371 repoted speech emotions attitudes intentions

Direct Speech Reported Speech Requests “Will you open the door?” “Can you open the door?” She asked him to open the door Invitations “Would you like to visit us?’ “What about visiting us?” “Let’s go out tonight.’ “That sounds a great idea.” She invited him to visit them She suggested going out that night She accepted the invitation Offers “Shall I make you a coffee?” “Yes please” “No thanks.” She offered to make him a coffee She accepted the offer She refused the offer “What would you if you were me?” “What shall I do?” She asked him to give her advice “You should get up earlier.” “Why don’t you get up earlier?” earlier “If I were you, I’d get up earlier.” She advised him to get up earlier She suggested that he (should) get up “Hello.” “Good morning.” “Bye” “See you.” “How are you?” She greeted him Asking for Advice Giving advice Greetings She said good-bye to him She enquired about his health Apologies “I’m sorry I’ve broken your vase.” ‘It’s OK I never liked it anyway” Short Answers She apologized for breaking his vase He accepted her apology and explained that he had never liked the vase “Yes, I do” “No, I don’t.” She said she did She said she didn’t “Damn” “Blimey.” “Ouch!” “Wow!” “Congratulations.” “Sorry?” She swore She shouted angrily She shouted in pain She shouted excitedly She congratulated him on his success She asked him to repeat what he had said She expressed her sympathy Emotions “I’m really sorry.” Tasks Change the following mini dialogues into reported speech − Hi Joe How are you? − Fine thanks _ _ − Would you like to go dancing tonight, Jane? − Sorry I can’t You know I’m preparing for a hard test _ _ − I’ve just had a row with my girlfriend How could I make it up for her? − Why don’t you take her to that new Italian restaurant? I’m sure she’d be happy to go _ _ − I’m ever so sorry but I’ve forgotten to post your letter − Never mind It wasn’t that important _ _ − Ouch! I’ve hit my hand on the heater − I’m sorry Shall I give you a painkiller? − No thanks But could you carry my bag, please? − Yes, certainly _ _ _ _ − Guess what! I’ve just got an A+ for my history project − Well done! _ _ − Shall I help you with your Maths homework? − Will you? It’s very kind of you What about meeting at my place later this evening? − Well, not tonight because I’m busy Let’s meet at my place tomorrow morning − OK I’ll be there Bye _ _ _ _ _ Reconstruct the original dialogues Joe telephoned Jill and asked her to go with him to a concert She refused the invitation because she was expecting some relatives Joe was disappointed and suggested going out on Friday night Jill accepted the invitation and up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Max apologized for arriving late at Mary’s party He gave her a bunch of red roses and a box of chocolates Mary was delighted with the presents and showed him the way to her house, where she introduced him to her friends _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Stacey visited her old friend Sarah, who was very nervous because she couldn’t find her bank card Stacey offered to help her find it, and suggested that Sarah should contact her bank as soon as possible _ _ _ _ _ _ Bob was very disappointed because he had put on some weight recently He asked Bill to give him some advice on how to lose weight Bill advised him to take up a sport and invited him to join his football team Bob refused to take the advice because he was bad at football Bill didn’t believe it and suggested that Bob should give it a try Bob was not really sure about it, but in the end they agreed to meet on Wednesday afternoon at the football work-out _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _