Indirect Speech (1) Exercise 1. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones. 1. “ Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun!”. She said . She complained that _______________ 2. “ I am going away tomorrow, mother!”, he said. He told his mother that _____________ 3. “ Listen carefully !”, he said to us. He told _________________________ 4. “ It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, Lan remarked. Lan remarked that ________________ 5. “ Don’t wait for me if I’m late”, his wife told him. His wife told him _________________ 6. “ We’ve moved to our new flat. We don’t like it nearly as much as our last one”, said my aunt. My aunt said that ____________________________________________ 7. “ You should eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said to her. The doctor advised ________________ 8. “ Don’t shout”, I said to the children. I told ___________________________ 9. “ Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us. She told _________________________ 10. Ann says “ I’m tired”. Ann says ________________________ 11. “ New York is bigger than London”, Tom says. Tom says ________________________ 12. “ You’d better slow down. There’s a speed limit here”, she said to me. She advised ______________________ 13. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. The coach said to them _____________ 14. “ Don’t forget to send your parents my regards” , she said to me. She reminded ____________________ 15. “ Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”, he asked me. He asked me _____________________ 16. “ Have you read the book by Y Ban?”, she asked him. She asked him ____________________ 17. “ How long does it take to get to London?”, the traveller asked. The traveller wanted to know ________ 18. “ I’d buy the big tin if I were you”, said the grocer. The grocer advised ________________ Exercise 2. Choose the suitable given word to rewrite the sentence into indirect speech. Persuade Order Recommend Ask Advise Tell Encourage Invite Beg Remind 1. “ Could you possibly do me a favour?”, she asked Tom. She ___________________________________ 2. “ Hand in your essay next week!”, the teacher told the class. The teacher ____________________________ 3. “ Don’t forget to post the letter”, my wife said to me. My wife _______________________________ 4. “ Come and have dinner with us”, John said to Linda. John __________________________________ 5. “ You must pay a fine of one hundred pounds”, the judge said to Edward Fox. The judge ___________________ 6. “ Wash it in luckwarm water”, recommended the assistant. The assistant ___________________________ 7. “ Buy the red dress, not the green one”, Betty said to Jane. “ It’s much nicer.” Betty _______________________ 8. “ You really should paint professionally”, said Jim to Henry, “ You’re really good at it”. Jim ________________________________________________ 9. “ Please, please don’t tell my father”, the child said to me. The child ______________________________ 10. “ I think you should sell your shares”, his accountant said to Bill. His accountant ________________________ Exercise 3. Match from 1 to 10 suitably to indirect speech sentences a to k. 1. “ Would you like to come on holidaywith me?” a. She advised me to take a holiday. 2. “ Don’t worry, of course you can take a holiday” b. She expected me to take a holiday. 3. “ Don’t forget to take a holiday, will you!” c. She insisted that I take a holiday. 4. “ You should take a holiday” d. She invited me to take a holiday. 5. “ Are you going to take a holiday?” e. She agreed that I could take a holiday. 6. “ It’s all right by me if you take a holiday” g. She reminded me to take a holiday. 7. “ Actually, I’d rather you took a holiday” h. She proposed that I should take a holiday 8. “ I thought you were going to take a holiday” i. She asked whether I would take a holiday 9. “ Taking a holiday would be a good idea” j. She reassured me that I could take a holiday 10. “ You really must take a holiday” k. She preferred that I take a holiday. Exercise 4. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones. 1. “ Let’s light a fire and cook our sausages over it”, said the children. The children ________________________________________________________________ 2. “ Remember to book a table”, said Ann. Ann _______________________________________________________________________ 3. “ You must leave a note for your mother”, said Peter, “otherwise she’ll be terribly worried when you’re not in at your usual time”. Peter ______________________________________________________________________ 4. “ Hold the ladder”, he said, “ It’s rather unsteady”. He _______________________________________________________________________ 5. “ You’d better not leave your money lying about”, said one of the students. One of the students __________________________________________________________ 6. “ Why don’t you open a bank account?”, said Tom. Tom ______________________________________________________________________ 7. “ Don’t take more than two of these at once”, said the doctor, handing me a bottle of pills. The doctor __________________________________________________________________ 8. “ I can’t sell the paper at that price”, he said. He ________________________________________________________________________ 9. “ You’re being exploited”, said the other au pair girls, “ You ought to leave your job”. The other au pair girls _________________________________________________________ 10. “ Fasten your seatbelts, there may be a little turbulance”, said the air hostess. The air hostess _______________________________________________________________ 11. “ Don’t drive through fog with only a fog light on”, he said, “ or oncoming drivers may take you for a motorcycle”. He _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. “ Please drink any more. Don’t forget that we have to drive home”, said his wife. His wife _____________________________________________________________________ 13. “ Why don’t you go to a dentist, Tom, before your toothache gets any worse”, I said. I ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. “ Could I see your driving licence?” , said the policeman. The policeman ________________________________________________________________ 15. “ Could have some more puddings, please”, said the boy. The boy _____________________________________________________________________ Exercise 5. Change these indirect speech sentences into direct ones. 1. He told me to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall. __________________________________________ 2. She told me not to take up too much of her time. __________________________________________ 3. He ordered me not to change my mind. __________________________________________ 4. He asked me to excuse his not letting me know about it. __________________________________________ 5. He said if I had know her address he would have written to her. __________________________________________ 6. She said if he had been there she would have asked him about it. __________________________________________ 7. He said he wished his wife had not been so stubborn. __________________________________________ 8. She asked me if I would see her off the next day. __________________________________________ 9. He asked me if I had gone to the stadium to watch the game the day before. __________________________________________ 10. He asked me if I was a football fan. __________________________________________ 11. She asked me if she might offer me a cup of tea. __________________________________________ 12. He asked me why I hadn’t given him a phone call the day before. __________________________________________ 13. She told him not to let the failure of the experiment to upset him too much. __________________________________________ 14. She suggested going out for a walk. __________________________________________ 15. She advised me to take part in the competition. __________________________________________ Exercise 6. Change the passage into a conversation between Ann and Mary. Ann suggested having a party on the following Sunday. Mary agreed and asked who they should invite. Ann was against making a list and suggested they should invite everybody.Mary said she didn’t want to do so much cooking and advised Ann to make it a wine and cheese party. Ann: - “ ” Mary: - “ ” Ann: - “ ” Mary: “ ” Exercise 7. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meanings. 1. “ I wouldn’t cook the fish for too long, Bill if I were you”, said Jean. Jean _________________________________________________________ 2. “ Helen, would you like to come to lunch on Sunday?, said Mary. Mary ________________________________________________________ 3. “ Well, in the end I think I’ll take the brown pair”, said the customer. The customer finally decided _____________________________________ 4. “ Me? No, I didn’t take Sue’s calculation”, said Bob. Bob _________________________________________________________ 5. “ Don’t forget to buy some milk, Andy”, said Clare. Clare ________________________________________________________ 6. “ Look, I can’t help you now, I’m so busy”, said David. David _______________________________________________________ 7. “ Why don’t you go to see the “ Sound and the Music” again, Brian?”, I said. I ___________________________________________________________ 8. “ No, I really want to know the whole truth”, Ann said. Ann insisted _________________________________________________ 9. “ Make sure you don’t take the A 20 in the rush hour, Tim”, said Jack. Jack warned _________________________________________________ 10. “ You are not permitted to smoke in your room, Dick”, said his mother. Dick’s mother ________________________________________________ . Indirect Speech (1) Exercise 1. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones. 1. “ Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets. advised ________________ Exercise 2. Choose the suitable given word to rewrite the sentence into indirect speech. Persuade Order Recommend Ask Advise Tell Encourage Invite Beg Remind 1. “ Could. to Bill. His accountant ________________________ Exercise 3. Match from 1 to 10 suitably to indirect speech sentences a to k. 1. “ Would you like to come on holidaywith me?” a. She advised me