Discovering useful structure

command and request in direct & indirect speech

Command or Request?

Robber : Don’t run .Stand still! Carrie: Help! Help! (screaming)Robber: Shut up! Keep quiet.Carrie: OK. Would you please don’t hurt

me ? (trying to calm down)Robber: Take out your wallet. Give me your

money!Carrie: Please take all my money! Robber: Tell me the code( 密码） to your

bank card!Carrie: … (a police car coming)

Command or Request?

Take out your wallet. Give me your money.Shut up! Don’t move.keep quiet.

Please don’t hurt me.Could you please…?Would you please?

Commands Requests

Change the commands into requests.Attention! ( 立正 )sit down!Stand up!Give us a big smile.Shake hands with a classmate.Touch your nose.Shake your head.Clap your hands.Put up your hand!Jump!Close/open your book.Say one sentence in Xiaoshan dialect. （方言）

Fun Time

slave robot, who can only hear commands.

If you give correct commands, they will

do whatever you have them do.

Believe it or not! Let’s have a try!!!!!

friend robot, who can only respond to

requests. If you give correct requests they will do whatever you

have them do.

Attention! (Please) ( 立正 )sit down! (can you/would you please…?)Stand up!(…)Give us a big smile. (…)Shake hands with a classmate. (…)Touch your nose. (…)Shake your head. (…)Clap your hands. (…)Put up your hand! (…)Jump! (…)Close/open your book(…)Say one sentence in Xiaoshan dialect. （方言）

commands and requests

I asked my deskmate to lend me a pen.

“Can you lend me a pen please ?” I asked.

ask sb to do sth

(R)

Find the rules

Situation 1 You want to borrow a pen from your deskmate, how will you say it politely?

Situation 2 You are late for school, but still in bed. What will your mother say?

Mother told me to get up. Mother said, “Get up, honey!”

tell sb to do sth

(C)

Find the rules

The teacher told me not to be late again. The teacher said, "Don't be late again.”

tell sb not to do sth

(C)

Find the rules

Situation 3 You were late for school this morning, what would your teacher say to you?

The officer said to the thief,“stand still!”

The officer ordered the thief to stand still.

order sb to do sth

(C)

Find the rules

Situation 4 A policeman is running after a thief, what will the policeman say?

1. “Would you please speak more slowly?” The boy said to me.

The boy asked me to speak slowly.

2. “Could you lend some money to me?’’The stranger said.

The stranger begged me to lend some money to him.

3.“Will you please not smoke here?” she added.

She requested me not to smoke here.表示 request( 请求 ) ，用 等。

ask/beg/request sb (not) to do

1.“Make sure the door is open.” the teacher said to me.

The teacher told me to make sure the door is open.

2.“Set down your guns!” the officer said to the soldier.

The officer ordered the soldier to set down his gun.

表示 command ( 命令 ), 间接引语用 。

3.“Don’t play games in the classroom.” the monitor said to us.The monitor commanded us not to play games in the classroom.

tell/order/command sb(not)todo

Commands RequestsTake out your wallet. Give me your money.Shut up! keep silent.

Please don’t hurt me.Could you please…?Would you please…?

summary

He told me to take out my wallet. tell/ order/command sb. (not) to do

I asked him not to hurt me.Þask /beg/request sb. (not) to do

Indirect speech

Group work ：In groups of four, make some dialogues by

using commands and requests. Then retell them in indirect speech. (on page 12)

Let’s do some practice. Turn to page 12

Just for reference1.S1: Stand still! Don’t move! S2: What’s the matter? S1:don’t get excited but there’s a bear behind

you ! S2: Oh help! Help! What should I do? S1:Stay still and the bear will move away. Yes,

he’s doing that. It’s OK. You can relax now!2.T: Now listen to me. This is your homework for

tonight. I hope you can bring it to me tomorrow morning.

S1: What did she say? Please help me. I couldn’t hear her clearly.

S2: The teacher said that this was our homework and told us to hand in tomorrow morning.

S1: Thank you. You are so helpful!

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