REPORTED OR INDIRECT SPEECH Change these orders into indirect speech.

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1 REPORTED OR INDIRECT SPEECH Change these orders into indirect speech. 1. Hurry up! he told us. 2. Turn on the light! she said to John. 3. Don't be late tomorrow morning, my mother warned me. 4. Be careful! I told George. 5. Be careful when you come to the bend! I told Nick. 6. Pick that bag up and put it on the table, my father said to me. 7. Buy some bananas for me, my mother said to Michael. 8. Buy some apples for me when you go to the market tomorrow, my sister told Mary. 9. Go and see Tim, my brother told me. 10. Go and see Sid and ask him to lend me his bicycle, my sister said to me. 11. Switch on the fan, my brother old me. Bring me a glass of water. 12. Don't fall asleep, my mother told me. Go and help your father. 13. Don't waste your money, my father told me. Save some each month. 14. Ask Sid how much he wants for his bicycle, my sister said to me. 15. Take this man to the office, Mr. Black said to me. 16. Write to Uncle Peter and thank him for the present, my mother told Mary. 17. Behave yourself properly! he told me. 18. Make sure that you do not hurt yourselves, my mother said to me. 19. Try to do it by yourself, my brother said to me. 20. My father told Jim, Be careful not to cut yourself. 21. Enjoy yourself at the party, my mother advised my sister. 22. Lend me your book a moment, please, Tom asked me. 23. When you see Bob, tell him that Joe is looking for him, my brother said to me. 24. Don't forget to collect my watch from the shop, my sister told me. 25. Let the birds go, my sister said. Don't put them in a cage. Put the following statements into indirect or reported speech. 1. He said, I'm just going to the market. I shan't be long. 2. I can't find the shop you told me about, my sister said to me. 3. I don't like the pattern on that dress very much, she said to me. 4. You are late again, my brother told me. 5. You were late yesterday, John said to me. 6. You will be late if you don't hurry up, my mother said to me. 7. George has forgotten his books, I told my sister. 8. George forgot his bag yesterday, I told my brother. 9. George will forget his bag again unless you remind him, I said to my sister. 10. He said, It's raining. 11. She said, It was raining. 12. She said, It will rain soon, I think. 13. I said, The rain will have stopped by seven o'clock. 14. I'll come if I can, she promised us. 15. He told me, I'll buy a new watch for you when I go to Bangkok next week. 16. Tom told the visitor, My mother is not at home. She has gone to visit her sister.

2 17. I would love to come with you, Janet said to Paul, but I'm afraid I can't. My uncle is coming in a few minutes. 18. Will you stop practicing your violin? The screeching noise gives me a headache, my father told me one evening. 19. Mickey told his friend, I came with my family to meet a friend from London. 20. Mrs. White said, There were no pineapples at the market today so I bought some oranges instead. Change the following sentences into indirect speech. 1. The teacher told him, Go and see your form master. He will tell what to do. 2. All the tickets for today's show have been sold. We will go another day, Jane said to her sister. 3. Grace said to me, I know where Ray is. He's down by the river, fishing. 4. Mike said to me, I can post the letters for you. I'm going to the Post Office tomorrow. 5. Let's go to Hong Kong, Lucy suggested to her brothers. There's a water carnival on this week-end. 6. The old man advised the boys, Don't go swimming in the river. There are crocodiles in it. 7. The teacher said, There will be a test next Monday. Anybody who doesn't get at least half marks will be in trouble. 8. Mr. Williams told his wife, I'll probably be late tonight. The meeting will take quite a long time. Don't wait up for me. 9. You have put on a lot of weight since I last saw you, Sue told her brother. 10. Don't go away until the clerk has given you a receipt, my father said to me. 11. I shall be starting my sewing lessons next month, Mary told her mother. 12. The trip has been postponed to the end of the month, I told Jim. 13. She said, My bicycle has been stolen. 14. I said, It was taken during the night. 15. My father reminded us, Your cousins will arrive early tomorrow morning. They are driving down from Liverpool. 16. I said, I haven't lost anything. 17. We were told, You are too young to register for National Service. 18. Neil was told, You are not tall enough to get in the Police. 19. Peter said to me, My family will be moving to San Diego next month. 20. He said to us, I'll wait for you at the bus station. Don't be late. Put the following direct statements into indirect speech. Do not change the tense of the verbs in the direct speech. 1. He said, My brother is working in the Post Office now. 2. It is raining hard now, my sister has just told me. 3. I'll tell him, I don't want to buy your bicycle. 4. I work hard every day of the year, he always tells us. 5. He never says, I'm sorry when he makes a mistake. 6. She will probably reply, I'm very sorry but I'm too busy to go to the wedding. 7. He has often said to us, I'm tired of living in this noisy city. 8. My father has just warned me, There are a couple of cobras somewhere in the hedge. 9. Whenever you ask him for any money he says, I haven't got any. 10. The train arrives at one o'clock, Nick has just told us. Change these speeches into Reported or Indirect Speech, using a verb in the Past Perfect tense. 1. He said, The washing-line has broken. 2. My brother said, The birds have started to eat the bananas. 3. I did not write the letter, she told us. 4. I told him, Nobody came to help me. 5. I asked him, What went wrong? 6. Peter asked Mary, Have you finished yet? 7. Have you read the paper yet? my brother asked me.

3 8. Dave asked his sister, Who left the cupboard open? 9. Who brought the parcel? my father asked. 10. I told them, The game hasn't started yet because some of the players haven't arrived. 11. The stranger asked, Has the train from Birmingham arrived yet? 12. The policeman told the inspector, I arrested two men who tried to steal something from a car. 13. The man in the bookshop told me, I've ordered your book but it hasn't come yet. 14. I told Mr. Lee, Ryan cut his chin playing hockey. I've taken him to hospital. 15. My father said, Two men have escaped from prison. They have stolen a car and gone to Georgetown. 16. He asked me, How did you find my address? 17. She asked us, When did you last see John? 18. He asked me, How much did you pay for the bicycle? 19. Did you ever live in Washington? Peter asked me. 20. Have you brought some for me? I asked my mother. Use the passive form of the Past Perfect tense when you change these speeches into Reported Speech. 1. He said, I have been invited to her wedding. 2. I told them, The new hotel has been opened. 3. He said, My car was stolen last night. (Change 'last night' to 'the night before') 4. She said, The food was not cooked properly. 5. I wasn't told about the fire, he complained. 6. The duty master said, The money has not been claimed yet. 7. Nobody was injured in the accident, my brother said. 8. That door wasn't locked last night, my mother said. 9. The stewardess on the aeroplane said to me, Your safety-belt has not been fastened properly. 10. My brother said, The parcel was sent two days ago. REPORTED OR INDIRECT SPEECH 1. He told us to hurry up. 2. She told John to turn on the light. 3. My mother warned me not to be late tomorrow morning. 4. I told George to be careful. 5. I told Nick to be careful when he came to the bend. 6. My father told to me to pick that bag up and put it on the table. 7. My mother told Michael to buy some bananas for her. 8. My sister told Mary to buy some apples for her when she went to the market the next day. 9. My brother told me to go and see Tim. 10. My sister told me to go and see Sid and ask him to lend her his bicycle. 11. My brother old me to switch on the fan. He told/asked me to bring him a glass of water. 12. My mother told me not to fall asleep. She told/asked me to go and help my father. 13. My father told me not to waste my money. He told/asked me to save some each month. 14. My sister told me to ask Sid how much he wanted for his bicycle. 15. Mr. Black told me to take that man to the office. 16. My mother told Mary to write to Uncle Peter and thank him for the present. 17. He told me to behave myself properly. 18. My mother told me to make sure that I do not hurt myself.

4 19. My brother told me to try to do it by myself. 20. My father told Jim to be careful not to cut himself. 21. My mother advised my sister to enjoy herself at the party. 22. Tom asked me to please lend him my book a moment. 23. My brother told me to tell Bob when I see him that Joe is looking for him. 24. My sister told/asked me not to forget to collect her watch from the shop. 25. My sister told me to let the birds go. She told/asked me not to put them in a cage. 1. He said that he was just going to the market. He said he wouldn't be long. 2. My sister told me that she couldn't find the shop I told her about. 3. She told me that she didn't like the pattern on that dress very much. 4. My brother told me that I was late again. 5. John told me that I was late the day before. 6. My mother told me that I would be late if I didn't hurry up. 7. I told my sister that George had forgotten his books. 8. I told my brother that George forgot his bag the day before. 9. I said to my sister that George would forget his bag again unless she reminded him. 10. He said that it's raining. 11. She said that it was raining. 12. She said that she thought it would rain soon. 13. I said that the rain would have stopped by seven o'clock. 14. She promised us that she would come if she could. 15. He told me that he would buy a new watch for me when he went to Bangkok the next week. 16. Tom told the visitor that his mother was not at home. He told the visitor that she had gone to visit her sister. 17. Janet said to Paul that she would love to come with him but she was afraid she couldn't. She said her uncle was coming in a few minutes. 18. My father asked me one evening whether I would stop practicing my violin. He said that the screeching noise gave him a headache. 19. Mickey told his friend that he came with his family to meet a friend from London. 20. Mrs. White said that there were no pineapples at the market that day so she bought some oranges instead. 1. The teacher told him to go and see his form master. The teacher said that the form teacher would tell what to do. 2. Jane said to her sister that all the tickets for that day's show had been sold. She told her that they would go another day. 3. Grace said to me that she knew where Ray was. She told me he's down by the river, fishing. 4. Mike said to me that he could post the letters for me. He told me that he was going to the Post Office the next day. 5. Lucy suggested to her brothers that they went to Hong Kong, She told them that there's a water carnival on this week-end. 6. The old man advised the boys not to go swimming in the river. He told them that there were crocodiles in it.

5 7. The teacher said that there would be a test the following Monday. He said that anybody who didn't get at least half marks would be in trouble. 8. Mr. Williams told his wife that he would probably be late that night. He told her that the meeting would take quite a long time and not to wait up for him. 9. Sue told her brother that he had put on a lot of weight since she last saw him. 10. My father told me not to go away until the clerk had given me a receipt. 11. Mary told her mother that she would be starting her sewing lessons the following month. 12. I told Jim that the trip had been postponed to the end of the month She said that her bicycle had been stolen. 14. I said that it was taken during the night. 15. My father reminded us that our cousins would arrive early the next morning. He told us that they were driving down from Liverpool. 16. I said that I hadn't lost anything. 17. We were told that we were too young to register for National Service. 18. Neil was told that he was not tall enough to get in the Police. 19. Peter told me that his family would be moving to San Diego the next month. 20. He said to us that he would wait for us at the bus station. He asked us not to be late. 1. He said that his brother is working in the Post Office now. 2. My sister has just told me that it is raining hard now. 3. I'll tell him that I don't want to buy his bicycle. 4. He always tells us that he works hard every day of the year. 5. He never says he is sorry when he makes a mistake. 6. She will probably reply that she is very sorry but she is too busy to go to the wedding. 7. He has often said to us he is tired of living in this noisy city. 8. My father has just warned me that there are a couple of cobras somewhere in the hedge. 9. Whenever you ask him for any money he says that he hasn't got any. 10. Nick has just told us that the train arrives at one o'clock. 1. He said that the washing-line had broken. 2. My brother said that the birds had started to eat the bananas. 3. She told us that she had not written the letter, 4. I told him that nobody had come to help me. 5. I asked him what had gone wrong. 6. Peter asked Mary whether she had finished yet. 7. My brother asked me whether I had read the paper yet. 8. Dave asked his sister who had left the cupboard open. 9. My father asked who had brought the parcel. 10. I told them that the game hadn't started yet because some of the players hadn't arrived. 11. The stranger asked if the train from Birmingham had arrived yet. 12. The policeman told the inspector that he had arrested two men who tried to steal something from a car. 13. The man in the bookshop told me that he had ordered my book but it hadn't come yet. 14. I told Mr. Lee that Ryan had cut his chin playing hockey. I told him I had taken him to hospital.

6 15. My father said that two men had escaped from prison. He said that they had stolen a car and gone to Georgetown. 16. He asked me how I had found his address. 17. She asked us when we had last seen John. 18. He asked me how much I had paid for the bicycle. 19. Peter asked whether I had ever lived in Washington. 20. I asked my mother if she had brought some for me. 1. He said that he had been invited to her wedding. 2. I told them that the new hotel had been opened. 3. He said that his car had been stolen the night before. 4. She said that the food had not been cooked properly. 5. He complained that he had not been told about the fire. 6. The duty master said that the money had not been claimed yet. 7. My brother said that nobody had been injured in the accident. 8. My mother said that door had not been locked the night before. 9. The stewardess on the aeroplane said to me that my safety-belt had not been fastened properly. 10. My brother said that the parcel had been sent two days previously.