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Practice 1. Change the sentences into indirect speech.

1. The clerk said to us, “Please come back here before one o’clock.”
The clerk told _________________________________________________________.
us to come back there before one o’clock.
2. The teacher said to us, ‘Write your exercise carefully.”
The teacher told _______________________________________________________.
us to write our exercise carefully.
3. “Don’t eat anything from the street vendors, Tom.” Susan said.
Susan told ___________________________________________________________.
Tom not to eat anything from the street vendors.
4. “Don’t leave your coat on the chair.” Mr. Lane’s wife said to him.
Mr. Lane’s wife told him _________________________________________________.
not to leave his coat on the chair.
5. My friend said, “Show me all of the photographs.”
My friend told me ______________________________________________________.
to show her all of the photographs.
6. Mr. Green said: “Please come to our dinner tonight, Bill.”
Mr. Green invited Bill ___________________________________________________.
to come to their dinner that night.
7. Susan said to Tom: “Don’t call me again at this late hour.”
Susan told Tom _______________________________________________________.
not to call her again at this late hour.
8. The policeman ordered: “Stay where you are and don’t touch anything.”
The policeman ordered the children ________________________________________.
to stay where they are and don’t touch anything.
9. He said to me, “Keep a seat for me in the lecture hall.”
He told me __________________________________________________________.
to keep a seat for him in the lecture hall.
10. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
She asked the boys _____________________________________________________.
not to play on the grass.
Practice 2. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. “Do you understand my question?”
Tom asked me _______________________________________________________.
2. “Can I do anything to help you?”
John asked her _______________________________________________________.
3. “Will you pick me up at 6.00, Mary?”
Ann asked ___________________________________________________________.
4. “Did I leave my umbrella here two days ago?”
Mary asked __________________________________________________________.
5. “Do I have to buy a pocket calculator for my sister?”
Paul asked __________________________________________________________.
6. “Will we be here tomorrow again?”
They asked __________________________________________________________.
7. ”Can you help me with the lesson?”
Helen wondered ________________________________________________________.
8. She said: “Did the mechanic finish repairing your car?”
She wondered _______________________________________________________.
9. My friend said, “Are you going to leave tomorrow?”
My friend asked me ____________________________________________________.
10. The mother asked her son, “Have you finished your homework?”
The mother asked her son _______________________________________________.
Practice 3. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. She said: “Why has David been looking so miserable lately ?”
She wanted to know ___________________________________________________.
2. Mr. Smith said: “Where are you going on your vacation this year?”
Mr. Smith asked the boy _______________________________________________.
3. She said, ”How long have you worked here, Minh?”
She asked Minh ______________________________________________________.
4. I asked Nam, “Why didn’t you go to the party last week?”
I asked Nam why ______________________________________________________.
5. Mr. Ha asked his friend: “How did you manage to know my phone number?”
Mr. Ha asked his friend how ______________________________________________.
6. “When are you free?”
I asked the girl ________________________________________________________.
7. “When did you begin to learn English?”
Mr. Pike asked them ___________________________________________________.
8. “When can you help me with my homework?”
Linda asked __________________________________________________________.
9. “How long does it take you to go to school?”
Helen asked __________________________________________________________.
10. “Why can’t you go with me tomorrow?”
Tom asked ___________________________________________________________.
Practice 4. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. Jim said, “We will change the plan tomorrow.”
Jim said that __________________________________________________________.
they would change the plan the following day.
2. “I saw your coat on the table”.
Mary said to Tom ______________________________________________________.
that she had seen his coat on the table.
3. “ I have changed my mind so far”.
My teacher said that ____________________________________________________.
she had changed her mind so far.
4. “We went to bed late last night”.
They said ____________________________________________________________.
that they had gone to bed late the night before.
5. “Your father has just come to my house”.
Peter said to Mary that __________________________________________________.
her father had just come to his house
6. “I often give you good advice”.
John said to the pupils __________________________________________________.
that he often gave them good advice
7. “All the students will have a meeting next week.”
Thomas said __________________________________________________________.
that all students would have a meeting the following week
8. “My parents are very proud of my good marks.”
She said _____________________________________________________________.
that her parents were very proud of her good marks
9. “All the homework must be done carefully.”
The teacher said _______________________________________________________.
that all the homework had to be done carefully
10. “You can go to the movie with your friend.”
Her father said to her____________________________________________________.
that she could go to the movie with her friend.
Practice 5. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. Johnny said to his father, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
Johnny said to his father that _____________________________________________.
2. "Let's go out and enjoy the nice weather," Rita said to her friend.
Rita suggested going
________________________________________________________.
out and enjoy the nice weather
3. "I haven't finished the assignment yet. I'm really sorry."
He apologised _________________________________________________________.
4. "It's you who took my bag," said the old man to the boy.
The old man accused ___________________________________________________.
5. "It's not true. I didn't take your bag."
The boy denied ________________________________________________________.
6. "No, no, I really must sit for the test."
She insisted on _______________________________________________________.
7. "If only I had told him the truth!"
Jane regrets __________________________________________________________.
8. "All right, it's true, I broke the window last night"
He admitted __________________________________________________________.
9. “You’d better leave that old flat,” my mother told us.
My mother advised _____________________________________________________.
10. “Please let me go to Martin’s house!” Said Muriel three times.
Muriel insisted _________________________________________________________.
11. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.
My mother accused ____________________________________________________.
12. “I’m awful sorry, I will never again use your car without permission” she said almost crying.
She apologized ________________________________________________________.
13. “Don’t cross the river, it’s full of crocodiles”
They warned __________________________________________________________.
14. “This spot is the best place for a picnic.”
My father said _________________________________________________________.
15. “Could you come and pick me up from school today, Dad?”
Bill asked ____________________________________________________________.
Practice 6. Choose the best answer.
1. She wanted to know __________.
A. what was happening B. was happening
C. it was happening D. was happening what
2. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since ___________.
A. yesterday B. two days ago C. the day before D. the next day
3. I ___________ you everything I am doing, 'and you have to do the same.
A. will tell B. would tell C. told D. was telling
4. John asked me ___________ that film the night before.
A. that I saw B. had I seen C. if I had seen D. if had I seen
5. The guest told the host that ___________.
A. I must go now B. he must go now
C. he had to go now D. he had to go then
6. The teacher told Joe ___________.
A. to stop talking B. stop talking C. stops talking D. stopped talking
7. She said she___________.
A. was very tired last night B. was very tired the night before
C. had been very tired last night D. had been very tired the night before
8. Emily said that her teacher ___________ to London___________.
A. will go/ tomorrow B. went/ tomorrow
C. would go/ the next day D. had gone/ the next day
9. She told the boys __________ on the grass.
A. do not play B. did not play C. not playing D. not to play
10. Jason asked me __________ me the book the day before.
A. if who gave B. if who has given
C. who had given D. that who had given
11. Robert said that his father __________ to Dallas the year before.
A. goes B. went C. has gone D. had gone
12. He wanted to know ___________ shopping during the previous morning.
A. if we had been going B. that if we had been going
C. we were going D. that we were going
13. He asked me __________ Robert and I said I did not know __________.
A. that did I know/ who were Robert B. that I knew/ who Robert were
C. if I knew/ who Robert was D. whether I knew/ who was Robert
14. The mother asked her son __________.
A. where he has been B. where he had been
C. where has he been D. where had he been
15. She asked me ___________ my holidays ___________.
A. where I spent/ the previous year B. where I had spent/ the previous year
C. where I spent/ last year D. where did I spend/ last year