1 my father hasn't been to hanoi for 5 years
→→ lt's _________________________________________
2 my father is reading a newspaper . he started 2 hours ago
→→ my father has _________________________________
3 lt's four years since l wrote her
→→ l ____________________________________________
4 l started to study english when l was 10 years old
→→ l've _________________________________________
5 l went over my lesson and then went to school
→→ before ______________________________________
6 before he watched tv , he had done all his exercises
→→ after _______________________________________
7 my teacher is the most generons person l've ever met
→→ l've never __________________________________
8 how long ís it since they bought the house ?
→→ when ______________________________________
9 l have never read such an interesting novel
→→ this is _____________________________________
10 when did you collect stamps ?
→→ how long ___________________________________

alan and jackie ............... didn't come to the class yesterday , explained their absence to the teacher

1 the teacher said to us ''did you know the way to the station ?''

2 she said to the stranger ''do you know the way to the staion ?''

3 may said ''do you feel well?''

4 '' why hanen't you phoned me ?'' he asked me

5 ''peter , do you prefer tea or coffee ? '' she says

6 ''where did you spend your holldays last year ? '' she asked me

7 '' have you been shopping ? '' he asked us

8 where have you spent your money ? '' she asked him

Put the following statements into indirect speech.

1 ‘We make £450 a week,’ said one of the men, ‘and send most of it home to our wives.’

2 We’ve been here for two and a half years,’ said the man who had spoken first, ‘and we’re going to stay another six months.’

3 ‘I’ve got a job on an oil-rig,’ said Paul.
‘That’ll be very hard work,’ I said.
‘I know it’ll be hard,’ he replied, ‘but I don’t mind hard work, and it’ll be a good experience
4 ‘The ice will soon be hard enough to skate on,’ said Тоm.
‘I’ll look for my skates when I get home,’ Ann said.
5 ‘I’m living with my parents at present,’ she said, ‘but I hope to have a flat of my own soon.’
6 ‘I’m leaving tomorrow,’ she said, ‘by the 4.30 from Victoria.’
‘We’ll come and see you off,’ we said.
7 ‘I’ve just bought a car,’ said Peter, ‘but it’s not insured yet so I can’t take you for a drive.’
8 ‘I’d like to speak to Susan,’ said Mary, ‘but I’m bathing the babies and they will drown if I leave them alone in the bath while I go to the phone.’9 Mary has just received a postcard from Ann, beginning, ‘I’m coming up to London next week. I hope you and Jack will meet me for lunch one