DIRECT and INDIRECT or REPORTED SPEECH
DIRECT and INDIRECT or REPORTED SPEECH
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What's an imperative?
v It's a command:
"Stop", "Don't do that", "Don't go there", "Study a lot of English
if you want to improve"...
v Instructions
Let's look at
an affirmative imperative, an affirmative instruction
or a command.
If your teacher says: "Turn to page 209 in your textbook",
how do you report this?
!!! When you're reporting, make sure you have "to" plus the base verb.
He told us to turn to page 209.
!!! An imperative will always be in the present.
An affirmative imperative, a command |
Reported command |
The teacher says:"Turn to page 209 in your textbook" |
He told us to turn to page 209. |
A negative imperative |
Reported command |
The teacher said : "Do not do this task". |
The teacher said not to do this task. |
The negative instruction |
Reported instruction |
The sign said: " "Do not cross the street when red" | The sign said not to cross the street when red. |
Let's look at a negative imperative,
instruction or a command.
!!! All you have to do is add "not" before "to" plus the base verb.
ИНТЕРАКТИВНЫЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ:
https://englishinn.ru/reported-speech-uprazhneniya-dlya-nachinayushhih.html
Перевод повелительных предложений.
https://eng-online.ru/tests/1081
https://s-english.ru/uprazhneniya/requests-orders-offers-in-reported-speech
ESL, Средний уровень
Reported commands: reported speech