EXERCISES ON REPORTED SPEECH

Ex. 1 Change the following statements into Reported Speech.

1. The mother says: “The children are in the nursery, doctor.”
2. “I have no time for lunch today”, says the boy to his mother.
3. “You speak English well”, says the old woman to me.
4. My brother says to me: ”I am going to become a doctor.”
5. The old man says to the boy: “You can sing perfectly. I think you will be a famous
singer.”
6. My sister says to me: “Diana spent her holidays at the seaside.”
7. Masha says: “I usually spend my holidays in the South.”
8. Nick says: “I have never been to London.”
9. He says: “I shall not stay with my friends too long.”
10. My guest says to me: “you are a very good cook. Everything was so tasty!”

Ex. 2 Change the following general questions into the Reported Speech.
1. I say to Mike: “Have you packed your suitcase?”
2. I ask Kate: “Did anybody meet you at the station?”
3. She asks her brother: “Can you pass me the salt, please?”
4. The boy asks the man: “Will she arrive in time?”
5. The say: “Do you live far from your school?”
6. Mother asks her son: “Have you done your homework, my dear?”
7. She says: “Does the sun rises in the East?”
8. The boy wants to know: “Shall we go to the canteen right now?”
9. She says: “Are you reading a book?”
10. They are interested: “Does your friend visits you often?”

Ex. 3 Change the following special questions into the Reported Speech.
1. Mother asks me: ‘Who has broken this window?
2. He says to her: “Where do you usually spend your holiday?”
3. Ann asks Mike; “When did you leave London?”
4. “What will you do tomorrow if you are not busy at the office?, I ask my friend.
5. “How long did you stay in the Crimea?”, she asks her friend.
6. Nick wants to know: “Where are you going?”
7. She asks Boris: “When will you be back?”
8. Mother asks her son: “What are you planning for the weekend?”
9. “Where did you put the book?”, she asks her husband.
10. “How long will it take your brother to get to Madrid?”, she asks.

Ex. 4 Change the following orders and requests into the Reported Speech.
1. The teacher says to me: “Hand this note to your parents, please.”
2. “Put this letter into the envelope and give it to Kate”, she asks her friend
3. “Please, bring me some water”, I ask my son.
4. “Come here tomorrow”, she says to me.
5. “Don’t stay there long”, I ask my daughter.
6. “Don’t leave the room until I come back!”, I say to the children.
7. “Don’t be late for dinner”, mother tells me.
8. “Promise to come and see me”, I ask my friend.
9. Mary asks Kate: “Don’t mention it to anybody”.
10. Jack says: “Kate, Come as quick as you can”.