Indirect Speech (1) ppt

Indirect Speech (1)

Exercise 1. Change these sentences into indirect speech ones.

1. “ Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun!”. She said. ______________________

2. “ I am going away tomorrow, mother!”, he said. ______________________

3. “ Listen carefully !”, he said to us. ______________________

4. “ It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, Lan remarked. ______________________

5. “ Don’t wait for me if I’m late”, his wife told him. ______________________

6. “ We’ve moved to our new flat. We don’t like it nearly as much as our last one”, said my aunt.

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7. “ You should eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said to her. ______________________

8. “ Don’t shout”, I said to the children. ______________________

9. “ Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us. ______________________

10. “ I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window”, he said.

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11. Ann says “ I’m tired”. ______________________________

12. “ New York is bigger than London”, Tom says. ______________________

13. “ You’d better slow down. There’s a speed limit here”, she said to me. ________________

14. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. ________________

15. “ Don’t forget to send your parents my regards” , she said to me. ______________________

16. “ Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”, he asked me. ______________________

17. “ Have you read the book by Y Ban?”, she asked him. ______________________

18. “ It’s time we began training for our next match”, the coach said to them. ________________

19. “ How long does it take to get to London?”, the traveller asked. ______________________

20. “ I’d buy the big tin if I were you”, said the grocer. ______________________

Exercise 2. Choose the suitable given word to rewrite the sentence into indirect speech.

Persuade Order Recommend Ask Advise

Tell Encourage Invite Beg Remind

1. “ Could you possibly do me a favour?”, she asked Tom.

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2. “ Hand in your essay next week!”, the teacher told the class.

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3. “ Don’t forget to post the letter”, my wife said to me.

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4. “ Come and have dinner with us”, John said to Linda.

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5. “ You must pay a fine of one hundred pounds”, the judge said to Edward Fox.

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6. “ Wash it in luckwarm water”, recommended the assistant.

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7. “ Buy the red dress, not the green one”, Betty said to Jane. “ It’s much nicer.”

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8. “ You really should paint professionally”, said Jim to Henry, “ You’re really good at it”.

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9. “ Please, please don’t tell my father”, the child said to me.

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10. “ I think you should sell your shares”, his accountant said to Bill.

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Exercise 3. Match from 1 to 10 suitably to indirect speech sentences a to k.

1. “ Would you like to come on holidaywith me?” a. She advised me to take a holiday.

2. “ Don’t worry, of course you can take a holiday” b. She expected me to take a holiday.

3. “ Don’t forget to take a holiday, will you!” c. She insisted that I take a holiday.

4. “ You should take a holiday” d. She invited me to take a holiday.

5. “ Are you going to take a holiday?” e. She agreed that I could take a holiday.

6. “ It’s all right by me if you take a holiday” g. She reminded me to take a holiday.

7. “ Actually, I’d rather you took a holiday” h. She proposed that I should take a holiday

8. “ I thought you were going to take a holiday” i. She asked whether I would take a holiday

9. “ Taking a holiday would be a good idea” j. She reassured me that I could take a holiday