Question

Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1)I said to Jack,”Please give me your dictionary”.
2)The bus-conductor said to the passengers, “Don’t get off the bus while it is moving”
3)The teacher said to Tom ,”Collect the exercise books and put them on my table”
4)The old man said to the little girl,”Don’t run across the street”
5)The teacher said to the students,”Open your books at page 60”.

Answer 1

Reported speech usually takes the perspective of the action being done in the past and from a narrative point of view by the speaker who may or may not be the actor in the sentence.

The above in reported speech are:

1. I pleaded with Jack to give me his dictionary.
2. The bus conductor told the passengers not to get off the bus while it was still moving.
3. The teacher told Tom to collect the exercise books and place them on their table.
4. The old man told the little girl not to run across the street.
5. The teacher told the students to open their books to page 60.