Exercise 1: Change into Reported Speech
1. “Do what you're told" my father said
2. “Do you understand what I mean?", said she
3. "Why were you late yesterday morning?", said the teacher to me.
4. “If I were you, I'd stop smpking", I said to my husband.
5. '' Don't go near the water, children" ,said she.
6. " Is anyone here?", said Peter.
7. “What time did you go home yesterday?",they asked her.
8. " Do whatever you like and go wherever you want",I said to them.
9. " How do you know it is true?" he asked me.
10. “ Have you seen that film ?" he said to me.
11. "Stay at home until I come-back'', my mother said.
12. "Would you like to go somewhere for a drink after class, Minh?", said Nam.
13. " Shall we go out for a walk after dinner?", Lan said.
14. "Put the knife down or I'll call the police", the woman said to the man. ( threatened)
15. "Don't talk too much in class, boys", the teacher asked.
16. The teacher said "How many students are there in your ?''
17. “Can you lend me some money, Lan?", said Huong.
18. “ How do you go to school?'', I wanted to know.
19. “ How far is it from here to your school", the teacher said to me.
20. “ Are you hungry?, he said, Let's go to the restaurant"
Exercise 1: Change into Reported Speech
1. “Do what you're told" my father said
My father asked me to do what I was told
2. “Do you understand what I mean?", said she
She asked if I understood what she meant
3. "Why were you late yesterday morning?", said the teacher to me.
The teacher asked me why I had been late the previous morning
4. “If I were you, I'd stop smpking", I said to my husband.
I advised my husband to stop smoking5. '' Don't go near the water, children" ,said she.
She told the children not to go near the water
6. " Is anyone here?", said Peter.
Peter asked if someone was there
7. “What time did you go home yesterday?",they asked her.
They asked her what time she had gone home the day before
8. " Do whatever you like and go wherever you want",I said to them.
I told them to do whatever they liked and go wherever they wanted
9. " How do you know it is true?" he asked me.
He asked me how I knew it was true
10. “ Have you seen that film ?" he said to me.
He asked me if I had seen that film
11. "Stay at home until I come-back'', my mother said.
My mother told me to stay at home until she came back
12. "Would you like to go somewhere for a drink after class, Minh?", said Nam.
Nam asked Minh if he would like to go somewhere for a drink after class
13. " Shall we go out for a walk after dinner?", Lan said.
Lan suggested going out for a walk after dinner
14. "Put the knife down or I'll call the police", the woman said to the man. ( threatened)
The woman threatened the man to put the knife down or she would call the police
15. "Don't talk too much in class, boys", the teacher asked.
The teacher told the boys not to talk too much in class
16. The teacher said "How many students are there in your ?"
The teacher asked how many students there were in
17. “Can you lend me some money, Lan?", said Huong.
Huong asked if Lan could lend her some money
18. “ How do you go to school?'', I wanted to know.
I wanted to know how you went to school
19. “ How far is it from here to your school", the teacher said to me.
The teacher asked me how far it was from there to my school
20. “ Are you hungry?, he said, Let's go to the restaurant"
He asked if I was hungry and suggested going to the restaurant
Exercise 1: Change into Reported Speech
1. “what you're told" my father said
=> My father wanted to know what I had told
2. “Do you understand what I mean?", said she
-> She asked if I understood what she meant
3. "Why were you late yesterday morning?", said the teacher to me.
-> The teacher asked me why I had been late the previous morning
4. “If I were you, I'd stop smpking", I said to my husband.
-> I told my husband that if I were him I would stop smoking
5. '' Don't go near the water, children" ,said she.
-> She told children not to go near the water
6. " Is anyone here?", said Peter.
->Peter asked if somesone was there
7. “What time did you go home yesterday?",they asked her.
-> They asked her what time she had gone home the day before
8. " Do whatever you like and go wherever you want",I said to them.
-> I asked them if whatever they liked and went wherever they wanted
9. " How do you know it is true?" he asked me.
-> He asked me how I knew it was true
10. “ Have you seen that film ?" he said to me.
-> He asked me if I had seen that film
11. "Stay at home until I come-back'', my mother said.
-> My mother told me to stay at home until she came back
12. "Would you like to go somewhere for a drink after class, Minh?", said Nam.
-> Nam asked Minh if he liked to go somewhere for a drink after class
13. " Shall we go out for a walk after dinner?", Lan said.
-> Lan asked me if we should go out for a walk after dinner
14. "Put the knife down or I'll call the police", the woman said to the man. ( threatened)
->The woman threatened the man to call the police if he didn't put the knife down
15. "Don't talk too much in class, boys", the teacher asked.
-> The teacher asked the boys not to talk too much in class
16. The teacher said "How many students are there in your ?''
-> The teacher asked us how many students there were in our class
17. “Can you lend me some money, Lan?", said Huong.
-> Huong asked Lan if she could lend her some money
18. “ How do you go to school?'', I wanted to know.
-> I wanted to know how you got to school
19. “ How far is it from here to your school", the teacher said to me.
-> The teacher asked me how far it was from there to my school
20. “ Are you hungry?, he said, Let's go to the restaurant"
-> He asked me if I was hungry and suggested going to the restaurant