Compact Advanced Training Part 1: Reported commands and alternative reporting verbs

Reported Commands, Orders, and Requests

🎬 Scene: Family Dinner Preparation

(The family is gathered in the kitchen before dinner.)

Mom (direct speech): “Tom, set the table, please.” “Anna, don’t use your phone while we eat.” “Dad, help me bring the dishes.”

Dad: “All right. Tom, put the glasses on the table carefully.” “And Anna, don’t forget to wash your hands before dinner.”

Tom: “Mom, could you tell Grandma to come downstairs now?”

Anna: “Please don’t make me peel the vegetables again!”

🎭 Scene 2: Later That Evening – Reported Speech

(Grandma joins them and asks what everyone was told to do.)

Grandma:
“What did your parents ask you to do?”

Tom:
“Mom told me to set the table and Dad ordered me to put the glasses carefully on it.”
“She also asked Dad to help her bring the dishes.”
“Oh, and she told Anna not to use her phone while eating.”

Anna:
“Dad reminded me to wash my hands before dinner and Mom told me not to complain about peeling the vegetables.”

Grandma:
“So many instructions! Your parents always know how to keep things running smoothly.”

Mom (smiling):
“Well, I just want everyone to cooperate and not start arguing again.”

Grandma (reported later to a friend):
“During dinner, my daughter asked everyone to cooperate and told them not to argue again. She sounded like a general, but a loving one.”