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Negative Imperatives in Reported Speech. When we want to make an imperative reported speech sentence negative, we simply add in not before the 'to infinitive': ...

Reported commands in English, negative sentences. Task No. 2329. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary. ...

Reported commands — Negative sentences Finish commands in Reported speech. Show example 1. Mother, “Don't eat a lot of sweets!” Mother told me. 2. Victoria, “Don't panic!” Victoria told me. 3. Megan, “Don't forget your umbrella!” Megan told me. 4. Jim, “Don't leave me!” Jim told me. 5. Hannah, “Don't wait for me!” Hannah told me. 6.

Reported speech rules and examples Reported Speech commands, negative Write negative commands. “Don´t talk!” The teacher told them . “Don´t smoke!” He told them . “Don´t turn on the TV!” She told him the TV. “Don´t play football on the road!” Mum told the boys football on the road. “Don´t open the window!” The teacher told them the window.

Let's start reporting, shall we? · What did he say? · He said he couldn't find the words so he would invent new ones. · The law is not very difficult to understand ...

Reported speech rules and examples Reported Speech commands, negative Write negative commands. “Don´t talk!” The teacher told them . “Don´t smoke!” He told them . “Don´t turn on the TV!” She told him the TV. “Don´t play football on the road!” Mum told the boys football on the road. “Don´t open the window!” The teacher told them the window.

La primera está bien, la segunda podría quedar ambigua. Otra posibilidad: His mother told him to listen to his teacher and keep/be quiet. Si ...

Reported commands — Negative sentences Finish commands in Reported speech. Show example 1. Mother, “Don't eat a lot of sweets!” Mother told me. 2. Victoria, “Don't panic!” Victoria told me. 3. Megan, “Don't forget your umbrella!” Megan told me. 4. Jim, “Don't leave me!” Jim told me. 5. Hannah, “Don't wait for me!” Hannah told me. 6.

Reported Speech negative - Present to Past - backshift Fill in the negative form. “I don’t know Fred.” Sue said (that) she Fred. “I don´t feel very happy about it.” Jake said (that) he very happy about it. “I don´t go to a party every Friday.” She said (that) she to a party every Friday. “The hospital isn´t very good.”

negative commands → not + to + infinitive; 1.1. Affirmative commands . Direct Speech → Dad: “Do your homework.” Reported Speech → Dad told me to do my homework. 1.2. Negative commands. Direct Speech → Teacher: “Do n't talk to your friend.” Reported Speech → The teacher told me not to talk to my friend. 1.3. The introductory sentence in commands

It is not usually polite. It is a 'command'. Reported orders are one form of reported speech. ... Notice above that we report a negative order by using not.

Reported commands, negations - English Reported commands, negations – Exercise 2 Task No. 2329 Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary. Show example Do you need help? Reported commands and requests in English Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!" Karen told me .

Reported speech rules and examples Reported Speech negative - Present to Past - backshift Fill in the negative form. “I don’t know Fred.” Sue said (that) she Fred. “I don´t feel very happy about it.” Jake said (that) he very happy about it. “I don´t go to a party every Friday.” She said (that) she to a party every Friday.

Other verbs used to report orders and requests in this way are: command, order, warn, ask, advise, invite, beg, teach, & forbid. Examples. Direct speech ...

1. Reported Commands There is no backshift of tenses with commands/requests in Reported Speech. You only have to change the person and shift expressions of time/place descibed on our page Reported Speech – Summary . Form affirmative commands → to + infinitive negative commands → not + to + infinitive 1.1. Affirmative commands

Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!" Karen told me . Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!" The teacher reminded me . Mike: "Don't shout at Peter!"

Reported speech commands - negative ... Commands - reported speech. “Sit down!” - The teacher told them to sit down. “Drink a lot of tea!“ - He told us to drink a ...