Direct v Indirect Speech
Quiz
Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech to express indirect commands and orders.
'Don't wait for the workmen,' the foreman shouted.
The foreman told me ...... .
'Don't shoot the prisoners,' the general ordered.
The general told us ...... .
'Don't tell the officer the whole truth,' the commander ordered.
The commander told us ...... .
The carpenter said, 'Don't put the wood into the open.'
The carpenter told me ...... .
'Switch on the lights at once,' the mother said.
The mother told me ...... .
The flight attendant says, 'Fasten your seat belts quickly, ladies and gentlemen.'
The flight attendant says that ...... .
'Please, don't smoke on the plane,' the pilot says.
The pilot says that she ...... .
'If I don't come out with them, shoot them all,' the gang leader says.
The gang leader told me ...... .
The FBI agent tells us, 'If the terrorists blow up the building, take no hostages.'
The FBI agent told us that ...... .
'If the hunters don't kill the prey, punish them accordingly,' the camp leader says.
The camp leader said that you ...... .