Indirect speech for exclamatory and imperative sentences.
Indirect speech of imperative sentence
A sentence which expresses command, request, advice or suggestion is called imperative sentence.
For example,
Open the door.
Please help me.
Learn your lesson.
To change such sentences into indirect speech, the word “ordered” or “requested” or “advised” or “suggested” or “forbade” or “not to do” is added to reporting verb depending upon nature of imperative sentence in reported speech.
Examples.
Direct speech: He said to me, “Please help me”
Indirect Speech: He requested me to help him.
Direct speech: She said to him, “You should work hard for exam”
Indirect Speech: She suggested him to work hard for exam.
Direct speech: They said to him, “Do not tell a lie”
Indirect Speech: They said to him not to tell a lie.
Direct speech: He said, “Open the door”
Indirect Speech: He ordered to open the door.
Grammar Exercises
Exercise. 1. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.
A. Katie 1) told Dave that she had met a set of twins at a party. “They looked exactly the same,” she 2) ________________. “I couldn’t 3) ______________ the difference between them.” “I’ve got a twin brother, too,” 4) ______________ Dave. “Are you 5) ______________ me the truth?” asked Katie. “6)_______________ me his name.” “His name is Stephen,” Dave 7)______________ her. “I’ll take you to meet him tomorrow.”
B. “You never listen to me,” Tara 1) ________________ Jim. “I 2) _______________ good morning to you three times today and you didn’t answer,” she 3) _______________. “To
4) _________________ you the truth, it makes me really angry. Why don’t you listen to me?” “Oh, hello Tara,” said Jim. “Did you just 5) ________________ something?”
C. “Claire 1) ______________ me that she and John are getting married,” 2) ________________ Sue. “She 3) ________________ that they’re going to have a big wedding with lots of guests.” “That will be expensive,” 4) _________________ Tom. “I thought John 5) ______________ that they couldn’t afford a big wedding.” “Well, that’s what Claire 6) _______________ me,
7) _______________ Sue. “I don’t think she would 8) _________________ a lie.”
Exercise. 2. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
1. He said, “I’m going to the station.”
He said (that) he was going to the station.
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2. Tina said, “You should exercise regularly.”
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3. They said, “We had booked the room before we left.”
4. Tom said, “This meal is delicious.”
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5. “I’ve written you a letter,” she said to her friend.
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6. “We’ve decided to spend our holidays in Jordan,” they told us.
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7. Jill said, “I’ll go to the bank tomorrow.”
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8. She said to him, “We’ve been invited to a wedding.”
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9. She told me, “You must leave early tomorrow.”
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10. “They’ve gone out for the evening,” Jessie said to me.
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11. They said, “We may visit Joe tonight.”
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12. She said, “I can meet you on Tuesday.”
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13. Keith said, “There is a letter for you on the table.”
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14. “We won’t be visiting Tom this evening,” Sam told us.
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15. Eric said, “They had been talking on the phone for an hour before I interrupted them.”
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16. “I haven’t spoken to Mary since last week,” Gloria said.
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17. “They delivered the letters this morning,” she said.
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18. He said, “I’d like to buy this jumper.”
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19. “They aren’t going on holiday this year,” he said.
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20. Jane said, “I haven’t finished my homework yet.”
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21. “I’m going to bed early tonight,” Caroline said.
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22. “My mother is coming to visit us,” I said.
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23. “We don’t want to watch a film tonight,” the children said.
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24. “He’s playing in the garden now,” his mother said.
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25. She said, “You must do your homework now.”
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Exercise 3. Turn the sentences into reported speech. In which of the following sentences do the tenses not change? In which do they not have to be changed?
1.The article says, “The artist only uses oil paints.”
The article says (that) the artist only uses oil paints.
The tenses do not change because the introductory verb is in the present simple.
2. “They are working hard today,” he said.
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3. “I’ve done the things you asked me to do,” Mary said.
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4. “The sun rises in the east,” she said.
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5. “He broke the window,” they said.
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6. “We’ve never been on holiday abroad,” they said.
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7. Mum says, “Dinner is ready.”
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8. “I’ll start cooking at six o’clock,” she said.
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9. “We went to the supermarket yesterday,” he said.
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10. Mrs Jones says, “My daughter is going to have a baby.”
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11. “You’re never going to get a job,” Dad always says.
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12. “Fish live in water,” he said.
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13. “We went to the beach last weekend,” they said.
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14. “He showed me his photographs,” she said.
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15. “I’m working on my project now,” Billy said.
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Exercise. 4. Reported questions.
1. “Where do you live?” I asked her.
I asked her where she lived.
2. “How old will you be on your next birthday?” he asked me.
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3.“Where is your umbrella?” she asked her daughter.
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4. “Do you like playing football ?” John asked us.
5. The boss asked, “What time are you going home today?”
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6. “Will you take the children to school today?” he asked.
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7. “Who called you today?” she asked.
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8. “When will you decorate the kitchen?” Martha asked.
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9. “Who broke my vase?” I asked.
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10. Father asked, “Will you help me lift these boxes, please?”
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11. “Can you speak a foreign language?” she asked her.
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12. “Where is the tourist information center?” we asked.
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