REPORTED SPEECH — COMMANDS EXERCISE 2 (ESL)

level: Intermediate (B1/B2)

More practice reporting commands and requests. Remember: use told/asked + object + infinitive for positive commands, and not to + infinitive for negative ones.

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Complete each sentence pair by "reporting" what was said in the first sentence. Fill in any words that are missing.
Example: JOHN: "Go away!"
John told us to go away.

MRS. ROBERTS: "Eat some cake!" → Mrs. Roberts told us some cake.

MARY'S BROTHER: "Call at 7:00." → Mary's brother told me Mary at 7:00.

JAMES: "Go to bed!" → James told his daughter to bed.

MARTHA: "Don't run so fast!" → Martha told me so fast.

WINONA: "Don't call me again!" → Winona told her ex-boyfriend her again.

PETER: "Come over!" → Peter asked us .

MY SISTER: "Don't lie to me." → My sister asked me to her.

LAURA: "Lend me $5." → Laura asked her friend her $5.

MR. FRANKLIN: "Study harder!" → Mr. Franklin asked his students harder.

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MRS. LOWE: "Don't talk so loud." → Mrs. Lowe asked us so loud.

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KEEP PRACTICING — MORE EXERCISES FOR YOU:
Reported commands use infinitives rather than tense shifts — these exercises cover all the reported speech variations.

More reported speech exercises:
Reported speech (commands) 1 (B1/B2)
Reported speech (mixed tenses) 1 (B1/B2)
Reported speech (mixed tenses) 2 (B1/B2)
Reported speech (mixed tenses) 3 (B1/B2)
Reported speech (simple past) 1 (B1/B2)

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