REPORTED SPEECH

Positive and negative sentences

"I am going to buy a new pair of boots", my sister said.

"My wife is wearing a red dress and a big hat", the man told the receptionist.

"The driver tried to stop the car", the witness told the policeman.

"I enjoyed the opera very much", I answered.

"It is a beautiful model", the assistant said.

"Peter never comes to my birthday party", my son said.

"We have been here for half an hour", my wife told the salesman.

"You will be a good wife to some lucky man", my mother told me.

"I can't believe you!", I said.

"He is going to open the front door", I said.

"The parcel contains a birthday gift", I answered.

"I spent two hours a day talking to you", my friend told me.

"There isn't enough money in my wallet", my father said.

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"We have lost our way", I said.

"I have made a terrible mistake", the secretary said.

"I suppose she is at the supermarket", my mother told my friend Anne.

"The ship will sail at midnight", the capitan said.

"The policeman is writing in a notebook", I answered.

"That is a good idea!", Brian said.

"We prefer to stay at home", my wife and my daughter said

"The gardener cut the grass yesterday", my mother said.

"I did not understand the lesson", my sister said.

"We will travel to New York the next year", my father said.

"I will not go to work tomorrow", I told my wife.

"Peter is going to write a letter", the secretary said.

"It is very expensive", the lady said.

"He is such an irritable person", the teacher told me.

"I am working now!", my father said.

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"We are finishing our homework", the pupils answered.

"They are studying maths", the teacher explained.

"I am reading a book", I told my sister.

"My father loved the farm", my neighbour said.

"I have felt very nervous", I said.

"We knew him in Australia", my husband and my son said.

"I never work on Sundays", I told my boss.

"He was very ill", the doctor explained.

"I am going to sign a contract", the secretary said.

"Mr. Thompson will see you tomorrow morning", the receptionist said.

"I enjoyed the trip but I didnt take photos", my friend told me.

"I have lost all my money!", the old lady exclaimed.

"I can't drink this coffee!", I exclaimed.

"You will miss the train!", my mother told me.

"I forgot her name", my boss told me.

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"He needs a new coat", the lady said.

"Tommy isn't at home now!", his mother told me.

"They will spend their holidays abroad this year", the man explained.

"The operation has been successful", the doctor told us.

"We bought the tickets a long time ago", my neighbours said.

"I like to stay at home during the weekend", my friend suggested.

"The bus will arrive in a few minutes", the voice said.

"I have ordered some soup for you", my husband told me.

"I don't want to disturb him", I explained.

"I didn't like your work", the manager told me.

"It is raining heavily!", I said.

"He isn't realizing that he is making a big mistake", I thought.

"I have just finished my homework", my son said.

"The workers are on strike again", the newspaper said.

"Someone is knocking the door!", my father shouted.

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"I am going to take a rest now", my friend's mother answered.

"John did me a big favour", Larice said.

Questions
"What did the dentist tell you to do?", my husband asked me.

"Did you take photographs during your trip?", my friend asked me.

"What do the bags contain?", Alice's brother asked.

"Will you visit your mother?", my wife asked me.

"Where have you been hiding?", Brian's father asked him impatiently.

"When will the results be announced?", the pupils asked.

"Did he give you the money at once?", my friend asked me.

"Where has Mrs. Hawkins opened her third bakery?", Susan's mother asked me.

"Where is your father now?", I asked Peter.

"What will you do next year?", the teacher asked Tom.

"Who damaged the piano?", my grandfather asked my brother.

"When will the workers go on strike?", the journalist asked the leader.

"Where did you go on Christmas' Eve?", the neighbour asked my mother. Pgina 5

"What is the lady's name?", Mr. James asked the secretary.

"How far away is your house?", the taxidriver asked me.

"Have you finished the exercises?", the teacher asked the pupils.

"How many miles did you walk yesterday?", the coach asked me.

"What did the secretary asked you?", Peter asked John.

"Why did you say that you was busy?", Jenifer asked Susan.

"Where did the plane from Paris arrive?", the lady asked the stewardess.

"Did I leave my glasses here?", my grandmother asked my brother.

"How long have you been in London?", the lady asked.

"Did you enjoy the concert?, my friend asked me.

"What did the doctor say about Peter?", my father asked.

"Can you give me your telephone number?", the receptionist asked me.

"Have you read your horoscope for this week?, my wife asked me.

"Did the thieves run away?", the policeman asked the salesman.

"What are you reading?", I asked Frank. Pgina 6

"Do you really like jazz?", Susan asked John.

"Where do you prefer to go?", my boyfriend asked me.

"Can I practice the violin here?", John's grandfather asked him.

"Do you have any problem?", Brian's sister asked him.

"What are your plans for the future?", my mother asked me.

"Did you finish high school?", the boss asked my sister.

"Why don't you talk to him about the problem?", my friend asked me.

"What are you going to do this summer?", Caroline asked me.

"When can I take off my seat belt?", the passenger asked the stewardess.

"What do you want for dinner tonight", my mother asked my father.

"Is there a cafeteria in this building?", I asked the secretary.

"Do you have change for a dollar?", the taxidriver asked me.

"Is there any petrol in the tank?", my father asked my brother.

"What time did you get to the office?", my boss asked me.

"Can you see that notice?", the receptionist asked me. Pgina 7

"What are you doing here?", the teacher asked us.

"What's for dinner?", my husband asked.

"Was the boss angry?", the secretary asked.

"Who has a gun?", the policeman asked.

"Who is speaking?", Miss Thompson asked.

"Did the dog eat the coockies?", my sister asked my mother.

"Did you enjoy the film last night?, my friend asked.

"Where did you get those socks?", Alice asked Margaret.

"Does Frank want to go to the cinema?, John asked.

"Will you buy a new car?", the neighbour asked.

"Have you been on an aeroplane before?", the stewardess asked.

"What did you do yesterday?", my grandmother asked me.

"Did the police find the lost van?", the journalist asked.

"Did your mother believe you?", my friend asked me.

"Why didn't you go to school last week?", Tom's mother asked him. Pgina 8

"Have you been on holiday?, I asked John.

"What is the name of the village?", Mr. Hopkins asked.

Solutions
My sister said that she was going to buy a new pair of boots. The man told the receptionist that his wife was wearing a red dress and a big hat. The witness told the policeman that the driver had tried to stop the car. I answered that I had enjoyed the opera very much. The assistant said that it was a beautiful model. My son said that Peter never came to his birthday party. My wife told the salesman that we had been there for half an hour. My mother told me that I would be a good wife to some lucky man. I said that I coul not believe him. I said that he was going to open the front door. I answered that the parcel contained a birthday gift. My friend told me that he had spent two hours a day talking to me. My father said that there was not enough money in his wallet. I said that we had lost our way. The secretary said that she had made a terrible mistake. My mother told my friend Anne that she supposed she was at the supermarket. The capitan said that the ship would sailed at midnight. I answered that the policeman was writing in a notebook. Brian said that it was a good idea. My wife and my daughter said that they prefered to stay at home. My mother said that the gardener had cut the grass the day before. My sister said that she had not understood the lesson. My father said that we would travel to New York the following year.

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I told my wife that I would not go to work the following day. The secretary said that Peter was going to write a letter. The lady said that it was very expensive. The teacher told me that he was such an irritable person. My father said that he was working at that moment. The pupils said that they were finishing their homework. The teacher explained that they were studying maths. I told my sister that I was reading a book. My neighbour said that his father had loved the farm. I said that I had felt very nervous. My husband and my son said that they had known him in Australia. I told my boss that I never worked on Sundays. The doctor explained that he had been very ill. The secretary said that she was going to sign a contract. The receptionist said that Mr. Thompson would see you the following morning. My friend told me that he had enjoyed the trip but he had not taken photos. The old lady exclaimed that she had lost all her money. I exclaimed that I could not drink that coffee. My mother told me that I would miss the train. My boss told me that he had forgotten her name. The lady said that he needed a new coat. Tommy's mother told me that he was not at home at that moment. The man explained that they would spend their holidays abroad that year. The doctor told us that the operation had been successful. My neighbours said that they had bought the tickets a long time ago. My friend suggested that he liked to stay at home during the weekend. The voice said that the bus would arrive in a few minutes. My husband told me that he had ordered some soup for me. I explained that I did not want to disturb him. The manager told me that he had not liked my work.

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I said that it was raining heavily. I thought that he was not realizing that he was making a big mistake. My son said that he had just finished his homework. The newspaper said that the workers were on strike again. My father shouted that someone was knocking the door. My friend's mother answered that she was going to take a rest in that moment. Larice said that John had done her a big favour.

My husband asked me what the dentist had told me to do. My friend asked me if I had taken photographs during my trip. Alice's brother asked what the bags contained. My wife asked me if I would visit my mother. Brian's father asked him impatiently where he had been hiding. The pupils asked when the results would be announced. My friend asked me if he had given me the money at once. Susan's mother asked me where Mrs. Hawkins had opened her third bakery. I asked Peter where his father was at that moment. The teacher asked Tom what he would do the following year. My grandfather asked my brother who had damaged the piano. The journalist asked the leader when the workers would go on strike. The neighbour asked my mother where she had gone on Christmas' Eve. Mr. James asked the secretary what the lady's name was. The taxidriver asked me how far away my house was. The teacher asked the pupils if they had finished the exercises. The coach asked me how many miles I had walked the day before. Peter asked John what the secretary had asked him. Jenifer asked Susan why she had said that she was busy. The lady asked the stewardess where the plane from Paris had arrived. My grandmother asked my brother if she had left her glasses there. The lady asked how long you had been in London. My friend asked me if I had enjoyed the concert. My father asked what the doctor had said about Peter.

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The receptionist asked me if I could give her my telephone number. My wife asked me if I had read my horoscope for that week. The policeman asked the salesman if the thieves had run away. I asked Frank what he was reading. Susan asked John if he really liked jazz. My boyfriend asked me where I prefered to go. John's grandfather asked him if he could practice the violin there. Brian's sister asked him if he had any problem. My mother asked me what my plans for the future were. The boss asked my sister if she had finished high school. My friend asked me why you did not talk to him about the problem. Caroline asked me what I was going to do that summer. The passenger asked the stewardess when he could take off his seat belt. My mother asked my father what I wanted for dinner that night. I asked the secretary if there was a cafeteria in that building. The taxidriver asked me if I had change for a dollar. My father asked my brother if there was any petrol in the tank. My boss asked me what time I had got to the office. The receptionist asked me if I could see that notice. The teacher asked us what we were doing there. My husband asked what was for dinner. The secretary asked if the boss was angry. The policeman asked who had a gun. Miss Thompson asked who was speaking. My sister asked my mother if the dog had eaten the coockies. My friend asked if I had enjoyed the film the night before. Alice asked Margaret where she had got those socks. John asked if Frank wanted to go to the cinema. The neighbour asked if I would buy a new car. The stewardess asked if I had been on an aeroplane before. My grandmother asked me what I had done the day before. The journalist asked if the police had found the lost van.

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My friend asked me if my mother had believed me. Tom's mother asked him why he had not gone to school the week before. I asked John if he had been on holiday. Mr. Hopkins asked what the name of the village was.

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