object

2 Anne told/ordered me

STEP
3 Use the TO INFINITIVE form of the original verb

ti t?
Go
Anne told/ ordered me to stop talking.
 NEGATIVE COMMAND: “ Don´t Chew gum!”, Anne ordered me

STEP Use TELL/ORDER as the reporting verb

1 Anne told/ordered

STEP Include indirect object

2 Anne told/ordered me

STEP
Use NOT + TO INFINITIVE form of the original
3
verb

ti t?
o
Anne told/ ordered me not to chew gum. G
Requests could be questions or
imperatives using “please”
 IMPERATIVE REQUEST: “Stop Talking, please!”, Anne asked me

STEP Use ASK as the reporting verb

1 Anne asked

STEP Include indirect object

2 Anne asked me

STEP
3 Use the TO INFINITIVE form of the original verb

ti t?
Go
Anne asked me to stop talking.
 QUESTION: “Can you stop talking?”, Anne asked me

STEP Use ask as the reporting verb

1
Anne asked

STEP Include indirect object

2 Anne asked me

STEP
3 Use the TO INFINITIVE form of the original verb

?
ot it
Anne asked me to stop talking G
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