REPORTING QUESTIONS, COMMANDS, REQUEST, ADVICE, SUGGESTION AND EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES

• Asking questions, giving commands, making requests, offering advice and suggestions, and expressing exclamations are all part of our daily communication.
• However, in certain situations, we may need to report these forms of speech to others.
• This is where reporting questions, commands, requests, advice, suggestions, and exclamatory sentences come into play.

Reporting Questions

• Reporting questions are used to report a question asked by someone else. They are also known as indirect questions.
• For example, if someone asks, 'What time is the meeting tomorrow?' we can report it by saying, 'He asked what time the meeting was tomorrow.'
• In reporting questions, the word order changes from subject-verb-object to verb-subject-object. The question mark is also replaced with a full stop.

Reporting Commands

• Reporting commands are used to report a command given by someone else. They are also known as indirect commands.
• For example, if someone says, 'Please close the door,' we can report it by saying, 'She asked me to close the door.'
• In reporting commands, the word 'please' is replaced with 'to' and the verb is changed to its infinitive form.

Reporting Requests

• Reporting requests are used to report a request made by someone else. They are also known as indirect requests.
• For example, if someone says, 'Could you help me with this project?' we can report it by saying, 'He requested that I help him with the project.'
• In reporting requests, the word 'could' is replaced with 'to,' and the verb is changed to its infinitive form.

Reporting Advice and Suggestions

• Reporting advice and suggestions is used to report advice or suggestions given by someone else. They are also known as indirect advice and suggestions.
• For example, if someone says, 'You should try this new restaurant,' we can report it by saying, 'She advised me to try the new restaurant.'
• In reporting advice and suggestions, the word 'should' is replaced with 'to,' and the verb is changed to its infinitive form.

Reporting Exclamatory Sentences

• Reporting exclamatory sentences is used to report an exclamation made by someone else. They are also known as indirect exclamations.
• For example, if someone says, 'What a wonderful day!, we may report it by adding, 'He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.'
• In reporting exclamatory sentences, the word 'what' is replaced with 'that,' and the verb is changed to its past tense form.