Exercise 1.
Complete the sentences in reported speech.
1. John said, "I love this town."
John said
2. "Do you like soccer ?" He asked me.
He asked me
3. "I can't drive a lorry," he said.
He said
4. "Be nice to your brother," he said.
He asked me
5. "Don't be nasty," he said.
He urged me
6. "Don't waste your money" she said.
She told the boys
7. "What have you decided to do?" she asked him.
She asked him
8. "I always wake up early," he said.
He said
9. "You should revise your lessons," he said.
He advised the students
10. "Where have you been?" he asked me.
He wanted to know
Exercise 2.
Choose the most appropriate answer:
1. John said, "What is the problem?".
2. Leila said, "Where have you been all this time?".
3. Peter said, "How much does it cost?".
4. My mother said, "Don't shout at your sister!".
5. Vicky said, "I'll go to Erfoud next week.".
6. Omar said, "Leila wants to come with Vicky.
7. John said "I am busy now".
8. Vicky said, "How could John be so upset?!".
9. She asked, "Where did they go last night?".
10. She shouted, "Go to bed!".
Exercise 3.
Re-write the following sentences in the indirect speech as shown
1. "How old are you?", he said.
He asked me
2. "We don't serve couscous here", he said.
He told us
3. "Did you receive our message last week?", she said
She wanted to know
4. "They are not downloading the file now", he told us.
He said
5. "We won't talk to Jenny any more".
Sue told me
6. "I saw a good film two days ago", he said.
He said
7. "Have you ever been to Mecca?", he said.
He asked us
8. "I was going home when I met her yesterday".
He informed us
9. "Will Ted repair the broken tractor?".
He asked
10. "Don't get near this well".
He warned us
11. "What have you been doing here?".
We asked him
12. "They didn't do anything serious to solve the problem".
He told us
13. "Be careful!".
Clint advised us
14. "I will help you with Maths tomorrow".
She promised
15. "Don't forget to lock the door" he said.
He reminded me
16. "Stop whining!", the mother shouted.
The mother ordered the kids
17. "Do you know where they went last week!", the father asked.
He wanted to know
18. "We finished reading your paper a few hours ago!", he said.
He told me
19. "Do you like to meet the manager today?", the clerk asked.
The clerk wanted to know
20. "Why don't you come back tomorrow?", he said.
He advised me
ANSWERS!
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Exercise 1.
- John said, "I love this town."
John said that he loved that town. - "Are you sure?" He asked me.
He asked me if / whether I liked soccer. - "I can't drive a lorry," he said.
He said that he couldn't drive a lorry. - "Be nice to your brother," he said.
He asked me to be nice to my brother. - "Don't be nasty," he said.
He urged me not to be nasty. - "Don't waste your money" she said.
She told the boys not to waste their money. - "What have you decided to do?" she asked him.
She asked him what he had decided to do. - "I always wake up early," he said.
He said that he always woke up early. - "You should revise your lessons," he said.
He advised the students to revise their lessons. - "Where have you been?" he asked me.
He wanted to know where I had been.
1. "How old are you?", he said.
He asked me
He asked me
2. "We don't serve couscous here", he said.
He told us
3. "Did you receive our message last week?", she said
She wanted to know
She wanted to know
4. "They are not downloading the file now", he told us.
He said
5. "We won't talk to Jenny any more".
Sue told me
6. "I saw a good film two days ago", he said.
He said
7. "Have you ever been to Mecca?", he said.
He asked us
He asked us
8. "I was going home when I met her yesterday".
He informed us
He informed us
9. "Will Ted repair the broken tractor?".
He asked
He asked
10. "Don't get near this well".
He warned us
11. "What have you been doing here?".
We asked him
12. "They didn't do anything serious to solve the problem".
He told us
13. "Be careful!".
Clint advised us
14. "I will help you with Maths tomorrow".
She promised
She promised
15. "Don't forget to lock the door" he said.
He reminded me
16. "Stop whining!", the mother shouted.
The mother ordered the kids
17. "Do you know where they went last week!", the father asked.
He wanted to know
He wanted to know
18. "We finished reading your paper a few hours ago!", he said.
He told me
19. "Do you like to meet the manager today?", the clerk asked.
The clerk wanted to know
The clerk wanted to know
20. "Why don't you come back tomorrow?", he said.
He advised me
He advised me
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