Exercise 1: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning:
6. They said, "We have just arrived."
→ They said that………………………………………………………………
7. He said, "I will clean the car."
→ He said that……………………………………………………………….
8. She said, "I did not say that."
→ She said that…………………………………………………………….
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
→ She said that……………………………………………………………….
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone."
→ He said that………………………………………………………………
Exercise 2: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
→ She asked………………………………………………………………….
2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.
→ Martin asked us…………………………………………………………
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
→ He asked………………………………………………………………
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter…………………………………………
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend……………………………………………………
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
→ She wanted to know……………………………………………………….
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
→ He wanted to know……………………………………………………….
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
→ The teacher wanted to know………………………………………………
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.
→ She asked me………………………………………………………………
10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked me………………………………………………………
Exercise 3: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Joe………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. "Be patient," she said to him.
→ She told him………………………………………………………………….
3. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her………………………………………………………….
4. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us……………………………………………………………….
5. "Give me the key," he told her.
→ He asked her……………………………………………………………….
6. "Play it again, Sam," she said.
→ She asked Sam…………………………………………………………….
7. "Sit down, Caron" he said.
→ He asked Caron…………………………………………………………….
8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.
→ The receptionist asked the guest…………………………………………
9. "Take off your shoes," she told us.
→ She told us……………………………………………………………….
10. "Mind your own business," she told him.
→ She told him……………………………………………………………….
Exercise 4: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. The doctor said to me, “You should lose weight.”
The doctor advised me……………………………………………………….
2. Mary said, “Let’s go to a movie.”
Mary suggested…………………………………………………………….
3. “I didn’t break the windows”, Bill said.
Bill denied……………………………………………………………………….
4. “You told a lie, Tom”, she said.
She accused Tom…………………………………………………………….
5. “I can’t go to your birthday party next Saturday evening, Jack”, said Mary.
Mary apologized for…………………………………………………………….
6. “I won’t help you with your homework. Never ! ” Jane said to me.
Jane refused…………………………………………………………………….
7. Joe said, “Please come to my party.”
Joe invited…………………………………………………………………….
8. Mr. Gray said, “Don’t play in the street.”
Mr. Gray warned the children not……………………………………………
9. “Would you like to come on a picnic with us?
They invited………………………………………………………………….
10. “Please don’t tell anybody what happened.”
He asked………………………………………………………………….
11. “If you don’t give me a pay rise. I’ll resign.”
She threatened………………………………………………………………….
12. “I’ll finish the work by the end of this week.”
John promised………………………………………………………………….
13. “You ought to take a break, Andrew.”
She advised………………………………………………………………….
14. “Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.”
They reminded……………………………………………………………….
15. “Why don’t we sing a few songs?”
He suggested…………………………………………………………………
Exercise 1: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning:
6. They said, "We have just arrived."
→ They said that………they had just arrived………………………………………………………
7. He said, "I will clean the car."
→ He said that……he would clean the car………………………………………………………….
8. She said, "I did not say that."
→ She said that……she hadn't said that……………………………………………………….
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
→ She said that……she didn't know where her shoes were………………………………………………………….
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone."
→ He said that……he wouldn't tell anyone…………………………………………………………
Exercise 2: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
→ She asked…where her umbrella was……………………………………………………………….
2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.
→ Martin asked us………how we were…………………………………………………
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
→ He asked……if I had to do it…………………………………………………………
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter……where they had been ……………………………………
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend……which dress he liked best………………………………………………
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
→ She wanted to know…what they were doing…………………………………………………….
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
→ He wanted to know…if I was going to the cinema…………………………………………………….
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
→ The teacher wanted to know……who spoke English…………………………………………
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.
→ She asked me……how I knew that…………………………………………………………
10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked me……if Carol had talked to Kevin…………………………………………………
Exercise 3: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Joe……to stop talking…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. "Be patient," she said to him.
→ She told him……to be patient…………………………………………………………….
3. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her…to go to her room……………………………………………………….
4. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us……to hurry up………………………………………………………….
5. "Give me the key," he told her.
→ He asked her……to give him the key………………………………………………………….
6. "Play it again, Sam," she said.
→ She asked Sam……to play it again……………………………………………………….
7. "Sit down, Caron" he said.
→ He asked Caron…to sit down………………………………………………………….
8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.
→ The receptionist asked the guest……to fill in the form……………………………………
9. "Take off your shoes," she told us.
→ She told us……to take off our shoes………………………………………………………….
10. "Mind your own business," she told him.
→ She told him…to mind his own business…………………………………………………………….
Exercise 4: Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning
1. The doctor said to me, “You should lose weight.”
The doctor advised me…to lost weight…………………………………………………….
2. Mary said, “Let’s go to a movie.”
Mary suggested……going to a movie……………………………………………………….
3. “I didn’t break the windows”, Bill said.
Bill denied……breaking the windows………………………………………………………………….
4. “You told a lie, Tom”, she said.
She accused Tom……of telling a lie……………………………………………………….
5. “I can’t go to your birthday party next Saturday evening, Jack”, said Mary.
Mary apologized for…not going to Jack's birthday party the next Saturday everning ………………………………………………………….
6. “I won’t help you with your homework. Never ! ” Jane said to me.
Jane refused……to help me with my homework……………………………………………………………….
7. Joe said, “Please come to my party.”
Joe invited……me to come to his party……………………………………………………………….
8. Mr. Gray said, “Don’t play in the street.”
Mr. Gray warned the children not……to play in the street………………………………………
9. “Would you like to come on a picnic with us?
They invited……me to come on a picnic with them…………………………………………………………….
10. “Please don’t tell anybody what happened.”
He asked……me not to tell anybody what had happened…………………………………………………………….
11. “If you don’t give me a pay rise. I’ll resign.”
She threatened…to resign if I didn't give her a pay rise……………………………………………………………….
12. “I’ll finish the work by the end of this week.”
John promised…to finish the work by the end of that week……………………………………………………………….
13. “You ought to take a break, Andrew.”
She advised…Andrew to take a break……………………………………………………………….
14. “Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.”
They reminded…me to go to the supermarket after work…………………………………………………………….
15. “Why don’t we sing a few songs?”
He suggested……singing a few songs……………………………………………………………
