English 301

Student’s Name Andrea Michelle Diaz Morales

Account Number 1210341

PRACTICE
THE REPORTED SPEECH:

Instructions: Change the following into Reported Speech. Use the correct reporting verb.

1. “You should take more exercise”, the doctor said to me.

The doctor said me that I had to do more exercise.

2. “This film is boring”, he said to his mother.

He said to his mother that film was boring.

3. “Please, please let me go out to play, mum”, she said.

She said to her mother to please let her go out to play.

4. “Shall I carry your shopping for you?” he said to her.

He asked her if she shall carry her shopping for her.

5. “Don’t get dirty in the garden”, she said to Jane.

She said to Jane to not get dirty in the garden.

6. “I’m not going to tidy Helen’s bedroom”, Tim said.

Tim said he was not going to tidy Helen’s bedroom.

7. “When is your birthday?” I said to Tom.

I said to Tom when his birthday was.

8. “I didn’t eat the cake”, he said to her.

He said to her he had not eaten the cake.

9. “Let’s go to Jamaica for our holiday”, he said to her.

He said to her to go to Jamaica for their holiday.

10. “I’m sorry I didn’t write to you”, she said to him.

She said to him she was sorry she had not written to him.

11. “Can you lend me your car, please, Mary”, Peter said
Peter said to Mary if she could lend him her car.

12. He said, “Don’t walk on the ice, Bill. It isn’t safe”.

He said Bill to not walking on the ice because it's not safe.