Exercises of reported speech

REPORTED SPEECH
1 .I said to her : " I have something to show you"
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2. " Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun." she said.
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3. He said : " I'm going away tomorrow, mother"
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4. "I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit the tower" Mary said.
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5. " It isn't so foggy today as it was yesterday." I remarked.
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6. " We have moved into our new flat. We don't like it nearly so much as our last one" said my aunt.
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7. " We have a lift but very often it doesn't work" they said.
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8. " From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower" he said.
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9. " I have no idea what the time is but I'll dial 1080 and find out." said his daughter
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10. She replied " I'll come with you as soon as I am ready"
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11. " I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet" said the small boy.
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12. He pointed out " You haven't given me quite enough. The bill is $14 and you have paid me only $13"
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13.He said " I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing and mending, too"
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14. " You've got my umbrella. Yours is in the bedroom" she said to her daughter.
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15. " You can keep this one if you like, Joan" he said" I've got plenty of others"
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16. " I know exactly what they said" he explained" because I bugged their phone"
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17. " I'll sit up till she comes in but I hope she won't be late" he said.
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18. " If you give me some wire, I'll hang this picture for you" he said.
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19." This is a quite good model, madam. I use one of these myself" said the salesman
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20. " Our village has changed a lot for the last ten years" said the farmer.
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21. " I don't know what to do with all my fruits" said Tom
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22. " If you put on the kettle, I'll make the tea" said Jane
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23. " I came back to my hometown last Sunday" said Mr Pritt
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24. He said " I am coming to Hai phong next Sunday"
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25." What re you doing ? " she said to me.
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26. " If I were you , I'd buy this house" Minh said to Lien .
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27. “How many students are there in your class ?”
- The man asked me __________________________________________________________
28. “You should go to the lecture”
- The teacher advised us _______________________________________________________
29. Jack said, “I have studied English for five years, Mary.”
- Jack told_________________________________________________________________
30. She said, “ Have you got a new car, Jack ?”

- She asked__________________________________________________________________
31. He said to her, “ Give my regards to your parents.”
- He told____________________________________________________________________
32. “Don’t talk to that man”, she said.
- She told ___________________________________________________________________
33. The driver said, “Don’t get off the bus while it’s moving!”
→ The driver asked the passengers _______________________________________________
34. “Why don’t you close the door, John ?”, Nam asked.
→ Nam asked _______________________________________________________________
35. He said to his wife,” Are you cooking in the kitchen now?”
- He _______________________________________________________________________
36. He said ,”I didn’t know what to do.”
- He _______________________________________________________________________
37. I said to him,” How did you go to school yesterday?”
- I _________________________________________________________________________
38. He said to the boy,” Put your briefcase on this table.”
- He _______________________________________________________________________
39. The boy said to his friends,” Don’t make too much noise!”
- The boy ___________________________________________________________________
40. “You’d better not lend him any more money, Paul,” said Tom.
- Tom advised Paul ___________________________________________________________
41. He said to me, “I don’t want you to make such a silly mistake again”
→ He told __________________________________________________________________
42. She said, “I didn’t know you.”
→ She said _________________________________________________________________
43. The boy said, “I don’t know what I’ll do”
→ The boy said ______________________________________________________________
44. She asked him, “Have you read this book ?”
→ She asked him ____________________________________________________________
45. He asked, “Why didn’t you come to school yesterday?”

→ He asked _________________________________________________________________
46. The teacher said to me, “You have to learn the lesson by heart.”
→ The teacher told ___________________________________________________________
47. “I like films, books and music” Mike replied.
→ Mike said that _____________________________________________________________
48. Her mother said, “Try to learn your lesson carefully, Lan”.
- Lan’s mother told ___________________________________
49. She said, ‘I spent my holiday in Italy last year.”
- She said ___________________________________________________________________
50. “How long will it take us to get there?” she said.
- She wanted to know ___________________________________________________________