6. Rewrite the following sentences into Reported Speech.

e.g. Tom said, ‘This film was very interesting.’

Tom said that film had been very interesting.

1. ‘I’m starting a new job next week’, he told them.

2. ‘I can’t afford to buy this car’, said Jane.

3. ‘I may be a little late this evening’, she said.

4. ‘If I finish this work easily, I’ll call you’, she said.

5. ‘I have been training hard recently’, he told the reporters.

6. ‘We must go home now’, said the man to his children.

7. Mr Brown says, ‘My son is going to work abroad.’

8. ‘Coal is found under ground’, he said.

9. Dad says, ‘It’s time for bed.’

10. ‘We might go to the cinema tonight’, they said.

11. Mum always says, ‘You should wear warmer clothes.’

7. Write these sentences as Reported questions:

e.g. ‘What is your name?’ he asked me.

He asked me what my name was.

1. ‘Where are your parents?’ Uncle Bill asked us.

2. ‘Will you help me to carry this box, please?’ Dad asked.

3. ‘What time will you be home?’ Mum asked me.

4. ‘Can you play the guitar?’ he asked me.

5. ‘What do you find difficult in your job?’ my friend asked me.

6. ‘Are you happy with your life?’ I was often asked.

7. ‘What do I have to do for homework?’ the student asked the teacher.

8. ‘Do you like rock music?’ he asked us.

9. ‘What did you make for dinner yesterday?’ Bob asked me.

10. ‘Who has brought this parcel?’ my mother said to me.

11. ‘Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?’ he said to her.

12. ‘When did you leave London?’ Ann said to Mike.

13. ‘When will you be back home?’ she said to Boris.

14. ‘How can I get to railway station?’ Bill said to them.

15. ‘What time will you come here tomorrow?’ Mary asked Tom.

16. ‘Why didn’t you come here yesterday?’ she asked me.

17. ‘What will you do tomorrow if you are not busy at your office?’ she asked me.

18. ‘Where are you going?’ I said to Nick.

19. ‘How long will it take you to get there?’ I said to him.

20. ‘What kind of book has your friend brought you?’ I said to Becky.

8. Use the Reported Speech.

1. ‘Give me a cup of tea, please’, said my mother to me.

2. ‘Don’t phone me so late’, said my sister to me.

3. She asked me: ‘Please, give me his address’.

4. ‘Open your books at page 57’, said our teacher to us.

5. ‘Leave your keys on the table, please’, mother told him.

6. ‘Please help me to translate this text’, David said to me.

7. Mr. Jones said: ‘Don’t stop!’

8. ‘Don’t go near the dog’, he told his son.

9. ‘Stay back!’ ordered the police.

10. My friend said to me: ‘Lend me some money, please’.

9. Change the following sentences into Direct Speech.

e.g. She said she had already found her book.

She said: ‘I have already found my book.’

1. My father told me that he was busy.

2. They said they didn’t understand why he had been late.

3. He said that it would be difficult to go back.

4. John said he was sorry he hadn’t phoned me before.

5. The woman said she was taking her four-year-old niece to see Bambi.

6. Alison told me she was having dinner.

7. Barry told the doctor he felt ill as he had an enormous meal.

8. His father told him to put the papers on the table.

9. She said she would bring me a glass of milk every night.

10. The man said that there was no room for us.

11. My sister told me that if she got that book she would give it to me to read.

12. He said that he had studied English before he entered the university.

13. David said he had broken his bicycle.

14. He told me that his son would arrive the following day.

15. He told me he had fallen ill.

16. He said that while crossing the English Channel they had stayed on deck all the time.

17. The old man told the doctor that he had the pain in his right side.

18. I told my sister that she might catch cold.

19. He said that he would not come to school until Monday.

20. The man said that he had spent a month at a health resort.