Question

The teacher said, "shut the door after you "
Change the narration

Answer 1

The teacher said, "shut the door after you "

(Change the narration)

Answer:

Direct: The teacher said, "shut the door after you "

Indirect: The teacher ordered me to shut the door after me.

There are two kinds of speeches.

1. Direct Speech:  

• In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:  

• In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

When we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

Answer 2

Answer:

The teacher said, "shut the door after you " : Change the narration

• The given direct speech is said to turn into indirect speech and it is : The teacher ordered to shut the door after me.

• The given repoted speech is an example of Imperative Sentence. And we know that an Imperative Sentence expresses command, advice or request. That's why when direct speech turns into indirect speech then instead of said ordered, requested and advised are used and obviously these are used according to Reported Speech.

• Here in reported speech, 'shut the door' gives command, that's why 'ordered' has been used. And reported speech's Imperative mood is needed to turn into Infinitive Mood, therefore 'to' is used as linker or as an infinitive maker, here 'that' is not used as linker.

• Reported speech's 'you' has turned into 'me' because the teacher ordered me to shut the door, so here you refers 'me', that's why 'me' has been used instead of 'you.'