The document provides examples of reported speech (indirect speech). It gives the direct quotation and then rewrites it in reported speech. There are over 80 examples that change the direct quotation into the corresponding reported statement, typically identifying the subject and verb rather than using a direct quotation.
The document provides examples of reported speech (indirect speech). It gives the direct quotation and then rewrites it in reported speech. There are over 80 examples that change the direct quotation into the corresponding reported statement, typically identifying the subject and verb rather than using a direct quotation.
The document provides examples of reported speech (indirect speech). It gives the direct quotation and then rewrites it in reported speech. There are over 80 examples that change the direct quotation into the corresponding reported statement, typically identifying the subject and verb rather than using a direct quotation.
→ She asked _____________________________________________________ 2. "How are you?" Martin asked us. → Martin asked us ________________________________________________ 3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?" → He asked _____________________________________________________ 4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter. → The mother asked her daughter ____________________________________ 5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend. → She asked her boyfriend _________________________________________ 6. "What are they doing?" she asked. → She wanted to know _____________________________________________ 7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me. → He wanted to know _____________________________________________ 8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?" → The teacher wanted to know ______________________________________ 9. "How do you know that?" she asked me. → She asked me __________________________________________________ 10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me. → My friend asked ________________________________________________ 11. "What's the time?" he asked. → He wanted to know _____________________________________________ 12. "When will we meet again?" she asked me. → She asked me _________________________________________________ 13. "Are you crazy?" she asked him. → She asked him _________________________________________________ 14. "Where did they live?" he asked. → He wanted to know ____________________________________________ 15. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her. → He asked her _________________________________________________ 16. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me. → She asked me _________________________________________________ 17. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked. → The teacher wanted to know _____________________________________ 18. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him. → She wanted to know ___________________________________________ 19. "Did you see that car?" he asked me. → He asked me__________________________________________________ 20. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins. → The mother asked the twins ______________________________________ 21. He said, "I like this song." → He said ______________________________________________________ 22. "Where is your sister?" she asked me. → She asked me _________________________________________________ 23. "I don't speak Italian," she said. → She said _____________________________________________________ 24. "Say hello to Jim," they said. → They asked me ________________________________________________ 25. "The film began at seven o'clock," he sai. → He said ______________________________________________________ 26. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said. → She told the boys ______________________________________________ 27. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him. → She asked him ________________________________________________ 28. "I never make mistakes," he said. → He said ______________________________________________________ 29. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know. → He wanted to know ____________________________________________ 30. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience. → The stuntman advised the audience ________________________________ 31. "I was very tired," she said. → She said _____________________________________________________ 32. "Be careful, Ben," she said. → She told Ben _________________________________________________ 33. "I will get myself a drink," she says. → She says ____________________________________________________ 34. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me. → He wondered _______________________________________________ 35. "I cannot drive them home," he said. → He said ____________________________________________________ 36. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says. → She asks Peter _______________________________________________ 37. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me. → She asked me _________________________________________________ 38. He said, "Don't go too far." → He advised her ________________________________________________ 39. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us. → He wanted to know ____________________________________________ 40. "Don't make so much noise," he says. → He asks us ___________________________________________________ 41. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said. → The teacher told Joe ____________________________________________ 42. "Be patient," she said to him. → She told him _________________________________________________ 43. "Go to your room," her father said to her. → Her father told her _____________________________________________ 44. "Hurry up," she said to us. → She told us ___________________________________________________ 45. "Give me the key," he told her. → He asked her _________________________________________________ 46. "Play it again, Sam," she said. → She asked Sam ________________________________________________ 47. "Sit down, Caron" he said. → He asked Caron ______________________________________________ 48. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said. → The receptionist asked the guest __________________________________ 49. "Take off your shoes," she told us. → She told us___________________________________________________ 50. "Mind your own business," she told him. → She told him _________________________________________________ 51. "Don't touch it," she said to him. → She told him _________________________________________________ 52. "Don't do that again," he said to me. → He told me ___________________________________________________ 53. "Don't talk to me like that," he said. → He told her __________________________________________________ 54. "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him. → She warned him _______________________________________________ 55. "Don't let him in," she said. → She told me __________________________________________________ 56. "Don't go out without me," he begged her. → He begged her_________________________________________________ 57. "Don't forget your bag," she told me. → She told me __________________________________________________ 58. "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said. → The chemistry teacher told his students ____________________________ 59. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her. → He advised her _________________________________________________ 60. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said. → She told the boys _______________________________________________ 61. She said, "Go upstairs." → She told me ___________________________________________________ 62. "Close the door behind you," he told me. → He told me ____________________________________________________ 63. "Don't be late," he advised us. → He advised us __________________________________________________ 64. "Stop staring at me," she said. → She told him ___________________________________________________ 65. "Don't be angry with me," he said. → He asked her __________________________________________________ 66. "Leave me alone," she said. → She told me __________________________________________________ 67. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us. → She warned us ________________________________________________ 68. "John, stop smoking," she said. → She told John ________________________________________________ 69. "Don't worry about us," they said. → They told her _________________________________________________ 70. "Meet me at the cinema." he said. → He asked me _________________________________________________ 71. Ha said to Mai: “ Don’t touch the electric wires” → ____________________________________________________________ 72. “Please, don’t tell anyone the news,” Ha said to her sister. → ____________________________________________________________ 73. “Don’t drive so fast” Ha said to Minh. → ____________________________________________________________ 74. “Please remove your shoes before entering” Ha said to Hang. → ____________________________________________________________ 75. “Ba, don’t interrupt me when I’m meditating” Ha said to Ba. → ____________________________________________________________ 76. “First switch on, then wait for 2 minutes” Ha said to Nhung. → ____________________________________________________________ 77. “Hanh, take the man to the cells” Ha said to Tung. → ____________________________________________________________ 78. “Don’t forget to write me a letter every week” Ha said to her friend. → ____________________________________________________________ 79. Ha said: “Don’t make so much noise, Hieu” → ____________________________________________________________ 80. Ha said to Mai, “You’re going to post the letter, don’t forget.” → ____________________________________________________________ 81. He said, “I don’t know what happened.” → ____________________________________________________________ 82. She said, “I went to the doctor yesterday.” → ____________________________________________________________ 83. He said, “I have a toothache.” → ____________________________________________________________ 84. She said, “I’ll write him a prescription.” → ____________________________________________________________ 85. They said, “We’re going to the drugstore.” → ____________________________________________________________ 86. He said, “The doctor gave me some pills.” → ____________________________________________________________ 87. She said, “I go to the supermarket every day.” → ____________________________________________________________ 88. He said, “I have received the envelope.” → ____________________________________________________________ 89. They said, “We visited Cannery Row.” → ____________________________________________________________ 90. She said, “I feel very sick.” → ____________________________________________________________ 91. He said, “I bought some popcorn.” → ____________________________________________________________ 92. They said, “We’re flying to California.” → ____________________________________________________________ 93. He said, “I’m cutting off the main valve.” → ____________________________________________________________ 94. He said he didn’t know what had happened. → ____________________________________________________________ 95. She said that she had gone to the dentist yesterday. → ____________________________________________________________ 96. She said the doctor had written her a prescription. → ____________________________________________________________ 97. He said that he had a toothache. → ____________________________________________________________ 98. She said she went to the museum every day. → ____________________________________________________________ 99. They said they were going to the supermarket. → ____________________________________________________________ 100. She said that the doctor had given her some pills. → ____________________________________________________________ 101. He said he had received the report. → ____________________________________________________________ 102. They said they had visited the aquarium. → ____________________________________________________________ 103. He said that he was feeling sick. → ____________________________________________________________ 104. She said she had bought some bread. → ____________________________________________________________ 105. He said that he was turning off the television. → ____________________________________________________________ 106. They said they were driving to Chicago. → ____________________________________________________________ 107. “If you are late tomorrow, I am going to fire you,” he said → ____________________________________________________________ 108. “I’m telling you that I didn’t break that window”, the boy said → ____________________________________________________________ 109. “I’m going to change the wheel on my car myself,” said Hang. → ____________________________________________________________ 110. “It’s certainly essential to take a longterm view of the situation,” the boss said → ___________________________________________________________ 111. “I passed my driving test first time,” said Sam. → ____________________________________________________________ 112. “It’s the first time I’ve flown”, Ha said. → ____________________________________________________________ 113. Hang said: “Why doesn’t Ha buy them this picture as a wedding present?” → ____________________________________________________________ 114. “I can’t work at all! My typewriter isn’t working properly,” she said → ____________________________________________________________ 115. “I think you should try to be more punctual,” she said to Ha → ____________________________________________________________ 116. “You can’t park here” → ____________________________________________________________