REPORTED SPEECH TEST PREPARATION:

Convert the sentences below from direct to indirect speech (reported speech).

1.
1. The teacher to me: “Have you ever studied abroad?”
The teacher asked me if I had ever studied abroad.

2. His mother to him: “Study harder because this is your last chance.”
His mother told him to study harder because that was his last chance.

3.Jessie to her teacher: “May I ask something?”

Jessie asked her teacher if she might ask something.

4. Adam to his wife: “Next winter I am going to travel to Paris.”

Adam told his wife that he was going to travel to Paris the following winter.

5. Anna: “I have been reading the same book since yesterday.”

She said that she had been reading the same book since the previous day.

6. Dave: “I am going to watch Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with my family

tomorrow.”
He said that he was going to watch Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with his family
the following day.

7. Isabelle: “I can’t go outside tonight as I am ill.”

She said that she couldn’t go outside because she was ill.

8. Andrew to his sister: “I can’t finish my homework. Please help me.”

Andrew told his sister that he couldn’t finish his homework and wanted her to help
him.

9. The Suspect: “I wasn't stalking Becka.”

The suspect said he hadn’t been stalking Becka.

10. My classmate to me: “How about drinking a cup of coffee with me?”
My classmate offered me to drink a cup of coffee with him.

11. Mother to daughter: "Put on your shoes."

Her mother told her to put on her shoes.

12. The teacher to me: "Open your notebook."

The teacher told me to open my notebook.

13. Merry to her uncle: "Don't be mad at me."

Merry said her uncle not to mad at her.

14. Coach to Jack: "Get on your feet!"

Coach warned Jack to get on his feet.

15. The cashier to Angela: "Give me your receipt."

The cashier told Angela to give him her receipt.

16. ‘What do you want?’ he said to her.

He asked her what she wanted.

17. He said, ‘How’s your mother.’

He asked me how my mother was.

18. He enquired, ‘When do you intend to pay me?’

He enquired when I intended to pay him.

19. ‘Do you really come from China?’ the prince asked.
The prince asked me if I really came from China.

20. ‘Do you speak English?’ he said

He asked if I spoke English.