📅 Created: 15 Jun, 2023
🔄 Updated: 04 Dec, 2025

Ann: Write down my address. Ann asked me ___ . ?

Explanation

āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ (“Write down my address.”) āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ (“Reported Speech”) āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:

ā§§. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϧāϰāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ (āχāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāϚāύ):
- āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ “ask + someone + to + verb” āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž “order/tell someone to + verb” āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
- āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “Write down” (āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹) āχāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­, āϤāĻžāχ “asked me to write down” āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤

⧍. āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ (Sequence of Tenses):
- āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϞ “write”āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒ⧇āĻ›āύ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ “to write” (āχāύāĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ­) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
- “Ann asked me to write â€Ļ” – āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “asked” āĻ—āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž, “to write” āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ (Infinitive)āĨ¤

ā§Š. āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ (Pronoun Shift):
- āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ Ann āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ “my address” (āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž), āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ Ann āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώāχ (she), āϤāĻžāχ “my” āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ “her” āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
- āĻĢāϞāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ â€œmy address” → “her address”āĨ¤

ā§Ē. āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϕ⧇āύ āϭ⧁āϞ?
- “He wrote down my address” – āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ “he” āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
- “He had written her address” – āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ, āĻāĻ“ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ⧇āϰ āφāĻ­āĻžāϏ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤
- “She writes down her address” – āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏ, āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ:
“Ann asked me to write down her address.”

āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ:
āχāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ “asked + subject + to + infinitive” āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘my’ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ ‘her’ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ “Ann asked me to write down her address.” āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞāĨ¤