REPORTED SPEECH    Profesora: Paqui Muñoz Mendoza

1. PUT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS INTO INDIRECT SPEECH

1. - “I have something to show you” I said to her.

2. - “Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,” she said.

3. - “I’m away tomorrow, mother,” he said.

4. - “I have been in London for a month but so far I have not had time to visit the  Tower,” said Rupert.

5. - It’s so foggy today as it was yesterday,” I remarked.

6. - The new underpass is being officially opened tomorrow,” said my friend.

7. - He said, “My wife has just arrived home”.

8. - “From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower,” said my friend.

9. - “I don’t know what Fred is doing”, said Charlie.

10. - “I will stop as soon as I finish,” she replied.

2. PUT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS INTO INDIRECT SPEECH.

1. “Why are you looking through the keyhole?” he said.
2. “Who put salt in my coffee?” he said.
3. “Which of you knows how to make Irish stew?” said the chief cook.
4. “Are you enjoying yourself?” the tourist guide asked the tourists.
5. “Have you seen my new flat?” I asked her.
6. “Whose car did you borrow last night?” I said to him
7. “Does she always wear a hat?” she asked.
8. “Where were you last night, Mr. Jones?” he said.
9. “What is your sister like?” He wanted to know.
10. “Did Bill give you that ring?” I asked my sister.
11. “Would you like strawberry or vanilla ice-cream?” she said.
12. “Are you staying here all summer?” the little girl asked me.
13. “Have you done your homework, or not?” my mother asked me.
14. “When is your birthday?” I asked Sue.
15. “Why have you turned off the television?” Ellen said to me.

3. PUT THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS INTO INDIRECT SPEECH.

1. He said, “Get out of my way.”
2.  “Climb in through the window,” he ordered.
3. “Please, pay at the desk,” said the assistant.
4. “Open your bag, please,” said the store detective.
5.  “Could you help me to finish this exercise, please?” I asked my sister.
6. “Do not use bent coins in a slot machine,” I advised him.
7. “Wash it in lukewarm water,” recommended the assistant.
8. “Don’t put your elbow on the table,” She said.
9. “Fasten your seatbelts,” the air-hostess said.
10.  “Would you mind not smoking in here?” I said.

4. Other reporting verbs: use one of the following verbs to rewrite the sentences in reported speech: advised, apologized, invited, offered, refused, promised, suggested, reminded.

1. “Shall I open the door”, she said.
2. “What about playing a football match?” he said.
3. “Would you like some cake?” she said.
4. “Will you come to my birthday party?” Peter said to me.
5. “Shall I carry your case, Dawn?” Peter said.
6. “I’ll definitely be at your house before 8.00, Sue,” said Mike.
7. “Would you like to come to the cinema, Jean?” asked Chris.
8. “I wouldn’t eat so much if I were you,” Patsy.
9. How about going for a walk?” said Nick?
10. “I’m terribly sorry for breaking the window”; said Carol.
11. “No, I won’t open my mouth”, said Pat.
12. “Don’t forget to post my letters, will, you Sue? She said.

Rewrite each sentence in reported speech beginning as shown.

1. “I won’t be there because I’m having a party, said Lucy.

Lucy told me ___________________________________________________________________

2. “I’ve lost the map and I don’t know the say,” said Jack.

Jack said to me_______________________________________________________________

3. “What does “constipated” mean?”, I asked my teacher

I asked my teacher_____________________________________________________________

4. “I got up late and I missed the bus”, said Richard.

Richard said to me______________________________________________________________

5. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier”, said Jane.

Jane apologized______________________________________________________________

6. “Don’t touch that plug, it is very dangerous”, her father said to him.

Her father told__________________________________________________________________