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    The document discusses how to report direct speech that involves imperatives or requests in reported speech. When reporting imperatives or requests, use "told" or "asked" followed by the person and "to" plus the base form of the verb. For negatives, use "not to." Examples are provided such as "She told him to go away" and "I asked the man to help me." You cannot use "said" when reporting imperatives or requests.

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    The document discusses how to report direct speech that involves imperatives or requests in reported speech. When reporting imperatives or requests, use "told" or "asked" followed by the person and "to" plus the base form of the verb. For negatives, use "not to." Examples are provided such as "She told him to go away" and "I asked the man to help me." You cannot use "said" when reporting imperatives or requests.

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    Reported Speech Commands

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    The document discusses how to report direct speech that involves imperatives or requests in reported speech. When reporting imperatives or requests, use "told" or "asked" followed by the person and "to" plus the base form of the verb. For negatives, use "not to." Examples are provided such as "She told him to go away" and "I asked the man to help me." You cannot use "said" when reporting imperatives or requests.

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    REPORTED SPEECH: IMPERATIVES & REQUESTS

    DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH


    Go away She told him TO GO AWAY
    Don’t worry The doctor told me NOT TO WORRY
    Can you help me? I asked the man TO HELP ME.

    ✓ To report imperatives or requests use TOLD or ASKED + PERSON + (NOT) TO +


    INFINITIVE VERB
    ✓ You can’t use SAID in these sentences ( she said him to go away)
    Don’t fish in
    this river
    Bring your
    The teacher told us literature
    books
    tomorrow

    Stay away Can you


    from me. Could you take this to
    give me a my office?
    glass of
    water?

    Don’t light
    fire in this
    park

    Don’t run
    in the
    corridor. Make your
    bed and
    have
    breakfast
    quickly

    Sleep
    eight Can you
    hours a open a
    day. window?

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