REPORTED OR INDIRECT SPEECH

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAY AND TELL

THE OLD MAN SAID HELLO TO THE DRUNKARDS POLITELY

THE DRUNKARDS SAID (TO THE INNKEEPER) DEATH HAD KILLED THEIR FRIEND

THE DRUNKARDS TOLD THE OLD MAN HE WAS A SPY FOR DEATH

SAY + SOMETHING (TO SOMEBODY)

TELL + SOMEBODY + SOMETHING
INDIRECT DIRECT

THEY SAID THEIR FRIEND WAS DEAD "OUR FRIEND IS DEAD"

TOLD HIM DEATH HAD KILLED THEIR FRIEND " DEATH KILLED OUR FRIEND
THEY WOULD PUNISH DEATH "WE WILL PUNISH DEATH
THEY WERE GOING TO PUNISH HIM "WE ARE GOING TO
PUNISH HIM"

ORDERS, REQUESTS, INSTRUCTIONS

THE PRINCE BEGGED THE SWALLOW TO STAY WITH HIM

ASKED NOT TO GO TO EGYPT
TOLD
THEY ORDERED THE OLD MAN TO TELL THEM ABOUT DEATH
NOT TO LIE TO THEM

ORDERS, REQUESTS, INSTRUCTIONS

THE PRINCE BEGGED THE SWALLOW TO STAY WITH HIM

ASKED NOT TO GO TO EGYPT
TOLD
THEY ORDERED THE OLD MAN TO TELL THEM ABOUT DEATH
NOT TO LIE TO THEM