EXERCISE 1. Write these sentences in indirect speech.

1. I read a book per month.

James said

2. I go to the cinema on Saturdays.

Peter said

3. Teachers don’t like noise.

Maria said

4. We are very calm.

They said

5. We don’t want to watch TV.

The children said

6. I don’t like horror movies.

Charles said

7. I don’t like TV. I prefer cinema.

John said

8. The church is just around the corner.

Mr. Robins said

9. This is my favorite ice cream.

Barbara said

10. Sara likes to chew gum when she is at the cinema.

Peter said

11. Girls prefer fashion magazines.

He said
 12. Boys like to buy car magazines. They don’t like girlish
magazines.
Tom said

13. I buy this magazine every weekend.

Brenda said

14. We enjoy our classes.

They said

15. This place is absolutely fabulous.

Samantha said

16. These cars don’t work.

Daniel said

17. Today is my birthday.

Carl said
EXERCISE 2. Write these sentences in indirect speech.
1. "It is too late to apologize," I said.
2. "I have replied to them," claimed Peter.
3. "I met you yesterday," he told me.
4. "I cannot come to your birthday party," explained Mary.
5. "I could fall down the stairs," said my grandma.
6. "I will pay for it tomorrow," he suggested.
7. "The Himalayas are the highest mountains in the world," explained
our teacher.
8. "I may lend you some money," promised Bill.
9. "I have been watching a romantic film," replied Mary.
10. "Claire must rest a little bit," said the doctor.
11. "I have not done the shopping today," I explained to my mum last
Friday.
12. "If I was twenty years younger, I would accept it," he thought.
13. "I was with him at the disco last week," admitted Jill.
14. "You needn't change your shoes in our house," she reminded me.
 15. "I am calling my mum because of the boat trip," she said.
16. "I will finish this picture tomorrow," supposed Diana.
17. "I would buy the house on the coast," she said.
18. "Greg used to be my best friend from school," he told us.

EXERCISE 3.
1) "I have read this book," she said.
She said that she had read the book.
2) "We did not see her," my mother said. _____
3) "I will text you," she promised. _____
4) "They are going to sell their car," my brother told me. _____
5) "The sunglasses are too expensive," she said. _____
6) "I haven´t done my homework," he told me. _____
7) "They can buy tickets for the concert," she informed me. _____
8) "Somebody stole my umbrella," she complained. _____
9) "Thomas will pass his exam," she said. _____
10) "They are watching TV," he said. _____
11) "He likes the Beatles," she said. ____________
12) "I have never been to Italy," she said. ____________
13) "I cannot swim," he informed me. ____________
14) "She is getting divorced soon," she told me. ____________
15) "We flew a kite on Saturday," my son said. ____________
16) "He has got a car," I said. ____________
EXERCISE 4.

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

2. "Are you sure?" He asked me.

3. "I can't drive a lorry," he said.

4. "Be nice to your brother," he said.

5. "Don't be nasty," he said.

6. "Don't waste your money" she said.

7. "What have you decided to do?" she asked him.

8. "I always wake up early," he said.

9. "You should revise your lessons," he said.

10. "Where have you been?" he asked me.