Question

Change the following sentences to reported speech:

1. He asked me, “Do you want to be famous?”

2. He wondered, “Where did Maud work?”

3. He warned me, “Don’t shout at me like that!”

4. Maria said, “Angela had worked at this company before I came here.”

5. Sally said, “I can’t believe he is leaving me like this.”​

Answer 1

1. He asked me, “Do you want to be famous?”

• He asked me if I wanted to be famous.

2. He wondered, “Where did Maud work?”

• He wondered where Maud had worked.

3. He warned me, “Don’t shout at me like that!”

• He warned me not to shout at him like that.

4. Maria said, “Angela had worked at this company before I came here.”

• Maria said that Angela had worked at that company before she had came there.

5. Sally said, “I can’t believe he is leaving me like this.”

• Sally said that she couldn't believe he was leaving her like that.

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More information :

While changing sentences from direct to indirect speech, always keep in mind that :-

• Inverted commas are not used.

• The reported speech should introduced by some conjunction. [that, what etc.]

• All kinds of sentences are changed into assertive sentences.

• The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.