Question

4. Change the following statements into the reported speech. a. “I have something to show you”, I said to her. _________________________________________________________________________________ b. “I’m going away tomorrow”, he said. _________________________________________________________________________________ c. “I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had time to visit the Tower”, said Rupert. _________________________________________________________________________________ d. “I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready”, she replied. _________________________________________________________________________________ e. “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work”, they said. _________________________________________________________________________________ f. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said. _________________________________________________________________________________ g. “I found an old Roman coin in the garden yesterday and I am going to take it to the museum this afternoon”, he said. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Write these sentences in indirect speech. a. “I’m very tired”, she said. ____________________________________________________________ b. “I’ll see them soon”, he said. _________________________________________________________ c. “I’m going to the cinema”, she said. ___________________________________________________ d. “I see the children quite often”, he said. ________________________________________________ e. “I’m having a bath”, she said. _________________________________________________________ f. “I’ve already met their parents”, she said. _______________________________________________ g. “I stayed in a hotel for a few weeks”, she said. ___________________________________________ h. “I must go home to make dinner”, he said. ______________________________________________ i. “I haven’t been waiting long”, she said. _________________________________________________ j. “I’m listening to the radio”, he said. ____________________________________________________ k. “I’ll tell them the news on Saturday”, she said. ___________________________________________ l. “I like swimming, dancing and playing tennis”, he said. ____________________________________

Answer 1

Answer:

I told her that I had something to show her.

he told that he was going away the next day.

Rupert said that he had been in London for a month but he hadn't had time to visit the tower

She replied that she would come with me as soon as she was ready.

they said that they had a lift but very often it didn't work.

he said that he must go to the dentist the next day.

he said that he had found an old roman coin in the garden the previous day and he was going to take that to the museum that afternoon

she said that she was very tired

he told that he would see them soon.

she said that she was going to the cinema.

he said that he saw the children quite often.

she said that she was having a bath.

she said that she had already met their parents.

she said that she had stayed in the hostel for a few weeks.

he said that he must go home to make his dinner.

she said that she hadn't been waiting long.

he said that he was listening to the radio.

she said that she would tell them the news on Saturday.

He said that he liked swimming, dancing and playing tennis.

Dude there may be 2-3 mistakes...