# Whole Conversations: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Whole conversations: In a conversation, each line gets its own reporting verb. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Whole conversations: rules and examples

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Short answer. In a conversation, each line gets its own reporting verb. A question is asked. An answer is replied or said, then that. A command is told + to. A request is requested + to. Advice is advised + to.

1 . Pick the correct report. Mira said to Dan, "Please shut the window."

Decide what each line does, then choose its reporting verb.

In a conversation, each line gets its own reporting verb. A question is asked. An answer is replied or said, then that. A command is told + to. A request is requested + to. Advice is advised + to.

Line 1: Dev said to Uma, "Are you hungry?" Dev asked Uma if she was hungry. Line 2: Uma said, "I am very hungry." Uma replied that she was very hungry.

Decide what each line does, then choose its reporting verb.

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- Questions in a chat . A wh- question keeps its wh- word, then uses statement order, with no do, does or did and no question mark. A yes or no question joins with if or whether.
- Answers move back . In an answer reported with replied or said, the tense moves one step back.
- Commands, requests and advice . Told, requested and advised take the listener, then to + verb. A negative line takes not to. Told always needs the listener; said does not.
- Pronouns and time words . I, we, my and our follow the speaker. You and your change to match the listener. Time and place words move away: today to that day, tomorrow to the next day, now to then, here to there.
- Line 1: Dev said to Uma, "Are you hungry?" Dev asked Uma if she was hungry.
- Line 2: Uma said, "I am very hungry." Uma replied that she was very hungry.

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