"Mind you dont't burn your fingers with the fireworks,Bernard," how we change this
Direct speech sentence into Indirect speech?
2007-05-15 05:45:57 · 5 answers · asked by sameen_sohail2000 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
How do we change this...(Don't leave out the auxiliary verb, "to do."
I told Bernard to mind he didn't burn his fingers with the fireworks.
Notice that the tense becomes the past tense in "reported speech," since we are speaking of a speech event that happened in the past.
I hope that's been helpful.
2007-05-15 05:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I told Bernard not to burn his fingers with the fireworks.
2007-05-15 08:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Carlos Esteban 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fireworks may burn your fingers, Bernard.
2007-05-15 05:53:26 · answer #3 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Indirect speech uses a different verb tense and optionally, you can interject the word "that.' This is really a tricky one though. You can rewrite the sentence as a DIRECT speech like this: Bernard said, "Do not burn your fingers...." "Bernard said that I should not burn my fingers with the fireworks" - this might work as indrect.
2016-05-18 22:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by shella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(Whoever) warned Bernard to be careful not to burn his fingers with the fireworks.
2007-05-15 05:53:24 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋