Test Reported speech Complete the sentences. "It is too late." - I said . "I have replied.
" - He claimed that .. "I met you yesterday." - Sam told me .. "I cannot come." - Mary explained that .. "I could fall down." - He was afraid .. "I will pay tomorrow." - He said .. "The Himalayas are the highest." - He new that .. "I may lend you some money." - !ill promised .. "I have "een watching a film." - He replied that .. "#laire must rest." - The doctor said .. "I have not done it today." - I explained that .. "If I was younger$ I would accept it." - He thought that .. "I was with him last wee ." - %ill admitted that .. "&ou needn't change your shoes in our house." - She reminded me that .. "I am calling my mum." - She said .. "I will finish this picture tomorrow." - (iana supposed that .. "I would "uy it." - She said .. ")reg used to "e my friend." - He told us .. "*ut it here." - He told me ... "+hat do you do," - She wondered ... "(o you want it," - %oe as ed me ... "(on't forget-"- He reminded me ... "+here did you live," - He wanted to now ... "*ar your car "ehind the house$ please." - He as ed me ... "(o not hesitate." - He told me Rewrite the sentences in direct speech. He admitted that he had never met us. - .. They told us they would start the following day. - .. +e called them that we were wal ing in the par . - .. She said she wor ed for .ord. - .. I replied that I had "een trying to mend it since the morning. - .. He said that at one o'cloc he had "een doing nothing. .. They explained that they had closed down the previous year. - .. /eil said he wished he could "e independent. - .. She told us we had "etter accept it. - .. He claimed that while he was sleeping someone screamed in the garden. .. Moira admitted that she would rather stay. - ..
Read the dialogue and report it. Mi e0 "+hat are you doing here$ 1i2, I haven't seen you since %une." 1i20 "I've 3ust come "ac from my holiday in Ireland." Mi e0 "(id you en3oy it," 1i20 "I love Ireland. 4nd the Irish people were so friendly." Mi e0 "(id you go to the +ic low Mountains," 1i20 "It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. 4re you doing anything tomorrow," Mi e0 "I must arrange a couple of things. !ut I am free tonight." 1i20 "&ou might come to my place. +hat time shall we meet," Mi e0 "I'll "e there at eight. Is it all right," Complete the sentences. "+here are you," - He as ed me ... "+hat will you choose," - He as ed me ... "*lease$ get in touch with them today." - He as ed me ... "(on't leave your luggage unattended." - He as ed me ... "4re you flying soon," - He as ed me ... "May I as you a 5uestion," - He as ed me ... "%ump in-" - He as ed me ... "Have you set your alarm cloc ," - He as ed me ... "Is *rague the capital," - He as ed me ... "&ou mustn't touch the screen-" - He as ed me ... "+ould you rather dance," - He as ed me ... "How long have you "een standing here," - He as ed me ... "Stop laughing-" - He as ed me ... Correct the mistakes in the reported speech. "I am not going to tolerate this any more$" said Sarah. Sarah said she was not going to tolerate this any more. - Sarah said ... "&ou have always "een my friend$" said %oe. %oe said I was always his friend. - %oe said ... "+e never eat meat$" claimed !ill. !ill claimed that they had never eaten meat. - !ill claimed that ... "I will tal to Sam soon$" she told me on Sunday. She told me on Sunday she will tal to Sam soon. - She told me on Sunday ... "Mary used to exercise every day$" he said. He said Mary had used to exercise every day. - He said ... "I wish I was twenty years younger$" said 1inda. 1inda said she wished she had "een twenty years younger. - 1inda said ... "4nswer the phone-" he told me. He told me I answered the phone. - He told me ... "+here is 4lex," she as ed me. She as ed me where was 4lex. - She as ed me
Choose the correct ending "I got the message while I was waiting at the "us stop." He told me that ... "+e will set off tomorrow." They said ... ")et out of my way-" He ordered us ... "I invited him last wee ." She told me this wee that ... "I will resign today." This morning he announced that he ... "She'd "etter refuse this 3o"." He insisted that ... "+e used to ta e the same medicine." She thought that ... "I entered the university a year ago." He told me last year ... "It is time we had an agreement." She suggested that ... "+e must go s iing in winter." He said that ... Rewrite the reported commands and questions in the direct speech. He as ed me what I wanted from him. .., Sam wondered if they had arrived on time. .., I advised them not to go out at night. ..He wanted to now why I was crying. .., He as ed me whether I would marry him the following year. .., He as ed me not to interrupt him. ..He wanted to now if he should loc the door. .., She wondered whether she might use my laptop. .., /icol as ed me to 3oin her. ..1ily told me not to eat so much. ..He wondered if I had received his message. .., 62ra as ed us what we had "een doing so long. ..,