Command and request

What is the meaning of What is the meaning of “command” and “ request”?“command” and “ request”?

Command: Command: 要求，命令，指令 要求，命令，指令

Request: Request: 请求，要求请求，要求

Open the window

Please open the window.

Would you please open the

Window?

command

RequestVery polite

Make clear the difference between commands and requests and finish the following exercises:1. Go and collect the book right

now. 2. Could you go and get the

shopping bags, please? 3. Shut the door at once. 4. Go and get my coat. 5. Would you please get that book

for me?

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Direct SpeechDirect Speech

Commands: Do……Commands: Do…… Don’t ……Don’t ……

Requests: Do ……, please.Requests: Do ……, please. Can/Could (please) ……?Can/Could (please) ……? Will/Would you (please) ……?Will/Would you (please) ……?

Mr Zhang said to me“Open the window.”

Direct speech Indirect speech

Mr Zhang told me to open the window.

Mr Zhang said to me“Will you please open the window?”

Mr Zhang asked me to open the window.

told

to

Mr Zhang said to me“Don’t open the window.”

Mr Zhang told me not to open the window.

not

Rules and practice of direct and indirect speech 当直接引语为祈使句时，转换为间接引语要用一个带动词不定式的简单句表示：

祈使句 • 直引：主语 + 动词 +“ 祈使句” • 间引：主语 + 动词 +to Verb

• e ． g ． The teacher said to me, “Come in .”

• —The teacher told me to go in 。• John said to me , “Please shut the windo

w 。”• —John asked me to shut the window 。• The teacher said to me, “ Don’t be late agai

n.”

• ---- The teacher told me not to be late again.

特别提醒 – 1. 祈使句变为间接引语，主要使用 动词不定式。 – 2. 谓语动词要做一定变化。

表示命令，用 tell ， order ， command等。

• 表示请求，用 ask ， beg ， request 等。• 表示忠告，用 advise 。

Find the rules ： Ask the students to finish the following exercises, and try to find the rules.

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

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

“Don’t play games in the classroom.” the monitor said to us.

The monitor told us not to play games in the classroom.

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

She asked me not to smoke

here.

“Write a letter to your parents.”

“Don’t play games in the classroom.”

“Can you pass on the book to Tom?”

“Will you please not smoke here?”

The teacher told me to write a letter ….

The teacher ordered me not to play games ….

The teacher asked me to pass on …

The teacher asked me not to smoke there.

Try to do this:

祈使句变为间接引语的规律

一改 （主句谓语动词）

二变 （呼语变宾语）

三加 （动词前加 to ）

四去 （ please ）

Now, it’s time for me to relax!

Thank you and Goodbye!