Orders/requests
Question reports
Reporting verbs
Indirect to direct
100

"Stop laughing at me, please," she asked me.

She asked me to stop laughing at her.

100

“Who doesn’t like cheese?”

She asked me who didn’t like cheese

100

'I'm definitely going to the meeting. I really need to be there.'

He insisted on going to the meeting.

100

'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said.

He said he'd phone me the next day.

200

"Please, get in touch with them today," he asked me.

He asked me to get  in touch with them that day.

200

“Do you want me to come?”

 I asked him if he wanted me to come.

200

'I'm so sorry I missed your birthday.'

She apologised for missing my birthday.

200

'I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said.

He said he'd worked as a waiter before becoming a chef.

300

"Do not hesitate for too long," he told me

He told me not to hesitate for too long.

300

“Have you fed the dog?”

She asked me whether I had fed the dog.

300

'Why don't you come and visit us next week?'

She invited us to come and visit them next week.

300

“Where are you going?”

He asked me where I was going.

400

"Park your car behind the hotel, please," the porter asked me.

The porter asked me to park car behind the hotel.

400

“Who is the champion?”

 She asked me who the champion was

400

'Wait here,' he said.

He told us to wait there.

400

Alan: “I have a new car.”

He said he had a new car.

500

"Don't forget about your mum's birthday," Sarah reminded me.

Sarah reminded me not to forget about my mum's birthday.

500

“What is your favourite colour?”

She asked me what my favourite colour was

500

'You should come, it's going to be a lot of fun,' she said.

She persuaded me to come.

500

He said, "I'm going to call Amir."

He said he was going to call Amir.

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