Reported Speech Exercise (MIXED)

1. “Don’t play with matches,” his mother said.

His mother said that not to play with matches.
2. “I’ve forgotten to bring my lunch with me,” he said.
3. “Will you be home soon?” she asked her husband.
She asked her husband if he would be home soon.
4. “Go to bed!” father said to the children.
5. “I’ll clean the car tomorrow,” Tim said to his father.
Tim said to his father that he would clean the car the following day.
6. “Where have you been?” Gary asked his wife.
7. “I’ve been working for the same company since 1960,” he said to me.
He said to me that he had been working for the same company since 1960.
8. “Do you know Garfield?” she asked me.
9. “How shall I tell Tom the bad news?” she said.
She asked how she should tell Tom the bad news.
10.“You must try my home-made wine,” he said.
11.He asked her if he could go home then.
He asked her : “Can I go home now?”.
12.He asked if he might call me by my first name.
13.He said that she had to try harder if she wanted to succeed.
He said : “She must try harder if she wanted to succeed”.
14.She said that her father would be angry with her if he found out.
15.She told him that he had better speak to the manager.
She told him : “You had better speak to the manager”.
16.He asked what time the next bus left because he needed to get to the station.
17.She warned them not to go swimming in the lake because the water was
filthy.
“Don’t go to swimming in the lake” she said. “The water is filthy.
18.She suggested going shopping the following day because the sales had
started.
19.The teacher ordered the pupils to stand up because the headmaster was
coming.
“Stand up” the teacher said to the pupils. “The headmaster is coming”.
20.She begged him not to take her ring because it had been a present.
21.“It’s very late, Martin,” his mother said. “Where have you been?”
His mother said that it was very late and asked him where he had been.
22.“Shall I cook the dinner?” he said to her. “You look very tired.”
23.“Please stop making that noise!” she said to him. “I can’t concentrate.”
She asked him to stop making that noise as she can’t concentrate.
24.“Yes, I dropped your vase,” she said. “I was cleaning the shelf.”
25.“Can I use the car, please?” she said. “I need to run some errands.”
She asked if she could use the car because she need to run some errands.
26.“I’m sorry I’m late,” he said. “The car wouldn’t start.”
27.“Why are you teasing your sister?” she asked him. “You know it makes her
unhappy.”
She asked him why he was teasing his sister as he know it made her
unhappy.
28.“Why won’t you come to the party?” he said to her. “Everyone would love
to see you.”
29.“It was Rob who broke the window,” he said to her. “He was kicking the
football.”
He said to her that Rob of breaking the window as he was kicking the
football.
30.“I may not be able to meet you at the airport,” he said to her.
31.The teacher to me: “Have you ever studied abroad?”
The teacher asked me if i had ever had studied abroad.
32.His mother to him: “Study harder because this is your last chance.”
33.Jessie to her teacher: “May I ask something?”
Jessie asked her teacher if she might ask something.
34.Adam to her wife: “Next winter I am going to travel to Paris.”
35. Anna: “I have been reading the same book since yesterday.”
She said that she had been reading the same book since the day before.
36.Dave: “I am going to watch Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with my family
tomorrow.”
37.Isabelle: “I can’t go outside tonight as I am ill.”
She said that she can’t go outside that night because she was ill.
38. Andrew to his sister: “I can’t finish my homework. Please help me.”
39.The Suspect: “I wasn’t stalking Becka.”
The suspect said that he hadn’t been stalking Becka.
40. My classmate to me: “How about drinking a cup of coffee with me?”