Write these sentences as reported questions using the words given. “What’s your name?”, he asked. (wanted to know) “Do you like Marlon Brandon?”, she asked. “Does your father work here?”, she asked. “How did you get to school?”, she asked. “Why wasn’t Judy at the party?”, she asked.
Answers
Explanation:
People made these statements. Report them, using said.
a. “Mary works in a bank”, Jane said.
She said (that) Mary worked in a bank
b. “I’m staying with some friends”, Jim said.
Jim said (that) he was staying with some friends
c. “I’ve never been to Russia”, Mike said.
Mike said (that) he had never been to Russia
d. “Tom can’t use a computer”, Ella said.
Ellen said (that) Tom couldn´t use a computer
e. “Everybody must try to do their best”, Jill said.
Jill said (that) everybody had to try to their best
f. “Jane may move to a new flat”, Rachel said
Rachel said (that )Jane might move to a new flat
g. “I’ll stay at home on Sunday”, Bill said.
Bill said (that) he would stay at home on Sunday
2. Change the following statements into the reported speech.
a. “I have something to show you”, I said to her.
I said to her / I told her that I had something to show her.
c. “I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had time to visit the Tower”, said Rupert.
Rupert said that he had been in London for a month but he hadn´t had time to visit theTtower
d. “I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready”, she replied.
She replied that she would come with me as soon as she was ready
e. “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work”, they said.
They said that they had a lift but very often didn´t work
f. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said.
He said that he had to go to the dentist the following day
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.
He said that he had found an old Roman coin in the garden the day before/the previous day and that he was going to take it to the museum that afternoon
3. Write these sentences in indirect speech.
a. “I’m very tired”, she said.
She said that she was very tired
b. “I’ll see them soon”, he said.
He said that he would see them soon
c. “I’m going to the cinema”, she said.
She said that she was going to the cinema
d. “I see the children quite often”, he said .
He said that he saw the children quite often
e. “I’m having a bath”, she said.
She said that she was having a bath
f. “I’ve already met their parents”, she said.
She said that she had already met their parents
g. “I stayed in a hotel for a few weeks”, she said.
She said that she had stayed in a hotel for three weeks.
h. “I must go home to make dinner”, he said.
He said that he had to go home to make dinner.
“I haven’t been waiting long”, she said.
She said that she hadn´t been waiting long
j. “I’m listening to the radio”, he said.
She said that she was listening to the radio
l. “I like swimming, dancing and playing tennis”, he said.
He said that he liked swimming
m. “I can drive”, she said.
He said he could drive
n. “I walked home after the party”, he said
He said that he had walked home after the party
o. “I’m going to be sick”, she said. She said that she was going to be sick
p. “I must go out to post a letter”, he said
He said that he had to go out to post a letter
q. “I spoke to Jane last week”, she said.
She said that she had spoken to Jane the previous week /the week before
r. “I’m trying to listen to the music”, he said.
He said that he was trying to listen to the music
s. “I’ll phone the office from the airport”, she said.
She said that she would phone the office from the airport.
t. “I can’t speak any foreign languages”, he said.
He said that he couldn´t speak any foreign languages