Reported Commands & Requests exercises — Set 1: Basic Commands with Tell (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 12 min
"Close the window." → The teacher told us the window.
"Sit down." → She told the children down.
"Write your name on the paper." → He told me my name on the paper.
"Be careful!" → Mum told him careful.
"Come here." → The mother her son to go there.
"Stand up." → The officer told the soldiers up.
"Hurry up!" → She told us .
"Listen carefully." → The teacher told the class carefully.
"Wait outside." → He told them outside.
"Finish your homework." → Dad told me my homework.
"Clean the kitchen." → She told him the kitchen.
"Turn off the TV." → Mum me to turn off the TV.
"Bring your books tomorrow." → The teacher told us our books the next day.
"Stop talking!" → He told the students talking.
"Eat your vegetables." → Mum told the child his vegetables.
"Go to bed." → Dad told the children to bed.
"Wake up early." → She told him up early.
"Put on your coat." → She told the boy on his coat.
"Take a seat." → The interviewer me to take a seat.
"Show me your passport." → The officer told the traveller her his passport.
Reported Commands & Requests exercises online (Worksheet)
When someone gives a command or instruction, we report it using 'tell + object + to + infinitive'. For example: "Open the door!" becomes 'He told me to open the door.' Unlike reported statements, there is no tense backshift — we simply use the infinitive form. Practise converting direct commands into reported speech.