Reported Command/requests

Front 1

'Rain forests are being destroyed,' he said .

Back 1

He said (that) rain forests are being destroyed.

He told him (that) rain forests are being destroyed.

N.B('tell' is always used with an inderect object in reporting speech)

Front 2

Mona said,'I can type well.'

Back 2

Mona said she could type well.

Front 3

Ann says,'The train will be late.'

Back 3

Ann says the train will be late.



N.B(Reporting verb is in present tense)

Front 4

He said,'The sales are down this year.'

Back 4

He told/admitted that the sales were down that year.


N.B(Admitted is more descriptive)

Front 5

Kyla said,'I will lend you some money.'

Back 5

Kyla offered to lend me some money.


N.B(Reporting the idea)

Front 6

He said,'Don't tell anyone.'

Back 6

He told/requested me not to tell anyone.


N.B(Requested is more descriptive)

Front 7

She said,'Do you come to see your mom?'

Back 7

She asked if I came to see my mom.

N.B(Use of if/weather when there is no question word)
( don't use say in reporting verb)

Front 8

They said,'Go away.'

Back 8

They told us to go away



N.B(say is not possible in reported command)

Front 9

She told the teachers,'Please go back to work.'

Back 9

She urged the teachers to go back to work.



N.B(Urged is more descriptive)

Front 10

He asked,'What do you do for a living?'

Back 10

He asked me what I did for a living.

(reported question)

Front 11

He said,'Open your suitcase.'

Back 11

He asked me to open my suitcase.

(reported command)