Direct Speech and Indirect Speech ---------- requests and commands

1. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech ---------- requests and commands (Ⅰ) Direct speech Requests（要求） Orders/commands(命令) • Do …please? • Can you …? • Could you …? • Will you …? • Do… . • Don’t… .

2. (Ⅱ)Indirect speech 1.Requests 请求、要求 sb. asks sb. else (not) to do sth. 2.Orders/commands 命令、吩咐 sb. tells/orders sb. else (not) to do sth.

3. Please decide which are orders or commands and which are requests. (O/C) • Make sure this door is open. • Can you lend me ten yuan? • Could you help me with my homework, please? • Don’t play games in the classroom. • Will you close the window, please? • No smoking! (R) (R) (O) (R) (O)

4. Exercise 3 -- Page 12 Direct commands • Buy some bread for me. • Help her tidy the room. • Speak quietly on the phone. • Turn down the radio. Dos Don’ts • Don’t make too much noise. • Don’t forget to put your umbrella in the stand. • Don’t smoke in the bathroom. • Don’t stay up too late.

5. Reported (indirect) commands Dos • He told me to by some bread for her. • He told me to help her tidy the room. • She told me to speak quietly on the phone. • She told me to turn down the radio. Don’ts • He told me not to make too much noise. • He told me not to put my umbrella in the stand. • She told me not to smoke in the bathroom. • He told me not to stay up too late.

6. Direct requests 1.Dos Could you buy some bread for her , please? Could you help her tidy the room , please? Speak quietly on the phone , please? Turn down the radio , please? 2.Don’ts Don’t make too much noise, please. Please don’t forget to put your umbrella in the stand. Would you please not smoke in the bathroom? Would please not to stay up too late?

7. Reported Requests Dos • He asked me if I could buy some bread for her. • He asked me if I could help her tidy the room. • She asked me to speak quietly on the phone. • She asked me to turn down the radio. Don’ts • She asked me not to make too much noise. • She asked me not to forget to put my umbrella in the stand. • She asked me not to smoke in the bathroom. • She asked me not to stay up too late.

8. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (1)Statements and Questions 陈述句结构: say (to sb.) +(that) clause tell (sb) + (that) clause 一般疑问句: ask (sb.)＋if/whether从句 特殊疑问句: ask (sb.) wh-/how clause (正常 语序）

9. (2)Requests and Commands Requests Direct speech--- Do…, please? Will/could/can you…, please? Indirect speech- ask sb. (not) to do sth. Commands Direct speech--- Do… Don’t do… Indirect speech--- order/tell sb. (not) to do