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Friday, September 23, 2011

LEARNING TO CHANGE NARRATION/SPEECH

Narration/Speech

Imperative sentence


Read the following speeches:

Direct:   He said to me,"Please, help me".
Indirect: He requested/asked me to help him.
Direct:   The teacher said to the students,"Always speak the truth."
Indirect: The teacher advised/told the students to speak the truth always.
Direct:   The officer said to the soldiers,"Fire on."
Indirect:  The officer commanded/told the soldiers to fire on.
Direct:    The teacher said to the students,"Go out of the class."
Indirect:  The teacher ordered/told the students to go out of the class.

Structure:

Direct:    subj. +reporting verb(say) +obj. ,"verb +ext."

Indirect:  subj+order/ask/request/command/ tell/ask+obj.+to +verb +ext.

Read the bellow sentence:

Direct:    He said to me, "Do not make a noise."
Indirect:  He forbade me to make a noise.
          Or He tole me not to make a noise.
Direct:    The teacher said to the students ,"Do not tell a lie."
Indirect:  The teacher forbade the students to tell a lie.
          Or The teacher advised/told the students not to tell a lie.

Structure

Direct:      subj. +reporting verb +obj. "Do not/never +verb +ext."

Indirect:    subj. +forbid +obj. +to +verb +ext.

            Or  subj. *advise/ask/tell *obj. *not to *verb *ext.

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