November 5 | Imperatives Direct & Indirect

Exercise

1. I said to speak more slowly.

2. She told me to buy some food in my way back.

3. Mom told me not to spend too much money on clothes.

4. My father said to get oout of the bed at one

5. The teacher said not to leave the room

 

Answers

1. Grandpa said to me to fetch his glasses 

2. Flair said to me that not to forget to invite the Jones.

3. The librarian said to us to return the books in a week 

4. The doctor said to Lisa to stop taking antibiotics

5. The highway patrol officer said to us to watch our speed 

6. I said to the agent to please book two tickets for Toronto

8. The air hostess said to fasten my seat belts

INDIRECT SPEECH

When the introductory verb is in the PAST TENSE, there is a change of tense and adverbs of time and place.

    Direct speech:

    

        He said: "I don't understand this question".

        Reported speech:

        He said that he didn't understand that question.

Present: past

Ex:

Am/is/are: was/were

Do: did

Clean: cleaned

Go: went

Past: past perfect 

     (had + verb in past participle)

Was/were: had been

Went: had gone Cleaned: had cleaned

Present perfect 

        (have + verb in past participle): past perfect (had + verb in past participle)

Have been: had been

Have cleaned: had cleaned

Have gone: had gone

Future (will) | Past future (would)

Will: would

Can: could

Exercise

1. "I can't live on my basic salary", said Peter.

-Peter said that he couldn't live on his basic salary. 

2. "We are waiting for the school bus", said the children. 

-The children said that they were waiting for the school bus.

3. "The ice will soon be hard enough to skate on", said Tom.

-Tom said that the ice would soon be hard enough to skate on.

4. "Don't lend Harry any money", said Lucy.

-Lucy said not to lend Harry any money.