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Linguagens, Códigos e suas Tecnologias. |
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| Text: Looking after a baby |
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Hello, I'm Pauline's baby-sitter. Pauline is one year old and today is my first day with her, that's why I'm very nervous. Her parents left home about one hour ago. They are having lunch with some friends of theirs. Before leaving they told me to give the baby her bottle every four hours. They also asked me to change her nappies when necessary and not to forget the baby lotion and the baby powder. They told me not to answer the phone, not to open the door to unknown people and to tidy up the baby's rattles, bibs and toys. Besides, they told me not to let her cry and they asked me to give her, her dummy if she started crying when waking up. Her parents left me a telephone number in case something wrong happened. I haven't telephoned yet and I hope I will not. The truth is that I'm looking after her quite well. The strangest thing is that they asked me not to make international telephone calls. Maybe they know my boyfriend lives in Canada. | Form | Subject + verb + object + to-infinitive
• The verbs used in reported commands are always followed by a personal object and a to-infinitive. | | Reported negative commands | Subject + verb + object + not + to-infinitive
• To report a negative command we use a reporting verb followed by the person spoken to and we add not before the to-infinitive. |
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| Uses | • Reported commands are used to report imperatives.
• Other verbs used in reported commands are: order, beg, persuade, forbid, instruct, warn, advise, remind, etc. |
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