Reported Speech

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Reported Speech

• Compiled by Lii Tõnismann
• Subject English
• For Class 6 Class 9
• Schooling by Jaak Valgeväli

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Contents

• Asking
• Ordering
• Prohibiting
• Affirmative Sentences
• General Questions
• Special Questions

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Asking sb to do sth

• Tom said to Sarah, Give me your textbook,
  please!
• Tom asked Sarah to give him her textbook.
• A asks/asked B to I

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Ordering sb to do sth

• Father said to his son, Bring me the hammer and
  some nails!
• Father told his son to bring him the hammer and
  some nails.
• A tells/told B to I

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Prohibition

• The lion said to the mouse, Dont squeak.
• The lion told the mouse not to squeak.
• A tells/told B not to I

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Affirmative Sentence

• Mary said to Sal, Im happy.
• Mary told Sal that she was happy.
• A tells/told B (that) backshift

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General Questions

• Harry asked Ted, Did you leave the lights on?
• Harry asked Ted if he had left the lights on.
• A asks/asked B if back-shift word order as in
  an affirmative sentence

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Special Questions

• He said, Where is my princess?
• He asked where his princess was.
• A asks/asked B question word
• back-shift
• word order as in an affirmative sentence