Question

III. Use an appropriate introductory verb to report the following.

1.     “Yes, OK. I’ll tell her what happened,” he said.

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2.     “Please, please let me go to the party,” Sue said to her mother.

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3.     “I’ll never be naughty again,” Ted said to his father.

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4.     “I didn’t come to school because I was ill,” she said to her teacher.

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5.     “Let’s play chess,” he said.

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6.     “I’m sorry I forgot to phone you," he said to her.

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7.     “Don’t forget to go to the post office,” she said to him.

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8.     “You should exercise more,” the doctor said to him.

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9.     “Mark is always shouting at me,” she said.

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10. “Yes, it is a nice dress," he said.

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11. “Shall I carry your bag, Tracy?” he said.

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12. “No, I won’t let you copy my homework," said Bill.

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13. “You scratched my DVD," she said to him.

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Answer 1

III. Use an appropriate introductory verb to report the following.

1.     “Yes, OK. I’ll tell her what happened,” he said.

→ He said that he would tell her what had happened.

2.     “Please, please let me go to the party,” Sue said to her mother.

→ Sue told her mother to let her go to the party.

3.     “I’ll never be naughty again,” Ted said to his father.

→ Ted told his father he would never be naughty again.

4.     “I didn’t come to school because I was ill,” she said to her teacher.

→ She told her teacher she hadn't come to school because she had been ill.

5.     “Let’s play chess,” he said.

→ He suggested playing chess.

6.     “I’m sorry I forgot to phone you," he said to her.

→ He apologized for forgetting to phone her.

7.     “Don’t forget to go to the post office,” she said to him.

→ She told him not to forget to go to the post office.

8.     “You should exercise more,” the doctor said to him.

→ The doctor advised him to exercise more.

9.     “Mark is always shouting at me,” she said.

→ She complained that Mark was always shouting at her.

10. “Yes, it is a nice dress," he said.

→ He agreed that it was a nice dress.

11. “Shall I carry your bag, Tracy?” he said.

→ He offered Tracy to carry his bag.

12. “No, I won’t let you copy my homework," said Bill.

→ Bill refused me to let me copy his homework.

13. “You scratched my DVD," she said to him.

→  He regretted scratching her DVD.