Reported-Speech Task 2
Reported-Speech Task 2
EXERCISE 4
23.- ‘Will you buy the paper on your way to work, please?’
8.- ‘Have you been to Italy, Mary?’ My mother asked me ...
Mr. Jones asked Mary ...
10.- ‘It’s going to rain soon’ 25.- ‘Don’t switch off the radio’
I said ... She told me ...
12.- ‘Listen to those birds in the garden’ 27.- Look at him. He’s playing the fool again’
Susan told her friend … Susan told me ...
13.- ‘Could you do me a favour?’ 28.- Open the window. It’s hot in this room’
Tom asked Susan ... His mother told him…
14.- ‘Can you give me something to eat, madam?’ 29.- ‘Give me a sandwich, please. I’m hungry’
The beggar asked the woman ... Tom told his mother ...
15.- ‘How much is this box of chocolates?’ 30.- Where have you been all day?’
The customer asked me … My father asked me ...
16.- ‘This exercise is a bit difficult, but you won’t have any 31.- ‘Don’t drop those plates’
problem if you pay attention’ Sheila told her friend ...
The teacher explained …
2. Can you ride a horse, Sue? - he asked 21. I think she will be very happy in England - he
said
5. Did you go shopping last Saturday? - she asked 24. I’ll finish soon - she told us
6. Do you know my brother Harry? - he asked me 25. I’m going to show you something very interesting
- Susan told me
16. How old is your new boyfriend, Sue? - her father 35. There’s been a terrible accident at the crossroads
asked - John said
17. I can run faster than anyone - the boy told his 36. They are getting married next week - she said
friends
19. I haven’t finished eating yet - he said 38. Tom, the phone is ringing - she said
20. I met him here two days ago - he said 39. We’ll go in this car - they said
40. We’ll visit you when we go to Scotland next
summer - they told me
DIRECT SPEECH
The little girl asked Susan if she was staying there all summer.
‘Are you staying here all summer, Susan? – the little girl asked
EXERCISE 6
1.- Mary asked me where exactly I lived. 16.- She wondered if he would ask her out.
2.- Bill said he was going to be late. 17.- She said she had been to the doctor’s two days
before.
4.- Carol asked Ann what she had done the day before.
19.- He wanted to know what had happened.
10.- She said she liked swimming but she didn’t go very
often. 25.- I told Peter to be honest.
11.- He said he had written two letters to her. 26.- She told us we had to call her Mrs. Willis
12.- I asked my teacher what ‘coy’ meant. 27.- They asked me not to come in with my shoes on.
13.- I asked Sue when her birthday was. 28.- She said her friend had just had a baby.
14.- My mother asked me if I had tidied my room lately. 29.- The policeman ordered him to come out of his car.