REPORTED SPEECH – PRESENT TENSES

Make indirect sentences in the present. Look at the example.

1) 'Call for a taxi, please.' I to Ben

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2) 'I got forty cents change at the market yesterday.' Kim
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3) 'Why were your eyes sparkling?' Dave to me
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4) 'Will you show me round the house?' Mr Ford to the agent
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5) 'Julie is crying in her bedroom now.' Frank
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6) 'Who do you take after?' The teacher to Lily
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7) 'Your new bicycle has been stolen.' Sally to Rob
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8) 'Don't ask me silly questions, Tom.' Tom's sister
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9) 'You should have painted the walls green.' My mum to me
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10) 'Would you give me a lift?' Eve to Charlie
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11) 'Learn this poem by heart.' The teacher
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12) 'Do you have to speak to him?' Greg to Nora
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13) 'How could he be the murderer?' Mrs Taylor
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14) 'I can't come now.' Jenny
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