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1 Variant
Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech
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Indirect Orders, Commands, Requests.

“Tom, don’t be so rude”, said his mother.
“Don’t play with the fire”, said the man to the boys.
“Give me your photo, Jane”, said John.
“Please, Denny, invite your cousin to the party”, asked Mary.
“Don’t eat too much ice-cream”, said the doctor to the children.
II Indirect Statements.

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Olga said to her aunt, “I haven’t seen your son today.”
Mary said, “I went to Paris last summer”.
“My brother plays the guitar rather well”, said Nick.
“We will translate the text tomorrow”, said the teacher to the class.
My boss said to me “You can type these documents later”.
III Indirect Questions.

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My sister said to me, “Will you go to the theater with me tomorrow?”
“Why aren’t you playing with your friends, Ann, asked her mother.
“Do you like sweets?” asked my little sister.
“When did you see this film, Peter?” asked Mr. Green.
“What exam have you just passed, Denny? asked the Dean.


2 Variant
Rewrite the sentences in Reported Speech
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Indirect Orders, Commands, Requests.
“Tony, don’t come home too late”, said his mother.
“Give me your telephone number, Jack”, said Jim.
“Please, Dolly, help me in the kitchen”, asked her sister.
“Don’t smoke here”, said the man to the boys.
“Pass me your copybooks, students”, said the teacher.
II. Indirect Statements.

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Mike said, “I saw this man near my house last night.”
“I don’t go to the club very often”, he said.
Mother said to Ann, “If you want, we can go to the Zoo tomorrow”.
“I have forgotten my pen”, said Ben to the teacher.
“Nothing will change my decision”, said the Manager to his boss.
III. Indirect Questions.

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Mother said to me, “Will you buy the tickets tomorrow?”
“Why didn’t you come yesterday, Peter? said Nick.
“Do you like football or boxing more? said my friend to me.
“Where did you spend your last summer holidays, Jane?” asked her Granny.
“How many letters have you written? ” asked the Boss.


Key

1 Variant
I.

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2.
3.
4.
5.

Indirect Orders, Commands, Requests.

Mother asked Tom not to be so rude.
The man told the boys not to play with the fire.
John asked Jane to give him her photo.
Mary asked Denny to invite his cousin to the party.
The doctor told the children not to eat too much ice-cream.
II Indirect Statements.

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4.
5.

Olga told her aunt that she hadn’t seen her son that day.
Mary said that she had gone to Paris the previous summer.
Nick told that his brother played the guitar rather well.
The teacher told the class that they would translate the text the next day.
My boss told me that I could type those documents later.
III Indirect Questions.
1. My sister asked me if I would go to the theater with her the next day.
2. Mother asked Ann why she wasn’t playing with her friends.
3. My little sister asked me if I liked sweets.

4. Mr. Green asked Peter when he had seen that film.
5. The Dean asked Denny what exam he had just passed.

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Variant

I Indirect Orders, Commands, Requests.
1. Mother asked Tony not to come home too late.

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Jim asked Jack to give him his telephone number.
Dolly asked her sister to help her in the kitchen
The man told the boys not to smoke there.
The teacher asked his students to pass him their copybooks.

II Indirect Statements.
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Mike said that he had seen that man near his house the previous night.
He said that he didn’t go to the club very often.
Mother told Ann that if she wanted, they could go to the Zoo the next

day.
Ben told the teacher that he had forgotten his pen.
The Manager told his boss that nothing would change his decision.
IV. Indirect Questions.

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Mother asked me if I would buy the tickets the next day.
Nick asked Peter why he hadn’t come the day before.
My friend asked me if I liked football or boxing more.
Granny asked Jane where she had spent her previous summer holidays.
The Boss asked how many letters I had written.