PRACTICE 10

GRADE 12, L1

TOPIC: Reported speech

RESOURCES: H. Hulban, T. Lăcătușu, G. Gogălniceanu, Competență și performanță. Exerciții și teste de

limba engleză, Ed. Științifică și enciclopedică, București, 1983

Exr. 172/ 217- Change the following sentences from Direct into Indirect Speech:

Model: John said: “ I am studying now”. John said (that) he was studying then.

1. Mary said: “ I will be away tomorrow”. Mary said that she will be away tomorrow.
2. I said: “ I don’t care what they will think”. I said I don’t care what they will think.
3. The guests said: “ We like our house”. The guests said that they like our house.
4. The doctor said “ Mary, you will have to take these pills every other hour”. The doctor said that
Mary will have to take those pills every other hour.
5. She said “ I have never seen such a wonderful sight”. She said she have never seen such
wonderful sight.
6. They said “ We are flying to Bucharest next week.” They said they are flying to Bucharest next
week.
7. Mother said “ My children are coming here tomorrow.” Mother said her children are coming
here tomorrow.
8. The girl said “ I have nothing to add”. The girl said she had nothing to add.
9. She said to me “ I’m sorry”. She said to me she was sorry.
10. The old man said “ I have known you for a long time”. The old man said he had known you for a
long time.

Exr. 174/ 218- Change the direct commands into indirect forms:

Model: Mother said to me, “ Don’t be late”. Mother told me not to be late.

1. “Have a cup of coffee!”, he said. He asked me to have a cup of coffee.

2. The beautician said to Mary, “ Apply the cream with the fingertips!” The beautician said to Mary
to apply the cream with the fingertips.
3. The man said to us, “ Do not expose to extreme heat!” The man said to us not to expose to
extreme heat.
4. The old man said to them, “ Lay out your cards on the table!” The old man said to them to lay
out theyr cards on the table.
5. “ Be off !”, he said to us. He said to us to be off.
6. The young mother said to her child, “ Be careful when you cross the street !” The young mother
said to her child to be careful when he is crossing the street.
7. The clerk said to me, “ Send it by registered mail!” The clerk said to me to send it by registered
mail.
8. The angry man said to me, “ Don’t come near our house any more!” The angry man told me not
to come near theyr house anymore.
9. “ Give me some food!”, the grasshopper said to the ants. The grasshopper said to the ants to
give it some food.
10. “ Have a drink!”, he said to the others. He said to the others to have a drink.