Question

14. Mrs White told us: “I will stay at home next weekenu.
15. Peter and Sally said: “We live in New York."
7. Change direct into reported speech.
1. He told me: "We have been dancing all the time."
He told me (that)
2. Mum asked me: "Have you seen my daughter?"
Mum asked me
3. He asked me: "Who has cleaned the pool?"
He asked me
4. Marliyan said: "I always eat cornflakes in the morning."
Marliyan said (that)
5. He told her: "Give up smoking!"
He told her​

Answer 1

Change direct into reported speech:

• Mrs White told us that she would stay at home next weekend.

• Peter and Sally said that they live in New York.

• He told me that they had been dancing all the time.

• Mum asked me if I had seen her daughter.

• He asked me who had cleaned the pool.

• Marliyan said that she always ate cornflakes in the morning.

• He advised her to give up smoking.

Golden Rules:

• If the reported verb is in past tense, the tense of the verb in reported speech should also be past tense.

• If the reported speech related to some habitual or universal facts, the simple past tense in the reported speech remains unchanged, that is not changed at all.

• Pronouns and possessive adjectives of first person and second person in direct speech at change into third person in indirect speech.

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