REPORTED SPEECH
COMMANDS AND REQUESTS
1. 1.’Don’t put sticky things in your pocket,’ said his mother.
His mother told him not to put sticky things in his pocket.
2. ‘Please, don’t do anything dangerous,’ said his wife.
His wife told him not to do anything dangerous.
3. ‘Would you please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called?’ she told
us.
She told us to wait in the lunge till our flight number was called.
4. ‘Don’t lend Harry any money,’ I said to Ann. ‘He never pays his debts.’
I told Ann not to lend Harry any money because he never paid his debts.
5. ‘Could you please ring back in half an hour?’ said the secretary.
The secretary asked me to ring back half an hour later.
6. ‘Would you mind moving your case?’ said the other passenger. ‘It’s blocking the door.
The other passenger asked me to move my case because it was blocking the door.
7. ‘Remember to book a table,’ said Ann to her sister.
Ann told her sister to book a table.
8. ‘Get into the right lane,’ told me the driving instructor.
9. ‘Hold the ladder,’ he said to his son. ‘It’s rather unsteady.’
He asked his son to hold the ladder because it was rather unsteady.
10. ‘Read the questions twice,’ said the teacher, ‘and don’t write in the margin.’
The teacher told the students to read the questions twice and not to write in the
margin.
11. ‘Don’t take more than two of these at once,’ said the doctor, handing me a bottle of
pills.
The doctor told me not to take more than two of the pills at once handing me a bottle.
12. ‘Could I speak to Albert, please?’ I said.
I asked if I could speak to Albert. / I asked to speak to Albert.
13. ‘Could I see your driving licence?’ the policewoman said to Helen.
The policewoman asked Helen if she could see her driving licence.
14. ‘Fasten your seat belts; there may be a little turbulence,’ said the air hostess.
The air hostess told us to fasten our seat belts because there may be a little turbulence.
15. ‘Please don’t drink any more,’ said his wife. ‘Don’t forget that we have to drive home.’
