EXERCISES Put the following sentences into indirect speech He said to her, “You are my friend.” Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to this exercise.” “Don’t come back before one o’clock”, advised my brother “Cook it in butter”, Mrs Brown said to her daughter The pupils said to their teacher, “Please give us better marks.” “Pull as hard as you can”, she said to me “Who put salt in my coffee?”, he asked My friend said, “Are you going to leave tomorrow?” “Have you done your homework?”, said my mother 10 I asked Bill, “What time did you go to bed last night?” 11 Paul said “I must go home now.” 12 “There’s been an accident and the road is blocked”, said the policeman 13 “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children 14 Mary said, “My father died a year ago.” 15 “Must you go now?”, said Mr Brown 16 “Whose bicycle did you borrow yesterday?”, his mother asked him 17 “It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, said the teacher 18 “Be modest if you are a good pupil”, said my father 19 “Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us 20 Tom said, “New York is bigger than London.” 21 “Please help US,” they said to us 22 “Don’t forget to send your parents my regards”, she said to me 23 The traveller asked, “How long does it take to get to London?” 24 John said, “I have finished studying my lesson.” 25 Mary said, “I can not go to the movies with you, John.” 26 He asked me, “Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?” 27 “Did you phone me yesterday?” Tom asked Mary 28 “Do you like it?” - “Yes” 29 “I didn’t know them Did you, Tom?” she asked 30 “Avoid the Marble Arch” said the policeman “There’s going to be a big demonstration here.” 31 “Don’t take more than two of these at once”, said the doctor, handing me a bottle of pills 32 They said to me, “Let’s go to the zoo.” 33 “I shouldn’t that if I were you Isn’t it very dangerous?” He said 34 “When we’ve finished this game we’ll have supper.” They said to me 35 “Have you got any shampoo, Alice I must wash my hair.” Johny asked 36 He said to me “Listen! Can you hear someone coming?” 37 “Do as I tell you or you’ll be punished I’ll teach you who is master in this house”, he said 38 “When you have cleaned the sitting room, will you please light the fire there? It’s rather chilly today”, my mother said to me 39 “I shall expect to see you next Wednesday.” Mary said to her friend 40 The teacher asked “Which book are you taking, John?” 41 I asked the policeman “Do you know how far it is to the station?” 42 “What a dirty face you have!” Ann said to her son 43 “Don’t you know how to behave? There must be no talking in lessons” The teacher told his pupils 44 “I wonder who is coming on the excursion tomorrow I hope it won’t rain.” She said 45 “Do as you are told You are a naughty boy.” Mrs Brown said 46 “It’s a very nice evening Why don’t we go for a walk?” Jim suggested 47 “You must decide what you want to do”, she said to her daughter 48 Mary asked me “Can you tell me why you are so sad?” 49 Jane said to John “Who will come to the movies with me?” 50 “Will you please find out when he last wrote to me?” Jane said to her friend ĐÁP ÁN He said to her she was his friend Johnny said to his mother he didn’t know how to that exercise My brother advised me not to come back before one o’clock Mrs Brown told her daughter to cook it in butter The pupils asked their teacher to give them better marks She told me to pull as hard as I could He asked who had put salt in his coffee My friend asked me if I was going to leave the day after My mother asked me if I had done my homework 10 I asked Bill what time he had gone to bed the night before 11 Paul said that he had to go home then 12 The policeman said that there had been an accident and the road was blocked 13 The children said that they were waiting for the school bus 14 Mary said that her father had died a year before 15 Mr Brown asked me if I had to go then 16 His mother asked him whose bicycle he had borrowed the day before 17 The teacher said that it wasn’t so foggy that day as it had been the day before 18 My father told me to be modest if I was a good pupil 19 She told us to shut the door but not to lock it 20 Tom said that New York is/was bigger than London 21 They begged us to help them 22 She told me not to forget to send my parents her regards./ She reminded me to send my parents her regards 23 The traveller asked me how long it took to get to London 24 John said that he had finished studying his lesson 25 Mary said to John she couldn’t go to the movies with him 26 He asked me why I hadn’t come to class the day before 27 Tom asked Mary if she had phoned him the day before 28 He asked me if I liked it and I said that I did 29 She said to Tom she hadn’t known them and asked him if he had known them 30 The policeman told everybody to avoid the Marble Arch because there was going to be a big demonstration there 31 Handing me a bottle of pills, the doctor told me not to take more than two of those at once 32 They asked me to go to the zoo./ They suggested going to the zoo 33 He said that he shouldn’t that if he were me because it was very dangerous 34 They told me when they had finished that game they would have supper 35 Johny said that she had to wash her hair and asked Alice if she had got any shampoo 36 He told me to listen and asked me if I heard someone coming 37 He asked me to as he told me or I would be punished and said that he would teach me who was master in that house 38 My mother said that it was rather chilly that day and asked me to light the fire there when I had cleaned the sitting room 39 Mary said to her friend she would expect to see him the following Wednesday 40 The teacher asked John which book he was taking 41 I asked the policeman if he knew how far it was to the station 42 Ann exclaimed what a dirty face her son had 43 The teacher asked his pupils whether they knew how to behave and remarked that there must be no talking in lessons 44 She wondered who was coming on the excursion the next day and hoped it wouldn’t rain 45 Mrs Brown told him to as he was told and complained that he was a naughty boy 46 Jim said that it was a very nice evening and suggested having a walk 47 She asked/ urged her daughter to decide what she wanted to 48 Mary asked me if I could tell her why I was so sad./ Mary asked me to tell her why 49 Jane asked John who would come to the movies with her 50 Jane asked her friend to find out when he last wrote to her ... we go for a walk?” Jim suggested 47 “You must decide what you want to do”, she said to her daughter 48 Mary asked me “Can you tell me why you are so sad?” 49 Jane said to John “Who will come to... before 11 Paul said that he had to go home then 12 The policeman said that there had been an accident and the road was blocked 13 The children said that they were waiting for the school bus 14 Mary... 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