hello welcome to use English at home YouTube channel today I am gonna teach
you how and when to report with the verb tell tell is an alternative reporting
verb to say it's easy to use and practical but you have to remember that
tel goes with an object pronoun tell who okay so I'm gonna share what my friend
Alex told me on the phone right I have ripped written down the original
sentences now I will report these to you using the verb tell well don't go hmm
this is what he told me right so he told me what he told me not to go not to go
the original sentence here is an imperative sentence right and we report
imperatives using tell he told me not to go because this is negative don't I had
to say not to go next one please wait hmm he told me what he told me to wait
he told me to wait so this was an example for an imperative form again
next I'm busy today huh so he told me what he told me that he was busy that
day he was busy that day okay next one I can meet you tomorrow
hmm that's good he told me that he were reporting so this changes form he could
meet me when tomorrow we report tomorrow as the next day the next day
and the last one everybody I'll call you to tell the time and place so he told me
that he would call okay will is reported as would he would call and tell me the
time and place so here after the verb tell we always have the pronoun right he
told me not to go or he told me to wait if there is a full sentence then you
need to add that he told me that he would call are you ready to practice
look at the pictures and report with the verb tell picture one you late for 10
minutes she told me that I was late for 10 minutes picture 2 you can give your
homework by Friday she told us that we could give our homework by Friday
picture tree I've missed you a lot he told me that he had missed me a lot
picture foe we have lost our way she told me that they had lost their way are
you ready for the final practice I've got eight sentences here for you I want
you to complete them with me choosing between the word say and tell and in
each case you're reporting don't forget number one she there's a pronoun so she
told me not to drive fast she told me not to drive fast
number two she she said that I was driving too fast so it's optional to
have that here you can simply say she said I was driving too fast next one
he said that he would help me with my school project how nice of him right
number four then then said that he would sorry then said that he was bored with
his job okay number five David David told me that he was bored
with his job okay number six let's see the doctor the doctor said that I should
rest for a week okay the doctor told me to rest for a week and the last one he
which one of course he told me to call him after
work let's have a look at today's key words and phrases we have learned that
tell is reported as told it always needs an object pronoun a person then followed
by that for example he told me that he loved you we also learned that we can
report imperative sentences with tell for example call me he told me to call
him don't call me he told me not to call him thank you for watching you can find
the practice files for this lesson on the link in description and don't forget
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