Reported Speech Range
Report suggestions, offers, promises and orders with the right reporting verbs.
- Öneri: Report suggestions with suggest + -ing.
- Söz: Report offers and promises with verb + to.
- Emir: Report orders with tell/ask + object + to.
- TR özet: Fiile göre kalıp değişir; sadece said/told yok.
Start the 8-question quizAdapts to your answers · every miss links back to the rule
Rule in 60 secondsThe one pattern to memorise.
Fiile göre kalıp değişir; zaman ve zamir geriye kayar.
- Öneri: suggest + -ing — "She suggested going."
- Söz: offer/refuse/promise + to — "He promised to call."
- Emir: ask/tell + object + to — "She asked me to wait."
- Backshift: Zaman ve zamir bir adım geriye kayar.
- Emir: Emirlerde to-infinitive kullanılır.
- TR ipucu: "suggested to go" yanlış; "suggested going" doğru.
- TR ipucu: Say + to (kime yok); tell + object (kime var).
FormsHow it looks in sentences.
Patterns at a glance.
| Verb | Pattern | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Suggest | suggest + -ing | She suggested going by bus. |
| Suggest | suggest + -ing | He suggested meeting at six. |
| Offer/promise | offer/promise + to | She offered to help me. |
| Offer/promise | promise + to | He promised to call back. |
| Ask/tell/order | verb + object + to | She asked me to wait. |
| Ask/tell/order | verb + object + to | They told us not to smoke. |
| Admit/deny | admit/deny + -ing | He denied taking the money. |
| Admit/deny | admit + -ing | She admitted being tired. |
- TR not: Suggest'ten sonra to gelmez.
- TR not: "suggested to go" yanlış; "suggested going" doğru.
- Kural: Say + to; tell + object.
3 classic trapsWhere Turkish speakers slip.
En sık yapılan 3 hata.
- Trap 1 — suggest + to: ❌ "She suggested to go" → ✅ "She suggested going."
- Neden: Suggest sonrası -ing gelir.
- Trap 2 — said me: ❌ "He said me to wait" → ✅ "He told me to wait."
- Neden: Said me olmaz; told/asked me olur.
- Trap 3 — backshift yok: ❌ "She said she is tired" → ✅ "She said she was tired."
- Neden: Zaman bir adım geriye kayar.
10 example sentencesRead aloud, twice.
Read aloud and match each verb to its pattern.
- She suggested having lunch together. — Birlikte öğle yemeği yemeyi önerdi.
- He offered to carry my bag. — Çantamı taşımayı teklif etti.
- They promised not to be late again. — Bir daha geç kalmayacaklarına söz verdiler.
- The teacher told us to open our books. — Öğretmen kitaplarımızı açmamızı söyledi.
- She asked him to turn down the music. — Müziği kısmasını rica etti.
- He denied breaking the window. — Camı kırdığını inkâr etti.
- She admitted forgetting the appointment. — Randevuyu unuttuğunu kabul etti.
- He warned us not to swim there. — Orada yüzmememiz için bizi uyardı.
- She said she would finish it the next day. — Ertesi gün bitireceğini söyledi.
- They ordered everyone to leave the building. — Herkesin binayı terk etmesini emrettiler.
Quick checkCover the answers, say yours first.
Boşluğu doldur, sonra cevapla karşılaştır.
- 1. She suggested ___ (take) a taxi.
- Cevap 1: taking — suggest + -ing.
- 2. He asked me ___ (not / tell) anyone.
- Cevap 2: not to tell — ask + object + to.
- 3. "She said me I am busy" cümlesini düzelt.
- Cevap 3: She told me she was busy.