Буду reported speech reported questions (to report commands, request, suggestions we use a reporting verbs (order, ask, tell, advise, offer, warn, beg, suggest) followed by to – infinitive or not to – infinitive.) ex. 1. report what mrs lane told her babysitter to do. 1. don’t answer the door to anyone! 2. phone me if there’s an emergency! 3. don’t let the children eat any sweets! 4. send the children to bed at 9 o’clock! 5. give the children a bath before they go to bed! 6. don’t take the dog into the children’s bedroom! 7. close all the windows! 8. put the toys away in the cupboard! ex. 2. report what the guests said at a wedding last sunday. 1. they’ll make a lovely couple. 2. they’re going to live in brighton . 3. the bride and the groom are very nice young people. 4. the bride is wearing a beautiful wedding dress. 5. the couple’s parents look happy. 6. the bride’s father has bought them a big flat.
Ex.1. 1. Mrs Lane ordered her babysitter not to answer the door to anyone. 2. Mrs Lane asked her babysitter to phone her if there was an emergency. 3. Mrs Lane warned her babysitter not to let the children eat any sweets. 4. Mrs Lane told her babysitter to send the children to bed at 9 o`clock. 5. Mrs Lane offered her babysitter to give the children a bath before they go to bed. 6. Mrs Lane told her babysitter not to take the dog into the children`s bedroom. 7. Mrs Lane suggested her babysitter to close all the windows. 8. Mrs Lane ordered her babysitter to put the toys in the cupboard.
Ex.2. 1. The guests said about the newly-weds that they would make a lovely couple. 2. The guests said about the newly-weds that they were going to live in Brighton. 3. The guests said that the bride and the groom were very nice young people. 4. The guests said that the bride was wearing a beautiful wedding dress. 5. The guests said that the couple`s parents looked happy. 6. The guests said that the bride`s father had bought them a big flat.