Indirect Speech (1) potx

Indirect Speech (1)
Exercise 1. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones.
1. “ Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun!”. She said. ______________________
2. “ I am going away tomorrow, mother!”, he said. ______________________
3. “ Listen carefully !”, he said to us. ______________________
4. “ It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, Lan remarked. ______________________
5. “ Don’t wait for me if I’m late”, his wife told him. ______________________
6. “ We’ve moved to our new flat. We don’t like it nearly as much as our last one”, said my aunt.
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7. “ You should eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said to her. ______________________
8. “ Don’t shout”, I said to the children. ______________________
9. “ Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us. ______________________
10. “ I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window”, he said.
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11. Ann says “ I’m tired”. ______________________________
12. “ New York is bigger than London”, Tom says. ______________________
13. “ You’d better slow down. There’s a speed limit here”, she said to me. ________________
14. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. ________________
15. “ Don’t forget to send your parents my regards” , she said to me. ______________________
16. “ Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”, he asked me. ______________________
17. “ Have you read the book by Y Ban?”, she asked him. ______________________
18. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. ________________
19. “ How long does it take to get to London?”, the traveller asked. ______________________
20. “ I’d buy the big tin if I were you”, said the grocer. ______________________
Exercise 2. Choose the suitable given word to rewrite the sentence into indirect speech.
Persuade Order Recommend Ask Advise
Tell Encourage Invite Beg Remind
1. “ Could you possibly do me a favour?”, she asked Tom.
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2. “ Hand in your essay next week!”, the teacher told the class.
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3. “ Don’t forget to post the letter”, my wife said to me.
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4. “ Come and have dinner with us”, John said to Linda.
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5. “ You must pay a fine of one hundred pounds”, the judge said to Edward Fox.
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6. “ Wash it in luckwarm water”, recommended the assistant.
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7. “ Buy the red dress, not the green one”, Betty said to Jane. “ It’s much nicer.”
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8. “ You really should paint professionally”, said Jim to Henry, “ You’re really good at it”.
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9. “ Please, please don’t tell my father”, the child said to me.
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10. “ I think you should sell your shares”, his accountant said to Bill.
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Exercise 3. Match from 1 to 10 suitably to indirect speech sentences a to k.
1. “ Would you like to come on holidaywith me?” a. She advised me to take a holiday.
2. “ Don’t worry, of course you can take a holiday” b. She expected me to take a holiday.
3. “ Don’t forget to take a holiday, will you!” c. She insisted that I take a holiday.
4. “ You should take a holiday” d. She invited me to take a holiday.
5. “ Are you going to take a holiday?” e. She agreed that I could take a holiday.
6. “ It’s all right by me if you take a holiday” g. She reminded me to take a holiday.
7. “ Actually, I’d rather you took a holiday” h. She proposed that I should take a holiday
8. “ I thought you were going to take a holiday” i. She asked whether I would take a holiday
9. “ Taking a holiday would be a good idea” j. She reassured me that I could take a holiday
10. “ You really must take a holiday” k. She preferred that I take a holiday.
Exercise 4. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones.
1. “ Let’s light a fire and cook our sausages over it”, said the children.
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2. “ Remember to book a table”, said Ann. _________________________________
3. “ You must leave a note for your mother”, said Peter, “ otherwise she’ll be terribly worried when
you’re not in at your usual time”. _________________________________
4. “ Hold the ladder”, he said, “ It’s rather unsteady”. _________________________________
5. “ You’d better not leave your money lying about”, said one of the students.
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6. “ Why don’t you open a bank account?”, said Tom. _________________________________
7. “ Don’t take more than two of these at once”, said the doctor, handing me a bottle of pills.
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8. “ I can’t sell the paper at that price”, he said. _________________________________
9. “ You’re being exploited”, said the other au pair girls, “ You ought to leave your job”.
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10. “ Fasten your seatbelts, there may be a little turbulance”, said the air hostess.
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11. “ Don’t drive through fog with only a fog light on”, he said, “ or oncoming drivers may take you for
a motorcycle”. ______________________________
12. “ Please drink any more. Don’t forget that we have to drive home”, said his wife.
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13. “ Why don’t you go to a dentist, Tom, before your toothache gets any worse”, I said.
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14. “ Could I see your driving licence?” , said the policeman. ___________________________
15. “ Could have some more puddings, please”, said the boy. ___________________________
Exercise 5. Change these indirect speech sentences into direct ones.
1. He told me to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall.
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2. She told me not to take up too much of her time.
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3. He ordered me not to change my mind.
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4. He asked me to excuse his not letting me know about it.

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5. He said if I had know her address he would have written to her.
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6. She said if he had been there she would have asked him about it.
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7. He said he wished his wife had not been so stubborn.
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8. She asked me if I would see her off the next day.
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9. He asked me if I had gone to the stadium to watch the game the day before.
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10. He asked me if I was a football fan.
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11. She asked me if she might offer me a cup of tea.
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12. He asked me why I hadn’t given him a phone call the day before.
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13. She told him not to let the failure of the experiment to upset him too much.
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14. She suggested going out for a walk.
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15. She advised me to take part in the competition.
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Exercise 6. Change the passage into a conversation between Ann and Mary.
Ann suggested having a party on the following Sunday. Mary agreed and asked who they should invite.
Ann was against making a list and suggested they should invite everybody.Mary said she didn’t want to do
so much cooking and advised Ann to make it a wine and cheese party.