Reported Speech
Reported commands
Examples
'Sit down Mary.' (he told)
He told Mary to sit down.
'Don't go near the sea, children.' (the children's mother warned)
The children's mother warned them not to go near the sea.
Don't be late, Tim.
Order the words to form a sentence
- He
- told
- Tim
- not
- to
- be
- late.
Don't shoot!
Order the words to form a sentence
- The
- officer
- order
- them
- not
- to
- shoot.
Have your tickets ready.
Order the words to form a sentence
- The
- inspector
- told
- us
- to
- have
- our
- tickets
- ready.
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