Reported Speech: Imperative Sentences Exercises
1. The Commander said, “My lads, pick up your guns and open fire at the enemy.”
2. The teacher said to the boys, “Take out your books and read them silently.”
3. Mother said to Reena, “Go to the kitchen, and prepare a cup of tea for me.”
4. My servant said to me, “Sir, let me go out for an hour to meet my friend who is ill.”
5. The old woman said to Sita, “My daughter, I am shivering with cold, give me some old sweater of yours.”
6. My neighbour said to me, “This box is very heavy, come please, and help me lift it up.”
Answers
1. The Commander ordered his lads (or soldiers) to pick up their guns and open fire at the enemy.
2. The teacher ordered the boys to take out their books and read them silently.
3. Her mother told Reena to go to the kitchen and prepare a cup of tea for her.
4. My servant requested me to let him (or to allow him to) go out for an hour to meet his friend who was ill.
5. Calling Sita, her daughter, the old woman said that she was shivering with cold, and begged of her for an old sweater of hers.
[Note: Keep in mind that in the above sentence, the first part is a statement. Therefore, we connected it with that. But the second part is a request. Therefore, we connected it with begged of.]
6. My neighbour said that the (that) box was very heavy, and requested me to move and help him lift that up.
(Here also, the sentences are of two types—we connected one part with that and the other part with to.)
