“ Don’t forget to send your parents my regards” , she said to me.. “ Don’t forget to post the letter”, my wife said to me.. “ Buy the red dress, not the green one”, Betty said to Jane..
Trang 1Indirect 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 _
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
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”
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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
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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 _
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Jack warned _
10 “ You are not permitted to smoke in your room, Dick”, said his mother
Dick’s mother