REQUESTS AND ORDERS IN REPORTED SPEECH

REQUESTS

When you ask for something, it is important to be polite . In English , you can make a request by using the following :

• "Open the door, please"
• "Will you open the door, please'
• "Could /Can you open  the door, please?"
• "Would you mind opening the door, please?"

 To report this request , we use the structure : 'ask someone + to + do something':

                   He asked me to open the door

As you can see , there is no need to repeat every single word .

• If the request is negative

"Don't open the door, please" he said

The reported speech will be done by placing "not" before the infinitive

He  asked me NOT TO OPEN the door

ORDERS

Orders and Requests are reported very similarly in English, but when reporting orders we use the verb TELLor ORDER  more than the verb ASK ,but the structure is the same.

"Be quiet" he ordered me .    Reported Speech He ordered/told me to be quiet

"Don't move" Cristina told me     Reported Speech  Cristina  ordered/told me NOT TO MOVE