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Grammar

want / ask / tell someone to do something

3 Complete the sentences with words from the box.

to give to tell not to touch to be not to be to slow to buy not to tell

1 I want you .................................... me a lift.
2 I told you .................................... careful.
3 I want you .................................... down. You are driving too fast.
4 I asked you .................................... it. Now it’s broken!
5 I told you .................................... her. She’ll tell everyone!
6 I asked him .................................... me a new laptop.
7 I told you .................................... late!
8 I don’t want you .................................... anyone.

4 Each sentence has a mistake. Find the mistake and correct it.

I told him to buy a new phone.
1 I told he to buy a new phone. ....................................................................................................
2 He asked her marry him. ....................................................................................................
3 They didn’t to want me to leave. ....................................................................................................
4 We told him not be late. ....................................................................................................
5 She wanted that I give her some help. ....................................................................................................
6 They asked we not to talk so loudly. ....................................................................................................
7 I asked him not drive so fast. ....................................................................................................
8 She told me not phone to her after 9 p.m. ....................................................................................................

5 Rewrite these sentences, using me.

1 ‘Will you come with me?’
asked me to come with

William .................................................... him.
2 ‘Be quiet!’
The teacher .................................................... be quiet.
3 ‘Can you phone me at 11.30?’
John .................................................... at 11.30.
4 ‘Don’t eat that fruit – it’s poisonous!’
My mother .................................................... the fruit.
5 ‘Can you tell me the time, please?’
Jonathan .................................................... the time.

6 Complete the sentences about you.

1 My parents often tell me to ..................................................................................................................................
2 The teachers want us to ........................................................................................................................................
3 I sometimes ask my friends to ............................................................................................................................

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