Indirect speech

Revision 1.“We are going to Mexico next Sunday” said Tom. Tom said that they were going to Mexico the next Sunday. 2. “Are you good at English?” Lucy asked me. Lucy asked me whether/if I was good at English. 3. My mother asked me “Why are you here?” My mother asked me why I was there. 4. “Jack, don’t open the window” said the teacher. The teacher told Jack not to open the window.

Requests and Commands Direct speech Requests: Do..., please. Can you... ? Could you... ? Will you... ? Would you... ? Commands: Do... Don’t...

Indirect speech Requests: A asked B to do sth. A asked B not to do sth. Commands: A told/ordered B to do sth. A told/ordered B not to do sth. Some other verbs to use: suggest, warn, beg, remind

1.He said to Tom, “Don’t do the work any more.” He told Tom not to do the work any more. Practice 2.Mrs. Green said, “Please sing us a song, Miss White.” 3. “Be quiet, children.” said Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Green asked Miss White to sing them a song. Mrs. Wilson told the children to be quiet.

Read these sentences and decide which is a command and which is a request. Then retell them in indirect speech. The children said to their teacher: “Would you please sing a song for us?” The mother said to her child: “Turn off the radio!” The dentist said to a patient: “Open your mouth please, so I can see the bad tooth clearly.” R C R The children asked their teacher to sing a song for them. The mother told her child to turn off the radio. The dentist asked his/her patient to open his/her mouth so that he/she could see the bad tooth clearly. 33

The secretary said to the woman on the phone: “Could you hold on for a minute?” John said to his classmate: “Can I borrow your pen please?” The teacher said to his student: “Come up to my office! ” R R C The secretary asked the woman on the phone to hold on for a minute or two. John asked his classmate if he could borrow his pen The teacher told his/her student to come up to his/her office