I. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. ‘Who is the best player here?’ she asked.

SHE WAS ASKED WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER HERE.

2. ‘Are you coming home with me?’ he asked.

HE WAS ASKED IS HE COMING HOME WITH HIM

3. She said to me, ‘What do you want?’

4. He said to me, ‘What is the matter?’

5. She said, ‘Which is my seat?’

6. I said, ‘Don’t you know the way home?’

7. Aladdin said to the magician, ‘What have I done to deserve so severe a blow?’

8. ‘Have you anything to tell me, little bird?’ asked Ulysses.

9. He asked me, ‘What is your name?’

10. ‘What can I do for you?’ the kind man asked the boy.

II. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. John said, "I love this town."

THIS TOWN IS LOVED BY HIM
John said
2. "Do you like soccer ?" He asked me.
SOCCER IS LIKED BY YOU
He asked me
3. "I can't drive a lorry," he said.
LORRY ISN'T DRIVED
He said
4. "Be nice to your brother," he said.
He asked me
5. "Don't be nasty," he said.
He urged me
6. "Don't waste your money" she said.
She told the boys
7. "What have you decided to do?" she asked him.
She asked him
8. "I always wake up early," he said.
He said
9. "You should revise your lessons," he said.
He advised the students
10. "Where have you been?" he asked me.
He wanted to know
III. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. The girl said, ‘It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.’
2. The man said, ‘I must go as soon as possible.’
3. She said, ‘I don’t want to see any of you; go away.’
4. The teacher says, ‘If you work hard, you will pass.’
5. He said, ‘I have won.’
6. He said, ‘Let’s wait for her return.’
7. Alice said, ‘How clever I am!’
8. ‘Which way did she go?’ asked the young man.
9. He said to me, ‘Where are you going?’
10. ‘Please wait here till I return,’ she told him.

IV. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. He said, “I have got a toothache”.

2. Manu said, “I am very busy now”.
3. “Hurry up,” she said to us.
4. “Give me a cup of water,” he told her.
5. She said, “I am going to college.”
6. She said to me, “Thank you”
7. Raju said, “Gautam must go tomorrow”.
8. Geetha says, “My father is an Engineer.”
9. He said, “I have passed the physical test.”
10. She said to me, “You are my only friend.”
11. ‘I love you,’ he told me.
12. ‘Where are you going?’ James asked Mary.