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REPORTED SPEECH RS 4

Reported Commands: Change to reported speech using the person and the verb in brackets!

1. Yes! I’ll do it again (JACK, AGREE)

2. Would you like to drive me home? (JIM, OFFER)

3. I will pay you on Friday (THE BOSS, PROMISE)

4. Keep quiet or I’ll punish you (THE TEACHER, THREATEN)

5. Please, close the door (FATHER, ASK).

6. Please, don’t hit the dog. (HE,BEG)

7. Move to your right (THE INSTRUCTOR, COMMAND)

8. You mustn’t come home after eleven (MOTHER, FORBID)

9. Mix the eggs with flour. (THE COOK, INSTRUCT)

10. Don’t forget to turn off the lights (DAD, REMIND)

11. Don’t leave your room again (MOTHER, ORDER)

12. Don’t touch the wire with wet hands. (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)

13. Please buy some eggs (SHE, ASK)

14. I’ll let you see the prisoner first thing in the morning (THE INSPECTOR, AGREE)

15. Everybody be quiet. (SHE, ORDER)

16. Don’t go near the fire. (THE MAN, WARN)

17. Don’t forget to thank your mother. (FATHER, REMIND)

18. You can use my phone (HE, ALLOW)

19. Tell me the truth (SHE, DEMAND)

20. Don’t play games with me (THE TEACHER, WARN)

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REPORTED SPEECH RS 4

Reported Commands: Change to reported speech using the person and the verb in brackets!

1. Yes! I’ll do it again (JACK, AGREE)

He agreed to do it again.

2. Would you like to drive me home? (JIM, OFFER)

Jim offered to drive him/her home.

3. I will pay you on Friday (THE BOSS, PROMISE)

The boss promised to pay me on Friday.

4. Keep quiet or I’ll punish you (THE TEACHER, THREATEN)

The teacher threatened to punish me if I didn’t keep quiet.

5. Please, close the door (FATHER, ASK).

Father asked me to close the door.

6. Please, don’t hit the dog. (HE,BEG)

He begged me not to hit the dog.

7. Move to your right (THE INSTRUCTOR, COMMAND)

The instructor commanded me to move to my right.

8. You mustn’t come home after eleven (MOTHER, FORBID)

Mother forbade us to come home after eleven.

9. Mix the eggs with flour. (THE COOK, INSTRUCT)

The cook instructed me to mix the eggs with flour.

10. Don’t forget to turn off the lights (DAD, REMIND)

Dad reminded me not to forget to turn off the lights.

Dad reminded me to turn off the lights.

11. Don’t leave your room again (MOTHER, ORDER)

Mother ordered me not to leave my room again.

12. Don’t touch the wire with wet hands. (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)

The electrician warned me not to touch the wire with wet hands.

13. Please buy some eggs (SHE, ASK)

She asked me to buy some eggs.

14. I’ll let you see the prisoner first thing in the morning (THE INSPECTOR, AGREE)

The inspector agreed to let me see the prisoner first thing in the morning.

15. Everybody be quiet. (SHE, ORDER)

She ordered everybody to be quiet.

16. Don’t go near the fire. (THE MAN, WARN)

The man warned me not to go near the fire.

17. Don’t forget to thank your mother. (FATHER, REMIND)

Father reminded me not to forget to thank my mother.

Father reminded me to thank my mother.

18. You can use my phone (HE, ALLOW)

He allowed me to use his phone.

19. Tell me the truth (SHE, DEMAND)

She demanded to be told the truth.

20. Don’t play games with me (THE TEACHER, WARN)

The teacher warned me not to play games with him/her.