This document provides examples of direct speech and instructions on how to convert them to indirect speech. For a series of direct speech sentences, the learner is asked to rewrite each one in indirect speech. Another section provides additional sentences for the learner to covert from direct to indirect speech.
This document provides examples of direct speech and instructions on how to convert them to indirect speech. For a series of direct speech sentences, the learner is asked to rewrite each one in indirect speech. Another section provides additional sentences for the learner to covert from direct to indirect speech.
This document provides examples of direct speech and instructions on how to convert them to indirect speech. For a series of direct speech sentences, the learner is asked to rewrite each one in indirect speech. Another section provides additional sentences for the learner to covert from direct to indirect speech.
…………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Mary asked me, “Did you have a nice time?” …………………………………………………………………………………… 3. She asked me, “What time did you phone me yesterday?” …………………………………………………………………………………… 4. He asked me, “Can you show me the way to the station?” …………………………………………………………………………………… 5. The man said to her, “The shops aren’t open today.” …………………………………………………………………………………… 6. The bus driver said to them, “Don’t put your hands out of the window.” …………………………………………………………………………………… 7. “Have you ever thought of doing it yourself?” she said to him. …………………………………………………………………………………… 8. He said, “We must leave tomorrow.” …………………………………………………………………………………… 9. “She won’t see you because she’s talking on the phone”, he said. …………………………………………………………………………………… 10. “Please, please, come with me!” he said to her. ……………………………………………………………………………………
B. Put the sentences in the Indirect Speech.
1. “We are going out”.
They said that …………………………………………………………………………………… 2. “Put your book in your bag”. She told me …………………………………………………………………………… 3. “You have to be careful”. He told us …………………………………………………………………………………… 4. “Don’t go out!” She told me ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. “I won’t break my promise”. She told me …………………………………………………………………………… 6. “I have no idea where he is”. He said that ………………………………………………………………………… 7. “I will never talk to you again”. She told me ……………………………………………………………………… 8. “Open the door please”. She asked him ……………………………………………………………………………… 9. “You have made a mess in here”. He said that …………………………………………………………………… 10. “I was having a lesson all afternoon”. She told me ……………………………………………………………… 11. “Nothing can make me change my mind”. He said that ………………………………………………………… 12. “I’m taking my driving test tomorrow”. She said that …………………………………………………………… 13. “We don’t want you to risk your life”. They told their leader that ………………………………………… 14. “You have made a mess in here”. She told the children ……………………………………………………… 15. “Have you ever seen a ghost?” He asked me ………………………………………………………………………