Indirect Commands

"Turn down the volume!" my sister told me.

• My sister told me to turn down the volume.

• My sister tells me to turn down the volume.

• My sister had told me to turn down the volume.

'Where is the concert hall?' the tourist asked.

• The tourist asked me where the concert hall was.

• The tourist asked where the concert hall was.

• The tourist asks where the concert hall was.

'Do you like hip-hop music,' Maria asked

• Maria asked me if I liked hip hop music

• Maria had asked me if I liked hip hop music

• Maria asked me whether I liked hip hop music

• Maria was asking me whether I liked hip hop music

'Don't play your drums all day!' Mum told me.

• Mum told me not to play my drums all day

• Mum had told me not to play my drums all day

• Mum has been telling me not to play my drums all day

'Do you like the film?' asked Melanie

• Melanie had asked us if we liked the film.

• Melanie asked us if we liked the film.

• Melanie had been asking us if we liked the film.

• Melanie asked us whether we liked the film.

'Please don't be late,' Aunty Judy said to us.

• Aunty Judy asked us not to be late

• Aunty Judy had asked us not to be late

'Please sit down,' our teacher told us.

• Our teacher was asking us to sit down

• Our teacher asked us to sit down

• Our teacher had asked us to sit down

'Can you get me a ticket for the play, please?' my friend asked me.

• My friend asked me if I could get him/her a ticket for the play.

• My friend had been asking me to get him/her a ticket for the play.

• My friend had asked me to get him/her a ticket for the play.