Reported Commands And Requests Practice (B1-B2) - English Grammar Quiz

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: B1, B2 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +16 (on pass)

7-minute daily practice: 15 Reported Commands And Requests exercises for Level B1-B2. Short enough to fit into a coffee break, thorough enough to make real progress. Covers the most important aspects of reported commands and requests with instant feedback on every answer.

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Question 1: The manager told the new employee ___ the report before Friday.

Question 1 options
'to finish' is correct because reported commands use the structure: reporting verb + person + to-infinitive. 'finishing' is a gerund, 'finished' is a past tense form, and 'finish' omits the required 'to'.
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Question 2: The librarian asked the students ___ so loudly in the reading room.

Question 2 options
'not to talk' is correct because negative reported commands and requests use the structure: reporting verb + person + not + to-infinitive. 'to not talk' is non-standard, 'don't talk' keeps direct speech form, and 'not talking' is a gerund phrase.
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Question 3: In reported commands and requests, the to-infinitive is used after the reporting verb and the person being addressed.

Question 3 options
True because the standard structure for reported commands and requests is: reporting verb (e.g. tell, ask, order) + person + to-infinitive (e.g. 'She told him to leave'). The to-infinitive always follows the object.
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Question 4: Which situation correctly uses a reported request structure?

Question 4 options
'She asked him to carry her bags' is correct because reported requests use ask + person + to-infinitive to report a polite request. The other options show direct speech, a reported question with 'if', or a reported statement with 'that'.
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Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • told the patient
  • before the surgery
  • not to eat
  • The nurse

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The correct order is 'The nurse told the patient not to eat before the surgery' because reported negative commands use: reporting verb + person + not + to-infinitive.
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Question 6: Which sentence correctly uses reported command structure?

Question 6 options
'The officer ordered the driver to stop the car' is correct because it uses order + person + to-infinitive. 'ordered the driver that he stops' incorrectly uses a 'that' clause; 'ordered to the driver to stop' adds an incorrect preposition; 'ordered the driver stopping' uses a gerund instead of the infinitive.
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Question 7: A: What did your boss say this morning? B: She ___ me to prepare a presentation for Monday's meeting.

Question 7 options
'asked' is correct because the context describes a polite workplace request, and 'ask + person + to-infinitive' is the standard structure for reported requests. 'said' cannot be followed directly by a person and to-infinitive; 'spoke' and 'replied' do not collocate with the to-infinitive in this structure.
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Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses a reported command (NOT a reported statement)?

Question 8 options
'He told her to lock the front door' is correct because it uses tell + person + to-infinitive, which is the reported command structure. 'told her that she should lock' is a reported statement with a 'that' clause, not a command structure.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • warned us
  • not to swim
  • My father
  • near the rocks

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The correct order is 'My father warned us not to swim near the rocks' because reported negative commands follow: reporting verb + person + not + to-infinitive + complement.
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Question 10: The doctor examined the patient and then ___ him to take the medicine twice a day.

Question 10 options
'told' is correct because 'tell + person + to-infinitive' is the standard structure for reporting a direct instruction or command. 'said' cannot be directly followed by a person and to-infinitive; 'spoke' and 'talked' do not collocate with 'to-infinitive' in this reporting structure.
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Question 11: A student reports: 'The teacher told us not to use our phones during the exam.' Which statement about this sentence is true?

Question 11 options
'Not to use' correctly forms the negative reported command because in reported commands, the negative is placed before the to-infinitive as 'not + to-infinitive'. The object (us) comes directly after the reporting verb 'told', and the structure does not require 'that' or auxiliary verbs.
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Question 12: Direct speech: 'Please don't park here,' the guard said to us. → The guard asked us ___ there.

Question 12 options
'not to park' is correct because negative reported requests use: ask + person + not + to-infinitive. 'to not park' is non-standard word order; 'don't park' retains direct speech form; 'not parking' uses a gerund instead of the infinitive.
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Question 13: Match each reported speech sentence to its correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
She told him to close the window.
He asked her to help him with the bags.
The teacher warned them not to cheat.
He begged her not to leave so soon.
Reported request (affirmative)
Reported command (negative)
Reported request (negative)
Reported command (affirmative)

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Reported commands use tell/order/warn + person + to-infinitive; reported requests use ask/beg/request + person + to-infinitive; negative forms add 'not' before 'to'; the reporting verb choice reflects the strength of the original utterance.
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Question 14: The verb 'say' can be used in the same way as 'tell' in reported commands, as in: 'She said me to sit down.'

Question 14 options
False because 'say' cannot be followed directly by a person and to-infinitive in reported commands. Only verbs like 'tell', 'ask', 'order', and 'warn' can take the structure: reporting verb + person + to-infinitive. 'Say' requires a 'that' clause instead.
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Question 15: Which sentence best reports this original utterance with the appropriate strength: 'You must leave this building immediately!' (said by a security guard)?

Question 15 options
'The security guard ordered us to leave the building immediately' is the best fit because 'order' conveys a strong, authoritative command, matching the urgency of 'must leave immediately'. 'Asked' implies a polite request, 'suggested' implies advice, and 'reminded' implies recalling something already known.