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REPORTED SPEECH

A. REPORTED REQUESTS.
1. FRIENDLY AND INFORMAL.
“Do you think you could help me?”
She asked me to help her.

“Please don’t tell anyone”


She asked me not to tell anyone.

2. POLITE AND FORMAL


“Would you mind signing your name, please?”
“Could you sign your name, please?”
He asked me to sign my name.

“Would you mind not smoking?”


“I’d rather you didn’t smoke”
“She asked us not to smoke”.

3. WITH AUTHORITY.
“Leave me alone!”
He told her to leave him alone.

“Don’t move!”
He told us not to move.

EXERCISES.
1. REPORT THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS:
1. “Would you mind opening your suitcase, please?” She asked me to open my suitcase
2. “Please don’t wake me before eight.” he asked me to not wake up her before eight
3. “I’d rather you didn’t pay by cheque.” he asked me not to pay by cheque
4. “Come on, move back. Move back there!” He told me to move back.
5. “Do you think you could feed the cat today?” She asked me to feed the cat.
6. “Don’t make a sound!” He told me not to make sound

B. REPORTED SPEECH AND BEHAVIOUR.

1. VERB + OBJECT + INFINITIVE


advise, encourage, invite, remind, warn, ask, recommend, urge, beg, try to
persuade, order, etc.

EXAMPLE:
He said “Please, please give me another chance.”
He begged them to give him another chance.

“Don’t go near the water, children,” she said.


She warned the children not to go near the water.

“Stop taking tranquilizers,” I said/ advised


I advised him to stop taking tranquilizers.

“Go on, John, hit him,” she said.


She urged John to hit the other boy.
2. VERB + (THAT)
admit, agree, decide, deny, explain, insist, promise, suggest, recommend,
reply, complain, remark, say, add, point out, claim.

EXAMPLE:
“I’ve been out in the sun and I’m hot.”
He explained that he was hot.

“This food is cold.”


He complained that the food was cold.

“Yes, the summers are very hot in Egypt.”


He agreed that the summers were very hot in Egypt.

“No, I didn’t steal the bag.”


He denied that he had stolen the bag.

3. VERB + OBJECT + (THAT)


advise, promise, remind, warn, tell, answer, assure, inform

EXAMPLE:
“Trust me, I won’t say a word to anyone.”
She promised me that she wouldn’t say a word to anyone.
(She promised not to say a word to anyone.)

“Go to the doctor.”


She advised me that I should go to the doctor.
(She advised me to go to the doctor.)

4. VERB + GERUND
deny, recommend, suggest

EXAMPLE:
“No, I haven’t taken your pencil.”
He denied having taken my pencil.
(He denied that he had taken my pencil.)

“Try the new shop next to the bank.”


He recommended trying the new shop next to the bank.
(He recommended that I should try the new shop next to the bank.)
5. VERB + OBJECT + PREPOSITION + GERUND
accuse, blame, congratulate on

EXAMPLE:
“You did it.”
He accused me of doing it.

“You stole my apple”


He blamed me for stealing his apple.

“Congratulations. You have just won the first prize.”


He congratulated me on winning the first prize.

6. VERB + INFINITIVE
agree, decide, offer, promise, refuse, threaten

EXAMPLE:
I will go to your party.
She agreed to go to my party.

No, I won’t do it.


She refused to do it.

If you don’t come to the meeting, you’ll get fired.


He threatened to fire me if I didn’t come to the meeting.

7. VERB + PREPOSITION + GERUND


apologise for, insist on

EXAMPLE:
“Sorry, I’m late.”
He apologised for being late

“I’ll do it. I’ll do it.”


He insisted on doing it.
EXERCISES

COMPLETE THE SECOND SENTENCE SO THAT IT HAS A SIMILAR MEANING TO THE FIRST
SENTENCE. USE THE WORD GIVEN AND OTHER WORDS TO COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE. YOU MUST USE
BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE WORDS. DO NOT CHANGE THE WORDS GIVEN.

1. ‘I haven’t had anything to eat since yesterday,’ she said.


she
She said that she
______________________________________________________________
hadn't had
anything to eat since the day before.

2. ‘I can hardly believe we’ve been saved,’ he said.


they
He said he _________________________________________________________________
hardly could believe that they've been saved.
been saved.

3. ‘Don’t worry about me If I’m late!’ she told her husband.


her
She told her husband _______________________________________________________
not to worry about her
if she was late.

4. ‘Do you know his name?’ I asked her.


if
I asked her ________________________________________________________________
if she knew
his name.

5. ‘Have you had time to read the book?’ she asked me.
wondered
She ________________________________________________________________________
wondered if I had had the time
time to read the book.

6. ‘Where did you find the ticket?’ he asked her.


she
He asked her where she found
_______________________________________________________________
the ticket.

7. He wondered if he would ever solve the mystery.


I
He said to himself: ‘______________________________________________________
I wonder If I
ever solve the mystery?’

8. ‘I’m afraid I haven’t had time to read it,’ he said.


admitted
He ________________________________________________________________________
admitted that he hadn't
had time to read it.

9. ‘Come with me to France!’ he said to her.


begged
He ________________________________________________________________________
begged her to come with
him to France.
10. ‘You should complain to the boss about it,’ I told her.
advised
I _________________________________________________________________________
advised her complain
to the boss about it.

11. ‘I’m sorry we didn’t send you the goods on time,’ he said.
apologised
He ________________________________________________________________________
apologized for hadn't send
the goods on time.

12. ‘Why don’t you take the day off?’ she said to me.
suggested
suggested me to
She ________________________________________________________________________
take the day off.

13. ‘You broke the window on purpose, didn’t you?’ he said to the boy.
accused
He _________________________________________________________________________
accused the boy of breaking
the window on purpose.

14. ‘Won’t you please come in?’ I said to her.


invited
I _________________________________________________________________________
invited her to
come in.

15. ‘I’ll go with you,’ she said to him.


offered
She offered
____________________________________________________________________him.
to go with

16. ‘I’m not going out in weather like this,’ he said.


refused
refused going out
He _________________________________________________________________________
in weather like that.

17. ‘Be careful not to go too close to the edge of the river,’ she told
Charlie.
warned
She warned
________________________________________________________________________
Charlie (him) not go
too close to the edge of the river.

18. ‘Don’t stand there doing nothing!’ he said.


told
told me to not stand
He ________________________________________________________________________
there doing nothing.

19. ‘Give me a hand with the luggage, will you?’ she said.
ask
She ______________________________________________________________________
ask me to give her
a hand with the luggage.

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