EXERCISE 1

Change the direct speech into indirect speech.

1. Joan : It is snowing now.

2. Mary : Jill, take the letter to the post office.

3. Gopal : I am not feeling well today.

4. Carol : All the money has gone missing.

5. Jack : We will eat out tonight.

6. Ann : Are we going for a movie.

7. Leena : All good things must come to an end.

8. Ramesh : Police caught the thief last week.

9. Yamaguchi : I flew back to Japan yesterday.

10. Keera : I have completed my assignment already.

Exercise 2:
Change the sentences from indirect speech to direct speech.

1. John said that he loved that town

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2. He asked me whether I liked soccer.
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3. He said that he couldn't drive a lorry.
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4. He asked me to be nice to my brother.

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5. He urged me not to be nasty.
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6. She told the boys not to waste their money.
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7. She asked him what he had decided to do
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8. He said that he always woke up early.
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9. He advised the students to revise their lessons.
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10.He wanted to know where I had been.

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Exercise 3

Error Correction Exercise

This frightening video footage shows a man attack nurses at a hospital in Minnesota on Sunday.
Maplewood Police releasing the CCTV showing 68-year-old Charles Emmett Logan burst into a
nursing station and attack the nurses with a metal bar, leaving four medical workers injured.
The security system video capturing Logan chasing nurses, beating them with the bar, part of
medical equipment.
Police officers who were called on the scene shoots Logan with a Taser after he refuse to drop
the metal bar.
He was tackled and handcuffs, but soon went limp, and is rushed back to the hospital, where he
was pronounced died.
The officials said Logan was admits to the hospital after suffering bouts of confusion and
delusions. The cause of death is under investigated.