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Reported Questions and Requests

Report questions, instructions, and requests accurately by changing question order and selecting ask, tell, or ask someone to.

LevelB1 Core
Time30 minutes
SkillsGrammar + Action coordination
OutcomeAn accurate question-and-request relay
Grammar focus

Reported questions and requests

UseRelay information questions, yes/no questions, instructions, and polite requests without keeping direct-question word order.
Core formasked + wh-word + subject + verb · asked if/whether + subject + verb
Requests and instructionsasked/told + person + to + base verb · told + person + not to
RememberReported questions use statement word order and no do/does/did; ask someone to is a request, while tell someone to is a stronger instruction.
ชื่อไวยากรณ์ภาษาไทย — เปิดเมื่อจำเป็น

Reported Questions เปลี่ยนคำถามเป็นลำดับประโยคบอกเล่าและตัด do/does/did ส่วนคำขอใช้ asked + คน + to และคำสั่งใช้ told + คน + to โดยเลือกแรงกดดันให้ตรงต้นฉบับ

Your goal

By the end of this lesson, you can report four questions and four requests or instructions with accurate word order and reporting verbs, then confirm two assigned actions.

คำอธิบายเป้าหมายภาษาไทย — เปิดเมื่อจำเป็น

บทนี้ฝึกส่งต่อคำถามและสิ่งที่ต้องทำโดยไม่คงรูปคำถามตรง และเลือกว่าเป็นคำขอหรือคำสั่งเพื่อให้ความสุภาพและระดับแรงกดดันไม่ผิดไปจากต้นฉบับ

Progress focus LCFP
LC · Language Control
Control the target pattern so the intended meaning remains clear.
FP · Functional Performance
Complete the lesson’s real communication outcome without teacher-supplied sentences.

Your grammar path

MeaningIdentify the message job

Choose information question, yes/no question, polite request, instruction, or prohibition.

PatternBuild reported order and verb

Use statement order after a question word or if/whether, and ask/tell plus person plus to for actions.

UseRelay and confirm action

Report eight messages, preserve pressure and detail, and confirm who will do what by when.

30-minute lesson route

3 minMessage-job baseline
5 minReported question order
5 minRequests and instructions
6 minListen and convert
7 minCoordination relay
4 minFeedback and retry
1 · Build meaning

Classify questions, requests, and instructions

Reported questions and requests map for wh questions yes no questions polite requests instructions and negative commands
Use the visual to notice, practise, and communicate.

Use eight direct messages. Identify the information gap, yes/no choice, polite request, stronger instruction, or negative instruction.

How to run Stage 1

3 min: Classify eight direct messages by communication job.

2 · Notice the pattern

Use statement order in reported questions

Build wh-word plus subject and verb, or if/whether plus subject and verb. Remove do, does, and did and avoid question inversion.

How to run Stage 2

5 min: Build wh and if/whether reported-question order.

3 · Preserve the pressure

Choose asked or told plus person plus to

Engduo Audio: Listen for meaning first. Audio never starts automatically.

Engduo Audio • British English

Report the wh-question, yes/no question, and polite request with natural word order.

Engduo Audio • American English

Separate the polite request, two instructions, and negative instruction.

Use asked someone to for a request and told someone to for an instruction. Use not to for a negative instruction and keep the action details intact.

How to run Stage 3

5 min: Contrast asked and told plus person plus to or not to.

4 · Listen and convert

Report message job and action

Listen to both sets. Convert each item, record the reporting verb and word order, and identify who needs to act and by when.

How to run Stage 4

6 min: Play both message sets and convert every item.

5 · Communicate

Run an eight-message coordination relay

Report four questions and four requests or instructions from a customer, manager, teacher, or travel situation. Confirm two assigned actions and deadlines.

How to run Stage 5

7 min: Run the eight-message coordination relay.

Final practice: Relay every question and action accurately

Task: Report four questions and four requests or instructions with accurate order and reporting verbs, then confirm two people, actions, and deadlines.

Success: Question meaning, politeness, instruction strength, action owner, and timing all survive the relay.

LC · Language Control

0 Frequent form problems obscure the intended meaning.

1 Meaning remains clear with some prompting or self-correction.

2 Controls reported-question statement order, if/whether, and ask/tell plus object plus infinitive patterns.

FP · Functional Performance

0 Does not yet complete the communication outcome.

1 Completes most of the outcome with visible prompts.

2 Relays an eight-message coordination set and confirms action ownership independently.

How to run Stage 6

4 min: Score LC and FP, repair one word-order or pressure choice, and retry the affected relay.

คำอธิบายภาษาไทย — เปิดเมื่อจำเป็นเท่านั้น

หลัง asked ให้เรียงเป็นประโยคบอกเล่า เช่น asked where the room was ไม่ใช้ where was the room และไม่ใช้ did หากเป็นการขอให้ใช้ asked me to แต่ถ้าเป็นคำสั่งใช้ told me to เพื่อรักษาระดับความสุภาพเดิม

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Teaching references

CEFR Companion Volume — used for communication outcomes and observable progress.

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