REPORTED SPEECH
Imperative
Say. Usually with the actual words spoken. It is never used with the infinite in reported speech.
Tell. Never used, in the sense of ‘recount’, with the actual words spoken. A personal object is always present.

1. He told her to go away.
2. I asked him to come here.
3. He tell us to eat it up.
4. They told you to run away.
5. They ordered you to pay at once.
6. She asked him to fold it in half.
7. He asked her to give him another.
8. We tell them to write quickly.
9. We asked him to sit down.
10.She asked her to have a cup of tea.


1. He asked him to clean it himself.
2. She asked her to wrap it up in a piece of paper.
3. They told us to cut the corners off.
4. He told her to fasten her safety belts.
5. He asked her not sit on his bed.
6. We told them to wait until we come.
7. He told her not to speak until she is spoken to.
8. She asked her to leave it on the piano.
9. They asked us not wipe our dirty fingers on their nice clean table cloth.
10. He told you not try to be funny.
11. He told him to brush it off when it gets dry.
12. We asked her not to put her elbow on the table.
13. She told them to look where they are going.
14. They told him to mind the steps.
15. We asked her to get her hair cut.



1. He told her to go to bed and not get up till she is called.
2. She asked you to eat up your dinner at once or she will punish you.
3. They ordered her to write her name clearly at the top and than take down these points as they call them out.
4. We asked him to bring in the two accused men and take care they not get away.
5. He ordered him not spend all his money on food and drink. He told him to save some for the future.
6. She told him to drive as fast as he can. She told him she not want to be late.
7. They ordered us to do what we’re told or we will get into trouble.
8. They asked her to imitate their pronunciation if she want to speak well.
9. He told us to come and see him whenever we have a few hours to spare. He asked us not wait for him every time we want to come.
10 She ordered them to hurry up if they want to go out with her.

REPORTERED SPEECH-STATEMENT
When the reporting verb is in the present simple, present perfect, of future simple tense, there is no change of tense in the words reported.

1. She will tell you she is going to town with her sister.
2. He says that you have bought yourself a new hat.
3. I have just told you that we are very late.
4. They say that they want to speak to you.
5. He has just told me he has finished his work.
6. He will tell us he is ready to come with us.
7. She says that they do not know you.
8. She has just told you she will answer the phone.
9. They will tell us that we can do it if we try.
10.She says she has done her homework well.
11.We have just told them that we are living in another house now.


When the reporting verb is in past simple or past perfect tense, or is a should/would form, the words reported are viewed in a different perspective.

1. He said that he was ill.
2. She said that she met him last year.
3. They said that they were here.
4. She said she was finished.
5. I said I was living in London.
6. I said that I didn’t knew what he will say.
7. They said that they went away yesterday.