Reported speech : orders and advice DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH Imperative ‘ Study hard .’ ‘ Don’t be late for school .’ To- infinitive The teacher told me to study hard. The teacher told me not to be late for school .
Reported speech : orders and advice SOME COMMON CHANGES EXPRESSIONS OF TIME AND PLACE/VERBS here → there now → then this → that today → that day these → those yesterday → the day before come → go tomorrow → the next day bring → take this week/month → that week/month POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS AND PRONOUNS I → (I) he, she we → (we) they me → (me) him, her us → (us) them you → (you) him, her you → (you) them my → (my) his, her our → (our) their mine → (mine) his, hers ours → (ours) theirs
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘Meet me here in this room tomorrow morning,’ the teacher said. The teacher told us to meet her in that room the following morning.
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘ Be quiet !’, the teacher told us . The teacher told us to be quiet .
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘ Don't call me before 7 o'clock! ’, Ann told me. Ann told me not to call her before 7 o’clock .
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘ Don’t spend so much time online!’, my father told me. My father told me not to spend so much time online.
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘ Don’t smoke !’, she told us . She told us not to smoke .
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘Do more exercise !’, the doctor advised me… The doctor advised me to do more exercise .
Reported speech : orders and advice ‘ Be polite to everyone ’, our boss told us . Our boss told us to be polite to everyone .