REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

Statements

A. Put the following into indirect speech

1. "I have something to show you," I said to her.

2. "I'm going away tomorrow, mother," she said.

3. "I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't time

to visit the tower," said Robert.

4. "It isn't so foggy as it was yesterday," I remarked

5. " I have a German lesson this afternoon and I have done my home

work yet," said the small boy.

6. "I'll come with you as soon as I am ready," she replied.

7. "From the windows of my flat I can see the Eifel tower,"said my friend.

8. "We have a lift but very often it doesn't work," they said.

9. "If you give me some wire, I'll mend the fuse for you," said my brother.

10."I know exactly what they said," the detective explained.

11. He said," I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing."

12. "We like working on Sundays because we get double pay," explained

the builders.

13. "I couldn't get into the house because I had lost my key, so

I had to break a window, " he said.

Yes/No questions

B. Put the following into indirect speech

1. "Are you going to let me in  or aren't you?" said the young man.

2. "Did you go to France for your holidays after all or you did stay at

home?" he asked her

3. "Will you be here for the next ten minutes?" She said. "Yes," she

answered.

4. "Could I lose five kilos in one week?" The fat woman asked. "No," said"

the doctor.

5. "Shall I ask her to wait?" said the secretary.

6. "Aren't you tired of living in an ice box?" said the television advertiser.

"why don't you install our central heating?"

7. "Can you read the last line on the chart?" the oculist asked her.

8. "Did you understand what I said to them?" he inquired.

9. "Do you see what I see, Mary?" said the young man.

10." Are you leaving today or tomorrow morning?" said his secretary

11. "Could I speak to Mrs. Pitt?" said the caller.

12. "Are you sorry for what you did?" mother asked the little boy.

13. "Are you going to see him off at the station?" I asked her

14. "Will yo go on strike when the others do?" the shop steward

asked him

15. "Do you think suicide is a crime?" the student was asked.

COMMANDS / REQUESTS

C. Put the following into indirect speech

1. He said, " get out of my way."

2. "Climb in through the window," he ordered.

3. " Please pay at the desk," said the assistant.

4. "Open the bag,please," said the store detective.

5. "Don't use bent coins in a slot machine," said her solicitor.

6. "Wash in the lukewarm water," recommended the assistant.

7. "Read the notice about life saving equipment," advised the air hostess.

8. "Take me to the third floor," he said to the liftman.

9. "Follow that car," the detective said to the taxi driver.

10. "Don't argue with your father," I said.

11. "Each the house," said the police sergeant.

12. "Put your pistol on the the table," said the crook.

13. "Wait for me at the bridge," said the young man.

14. "Don't say anything to make her angry,"said my father.

15. "Don't go near the water, children," she said.

16. "Don't forget to feed the goldfish," said her daughter

17. "Write to me as soon as you can," mother said

18. "Get your dog bigger basket," he said.

Wh - QUESTIONS

D. Put the following into indirect speech

1. "Why are you looking through the key hole, Tony?" I asked.

2. "Who put salt in my coffee, yanti?" he asked.

3. "How can I run in this tight skirt?" she inquired

4. "He said,"Where am I supposed to go now?"

5. "Whose car did you borrow last night?" I asked.

6. "Where were you last night,Mr. Heru?"He asked.

7. "What was she wearing when you saw her?," The policeman asked me.

8. "Who left  the banana skin on the front doorstep, Yanti?,"Mother

asked.

Notes:

Present tense  is changed into past tense

Past tense is changed into past perfect tense

Present perfect tense is changed into past perfect tense

Future tense is changed into past future tense .

Present progressive tense is changed into past progressive tense

yesterday is changed into the day before.

tomorrow is changed into the next day / the following day

next week is changed into the following week.

next Sunday is changed into the following Sunday.

two days ago is changed into two days before

this day is changed into that day

now is changed into then

Words that you don't need to change when you make indirect speech:

could, should, would, might