REPORTED SPEECH
COMMANDS AND REQUESTS -
Look at the blackboard,
children!
The teacher TOLD the children to look at the blackboard.
Don’t leave your things all over
the place, Sue!
Her mother told Sue not to leave her things all over the place
Will you take me out for a walk, please?
The dog asked me to take him out for a walk
Mum, give me something to
eat!
The boy told her mother to give him something to eat
Don’t close your mouth,
Mr. Jones, please.
The dentist told Mr. Jones not to close his mouth.
introducing verbs: order, tell, ask
EXERCISE 1
1.- ‘Kevin, don’t touch my things again’ – his
brother said
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2.- ‘Can you lend me your car for the weekend,
Mum?’ – Cathy said
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3.- ‘Leave your umbrellas outside the museum,
please’ – the guide said
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4.- ‘Don’t park here, sir’ – the policeman said
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5.- ‘Could you show me that blue sweater in the
shop window, please?’ – the woman said
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6.- ‘Will you come with me to Susan’s party,
John?’ – Mary said
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7.- ‘Will you please not come with your dog into
the restaurant?’ – the waiter said
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8.- ‘Don’t say anything to your parents, ok?’ – she
said
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9.- ‘Send me a copy of the contract, will you?’ –
the lawyer told Mr. Smith
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10.- ‘Please, show me the photographs’ – she said
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11.- ‘Stop smoking? – the doctor told him
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12.- ‘Never unlock this door!’ – he told his
assistant
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STATEMENTS - introducing verbs: say, tell, explain, think, etc. ...

EXERCISE 2

Sorry, Mr. Jones is 1.- ‘I think there is a bus at five o’clock’

out this morning. – my brother said
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2.- ‘She broke the glasses when she

The secretary told me that Mr. Jones was out
that morning.
You have to fill in this form and
submit it in the office upstairs
was washing up’ – he said
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3.- ‘They can’t come because they are busy’
– Susan said
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4.- ‘I’ll do my homework tomorrow’ – the

child told his mother
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5.- ‘We have been to Paris twice’ – she said

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The clerk explained to me that I had to fill in
that form and submit it in the office upstairs.
6.- ‘The boys are playing in the garden now’
– she said
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I have been ______________________________________
promoted.
7.- ‘I don’t know your new boyfriend’ – she
told Sheila
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8.- ‘Someone brought a parcel for you last

week’ – she told me
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The clerk told his wife that he had been ______________________________________
promoted
9.- ‘Mary, your glasses are on the table’ –
I know the answer her mother said
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10.- ‘Tom is having dinner with us next

Saturday’ – he said
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The girl said that she knew the answer