VII. Put into indirect speech

1. “I’ll see you tomorrow,” she said

à She said...........she would see me the next day.......................................................................................

2. “I saw her today,” he said

à He said..........he had seen her that day..........................................................................................

3. “I prefer this picture,” she said

à She said.........she prefered that picture.........................................................................................

4. She said, “We saw him off at the station today”

à She said..........they had seen him off at the station that day........................................................................................

5. “I’ll get the motorbike repair for you,” He said to me

à He said to me........he would get the motorbike repair for me..................................................................................

6. “I bought this camera three months ago,” he said

à He said...........he had bought that camera three months before.........................................................................................

7. “We are moving into our new house tomorrow,” she said

à She said.........they were moving into our new house the next day.........................................................................................

8. Mai is coming to help me tonight,” he said

à He said..........mai was coming to help her that night..........................................................................................

9. “I love the peace and quiet of this place,” she said

à She said........she loved the peace and quiet of that place..........................................................................................

10. “I hope the parcel will arrive tomorrow,” she said

à She said......she hoped the parcel would arrive the next day..............................................

She said, “I went to the cinema yesterday.”

    🡺She said     she had gone to the cinema the day before.

 He said, “I am writing a test tomorrow.”

    🡺He said    he was writing a test the next day.

You said, “I will do this for him.”

    🡺You said    you would do that for him.

She said, “I am not hungry now.”

    🡺She said    she was not hungry then.

They said, “We have never been here before.”

    🡺They said    they had never been there before.

6. “What are they doing?” she asked.

    🡺 She    asked what they were doing.

7. “Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.

    🡺 He    asked me 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 Caron had talked to Kevin.

She said, “I went to the cinema yesterday.”

    🡺She said     she had gone to the cinema the day before.

 He said, “I am writing a test tomorrow.”

    🡺He said    he was writing a test the next day.

You said, “I will do this for him.”

    🡺You said    you would do that for him.

She said, “I am not hungry now.”

    🡺She said    she was not hungry then.

They said, “We have never been here before.”

    🡺They said    they had never been there before.

6. “What are they doing?” she asked.

    🡺 She    asked what they were doing.

7. “Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.

    🡺 He    asked me 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 Caron had talked to Kevin.

CHANGE THIS DIRECT SPEECH INTO REPORTED SPEECH:

1.they said, "we are busy."

➞ they said that they were busy

2. he said, "I know a better restaurant."

➞ he said that he knew a better restaurant

3. he said, "I will ring her."

➞ he said that he would ring her

4. he said, "I will clean the car."

➞ he said that he would clean the car

5. she said, " I don't knoe where my shoes are."

➞ she said that she didn't know where her shoes were

6.he said, "I won't tell anylone"

➞ he said that he wouldn't tell anyone

7. they said, "this is our book."

➞ they said that was their book

8. he said,"I am writing a test tomorrow"

➞ he said he was writing a test the day after

9. you said, "I will do this for him."

➞ you said you would do that for him

10.she said,"I am not hungry now."

➞ she said she wasn't hungry then

11. he said,"they won't sleep."

➞ he said they wouldn't sleep

12. she said,"It is very quiet here."

➞ she said it was very quiet there

13. " he work in a bank"

➞ she said he worked in a bank

14. "I'm coming!"

➞ she said she was coming

15. "lucky'll come later"

➞ she said that lucky would come later

16. "I can help you tomorrow"

➞ she said she could help me the next day

17. "I won't see you tomorrow "

➞ she said she wouldn't see me the next day

18. " she's living in Paris for a few months'

➞ she said she was living in Paris for a few months

19. I asked him, " will you take part in the program with us?"

➞ I asked him if / whether he would take part in the program with me

20. he asked me, " are you free this sunday?"

➞ he asked me if / whether I was free that Sunday

21. she asked me, " do you like playing games on the internet?"

➞ she asked me if / whether I liked playing games on the internet

22. the tourist asked me, "Is there a post office near here?"

➞ the tourist asked me if / whether there was a post office near there

23. "will you be here for next sunday, Scott?' said Alan

➞ Alan asked Scott if / whether he would be there for the following Sunday

24. " does your mother go to work by bus?", Tim asked Lily

➞ Tim asked Lily if / whether her mother went to work by bus

25. "what language can you speak?" Mr. Robinson asked Hoa

➞ Mr.Robinson asked Hoa what language she could speak

26. my teacher said to me,"how long will you stay in england?"

➞ my teacher asked me how long I would stay in England

27. she asked me, "where does your father work?"

➞ She asked me where my father worked

28. she asked her brother,"what's your hobby?"

➞ She asked her brother what his hobby was

29. the examiner asked Hoa,"how often do you go fishing?"

➞ The examiner asked Hoa how often she went fishing

30. Tuan asked Ba, "how many people are there in your famly?"

➞ Tuan asked Ba how many people there were in his family

31. "how do your children enjoy the trip?" sge asked Mrs.Lam

➞ She asked Mrs.Lam how her children enjoyed the trip

32."where are you going, Liz?,asked Tom

➞ Tom asked Liz where she was going

33. "do you like this place, Minh?" asked Hoa

➞ Hoa asked Minh if / whether he liked that place

CHANGE THIS DIRECT SPEECH INTO REPORTED SPEECH:

1.they said, "we are busy."

➞ they said that they were busy.

2. he said, "I know a better restaurant."

➞ he said that he knew a better restaurant.

3. he said, "I will ring her."

➞ he said that he would ring her.

4. he said, "I will clean the car."

➞ he said that he would clean the car.

5. she said, " I don't knoe where my shoes are."

➞ she said that she didn't knoe where her shoes werw

6.he said, "I won't tell anylone"

➞ he said that he wouldn't tell anylone

7. they said, "this is our book."

➞ they said that was their book

8. he said,"I am writing a test tomorrow"

➞ he said he was writing a test the following day

9. you said, "I will do this for him."

➞ you said you would do that for him.

10.she said,"I am not hungry now."

➞ she said she wasn't hungry then

11. he said,"they won't sleep."

➞ he said they wouldn't sleep

12. she said,"It is very quiet here."

➞ she said It was very quiet there

13. " he work in a bank"

➞ she said he worked in a bank

14. "I'm coming!"

➞ she said she was coming

15. "lucky'll come later"

➞ she said lucky would come later

16. "I can help you tomorrow"

➞ she said she could help you the next day

17. "I won't see you tomorrow "

➞ she said she wouldn't see you the next day

18. " she's living in Paris for a few months'

➞ she said she was living in Paris for a few months

19. I asked him, " will you take part in the program with us?"

➞ I asked him if he would take part in the program with us

20. he asked me, " are you free this sunday?"

➞ he asked me if I was free that sunday

21. she asked me, " do you like playing games on the internet?"

➞ she asked me if I liked playing games on the internet

22. the tourist asked me, "Is there a post office near here?"

➞ the tourist asked me if there was a post office near there

23. "will you be here for next sunday, Scott?' said Alan

➞ Alan asked Scott if he would be there for the following sunday

24. " does your mother go to work by bus?", Tim asked Lily

➞ Tim asked Lily if her mother went to work by bus

25. "what language can you speak?" Mr. Robinson asked Hoa

➞ Mr.Robinson asked Hoa what language she could speak

26. my teacher said to me,"how long will you stay in england?"

➞ my teacher asked me how long I would stay in england

27. she asked me, "where does your father work?"

➞she asked me where my father worked

28. she asked her brother,"what's your hobby?"

➞she asked her brother what his hobby was

29. the examiner asked Hoa,"how often do you go fishing?"

➞the examiner asked Hoa how often she went fishing

30. Tuan asked Ba, "how many people are there in your famly?"

➞Tuan asked Ba how many people there were in his famly

31. "how do your children enjoy the trip?" sge asked Mrs.Lam

➞sge asked Mrs.Lam how her children enjoyed the trip

32."where are you going, Liz?,asked Tom

➞Tom asked Liz where she was going

33. "do you like this place, Minh?" asked Hoa

➞Hoa asked Minh if he liked that place

8. She said she hadn't eaten breakfast

9. She said she could help me the day after 

10. She said she was very happy 

11. She said she didn't like chocolate 

12. He said he wouldn't see me the day after 

13.  Long said he was living in Paris for a few months  

14. She told me she would visit hẻ parents the enxt week 

15. She said she had learned English for 12 years 

She said that she would see me tomorrow

He asked me that if I had seen her the day before

She asked me that where I wanted to go

He said to me that he had just met me

Ann asked that how long the train took

He said that he was meeting them at 4 o'clock that day

The teacher asked Peter that why I was so late

They said that they would see her the next summer

She asked him that if he had finished his exam

She said that she would see me tomorrow

He asked me if I had seen her the day before

She asked me where I wanted to go

He said to me that he had just met me

Ann asked how long the train took

He said that he was meeting them at 4 o'clock that day

The teacher asked Peter why I was so late

They said that they would see her the next summer

She asked him if he had finished his exam

I said "Do you want to visit Ha Long Bay, Lan?" => I said if Lan wanted to visit Ha Long Bay.Quang asked me "Does your brother study at a university, Nam?" => Quang asked if Nam's brother studied at a university.Mary asked "Is Ha Long Bay in Northen Viet Nam, Phuong?" => Mary asked Phuong if Ha Long Bay was in Northen Viet Nam.I said to him "Are you free this evening?" => I said to him if he was free this evening.He asked me "Can I help you?" => He asked me if I could help him.The students asked the teacher "Must we do all exercises?" => The students asked the teacher if they had to do all exercises.Mai said "I want my room to look nice at the festinal" => Mai said that she wanted her room to look nice at the festinal.He said to me "Ha eats rice and fish today" => He said to me that Ha ate rice and fish that day.Hoa said to her sister "I can't do this exercises" => Hoa said to her sister that she couldn't do that exercise. "I'm living London now" She said => She said that she was living London then."I will come and see you as I can" She said to me. => She said to me that she will come and see me as she can.He said "I have to finish my homework now" => that he had to finish his homework then.

I said "Do you want to visit Ha Long Bay, Lan?"  lan asked me if i wanted to visit ha long bay.Quang asked me "Does your brother study at a university, Nam?" Quang asked me if my brother studied at a university.Mary asked "Is Ha Long Bay in Northen Viet Nam, Phuong?"  mary asked phuong if ha long bay was in northern vn.I said to him "Are you free this evening?" i asked him if he were free that evening.He asked me "Can I help you?" he asked me if he could help me.The students asked the teacher "Must we do all exercises?" the students asked the teacher if they must do all exercises.Mai said "I want my room to look nice at the festinal"   mai said she wanted her room to look nice at the festivalHe said to me "Ha eats rice and fish today" => He said to me...that ha .ate rice and fish that day..........Hoa said to her sister "I can't do this exercises" => Hoa said.to her sister that she couldn't do this exercise........."I'm living London now" She said she was living london then"I will come and see you as I can" She said to me. => She said to me that...she would come and see me as she could.................He said "I have to finish my homework now" he said he had to finish his homework then

I said "Do you want to visit Ha Long Bay, Lan?" => I said if Lan wanted to visit Ha Long Bay.Quang asked me "Does your brother study at a university, Nam?" => Quang asked if Nam's brother studied at a university.Mary asked "Is Ha Long Bay in Northen Viet Nam, Phuong?" => Mary asked Phuong if Ha Long Bay was in Northen Viet Nam.I said to him "Are you free this evening?" => I said to him if he was free this evening.He asked me "Can I help you?" => He asked me if I could help him.The students asked the teacher "Must we do all exercises?" => The students asked the teacher if they had to do all exercises.Mai said "I want my room to look nice at the festinal" => Mai said that she wanted her room to look nice at the festinal.He said to me "Ha eats rice and fish today" => He said to me that Ha ate rice and fish that day.Hoa said to her sister "I can't do this exercises" => Hoa said to her sister that she couldn't do that exercise. "I'm living London now" She said => She said that she was living London then."I will come and see you as I can" She said to me. => She said to me that she will come and see me as she can.He said "I have to finish my homework now" => He said that he had to finish his homework then.

1 . i asked Lan if she wanted to visit Ha Long Bay

2 . Quang asked me if My brother studied at a university

3 . Mary asked Phuong if Ha Long Bay eas in nothern Viet Nam

4 . i asked him if he was free that evening

5 . He asked me if he could help me

6 . The students asked the teacher if they must do all exercises

7 . Mai said She wanted her room to look nice at the festival

8 . He said to me that Ha ate rice and fish that day

9 . Hoa said to her sister that she couldn't do this exercise

10 . She said she was living in London then

11 . She said to me that she would come and see me as she could

12 . He said he had to finish his homework then