Indirect speech to direct speech

Put the following into direct speech with the appropriate punctuation.
1 She asked if he'd like to go to the concert and I said that I was sure she would.
2 She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and was very badly lit.
3 They said that while they were bathing they saw someone examining their clothes,
4 I asked if she had looked everywhere and she said that she had.
5 He suggested giving her a bottle of wine.
6 He said that the new carpet had arrived and asked where he was to put it.
7 He said that two days previously an enormous load of firewood had been dumped at his
front gate and that since then he hadn't been able to get his car out.
8 They offered me some more wine and I accepted.
9 He said that if I found the front door locked I was to go round to the back.
10 She asked the burglars who they were and who had let them in.
They told her to sit down and keep quiet unless she wanted to get hurt.
11 He asked what the weather had been like during my holiday and I said that it had been
awful.
12 He suggested going down to the harbour and seeing if they could hire a boat.
13 He said that if I didn't like escalators I could go up the emergency staircase. I thanked him
and said that I would do that.
14 He suggested that Tom and I should go ahead and get the tickets.
15 He said that he thought my electric iron was unsafe and advised me to have it seen to.
16 He said that if war broke out he would have to leave the country at once.
17 I asked him if he had enjoyed house-hunting and he said that he hadn't.
18 She said that she was surprised to see that the grandfather clock had stopped and asked
if anyone had been fiddling with it.
19 She said that she had tried to ring up her mother several times on the previous day but
had not succeeded in getting through.
20 I asked her if she'd like to borrow the book but she thanked me and said that she had
already read it and hadn't liked it very much.
21 He wanted to know if I was going to the dance and suggested that we should make up
a party and go together.
22 I told her to stop making a fuss about nothing and said that she was lucky to have got a
seat at all.
23 The clerk in the booking office inquired if I wanted a single or return ticket. I asked if a
return was any cheaper. He said it made no difference.
24 My employer hoped I would not be offended if he told me that, in his opinion, I would
do better in some other kind of job.
25 The AA man told the woman that if her wheels had gone a couple of inches nearer the
edge, the car would have plunged into the ravine.
26 He said I mustn't mind if the first one wasn't any good.
27 He asked the crowd if they thought that he was a liar and the crowd shouted that they
did.
28 I stopped a man in the street and asked him to help me with my car.
The man asked if it would take long, explaining that he was on his way to catch a train.
ANSWERS:
Exercise 167
1 'Would he like to go to the concert?' she asked, I'm sure he would,' I said. 2 'Look where you
are going,' she said to me; 'the road is full of holes and very badly lit.' 3 'While we were
bathing,' they said, 'we saw someone examining our clothes.' 4 'Have you looked
everywhere?' I asked. 'Yes,' she said. 5 'Let's give her/what about giving her a bottle of wine?'
he said. 6 'The new carpet has arrived. Where am I to put/shall I put it?' he asked.
7 'An enormous load of firewood was dumped at my front gate two days ago. Since then I
haven't been able to get my car out,' he said. 8 'Have some more wine?' they said. 'Yes,
please,' I replied. 9 If you find the front door locked, go round the back,' he said to me.
10 'Who are you?' she asked the burglars, 'And who let you in?' 'Sit down and keep quiet,'
they replied, 'unless you want to get hurt.' 11 'What was the weather like during your holiday?'
he asked. It was awful,' I answered. 12 'Let's go down to the harbour and see/What about
going down . . . and seeing if we can hire a boat?' he suggested.
13 If you don't like escalators, you can go up the emergency staircase,' he told me. 'Thank
you, I'll do that,' I said. 14 'What about Tom and you going ahead and getting the tickets?' or
'Suppose you and Tom go ahead and get the tickets?' he said to me. 15 1 think your electric
iron is unsafe. I advise you to have it seen to' or 1 should have it seen to' or
'Why don't you have it seen to?' he said to me. 16 If war breaks/broke out, I shall/should have
to leave the country at once,' he said. 17 'Did you enjoy house hunting?' I asked him. 'No,' he
said. 18 1 am surprised to see that the grandfather clock has stopped. Has anyone been
fiddling with it?' she asked. 19 1 tried to ring up my mother several times yesterday, but I
didn't succeed in getting through,' she said. 20 'Would you like to borrow this book?' I asked
her. 1 have read it already, thank you, and didn't like it very much.' 21 'Are you going to the
dance? Let's make up a party and go together' or 'What about making up a party and going
together?' he said. 22 'Stop making a fuss about nothing! You are lucky to have got a seat at
all,' I told her. 23 'Do you want a single or a return ticket?' asked the clerk in the booking
office, 1s a return any cheaper?' I asked. It makes no difference,' he said. 24 1 hope you won't
be offended,' my employer said, 'if I tell you that in my opinion you would do better in some
other kind of job.' 25 If your wheels had gone a couple of inches nearer the edge, madam,'
said the AA man, 'the car would have plunged into the ravine.' 26 'You mustn't mind if the
first one isn't any good,' he said to me. 27 'Do you think I am a liar?' he asked the crowd.
'Yes!' they shouted. 28 Stopping a man in the street, I asked, 'Would/could you help me with
my car?' 'Would/will it take long?' asked
the man. I'm on my way to catch a train.'