ALL TYPES
18.- ‘When did you sell your old car?’
EXERCISE 4 He wanted to know …
1.- ‘Do you wear a uniform at school?’
Peter asked me ... 19.- ‘Can you tell me where the station is, sir?’
She asked the man …
2.- ‘Do these exercises for tomorrow, children’
The teacher told the children ... 20.- ‘Is this today’s newspaper, Sue?’
Sue’s father asked her …
3.- Harry, don’t play with matches’
His mother told Harry ... 21.- ‘George, go to the blackboard and don’t be a
nuisance’
The teacher told George …
4.- There is a question I want to ask’
Sue said ...
22.- ‘Those flowers are very nice. I like them’
Mary said ...
5.- ‘We’ll have a party next weekend’
She said ...
23.- ‘Will you buy the paper on your way to work, please?’
My mother asked me ...
6.- ‘Nobody knows the answer’
He said ...
24 ‘Can you buy some bread on your way back home,
please?’
7.- ‘How many questions are there?’ She asked me ...
John asked ...
25.- ‘Don’t switch off the radio’
8.- ‘Have you been to Italy, Mary?’ She told me ...
Mr. Jones asked Mary ...
26.- ‘Where did you go on holiday?’
9.- ‘Don’t touch any of my things, Mark’ She asked me ...
She ordered Mark ...
27.- Look at him. He’s playing the fool again’
10.- ‘It’s going to rain soon’ Susan told me ...
I said ...
28.- Open the window. It’s hot in this room’
11.- ‘I lost my handbag yesterday’ His mother told him…
She said …
29.- ‘Give me a sandwich, please. I’m hungry’
12.- ‘Listen to those birds in the garden’ Tom told his mother ...
Susan told her friend …
30.- Where have you been all day?’
13.- ‘Could you do me a favour?’ My father asked me ...
Tom asked Susan ...
31.- ‘Don’t drop those plates’
14.- ‘Can you give me something to eat, madam?’ Sheila told her friend ...
The beggar asked the woman ...
32.-‘I know what you mean’
15.- ‘How much is this box of chocolates?’ He said ...
The customer asked me …
16.- ‘This exercise is a bit difficult, but you won’t have any
problem if you pay attention’
The teacher explained …
17.- ‘Can you keep this secret, Susan?’
Susan’s friend asked her ...
ALL TYPES
EXERCISE 5
1. Are you going to study for the exam? - she asked 21. I think she will be very happy in England - he
said
2. Can you ride a horse, Sue? - he asked
22. I want to play with you, Sue - he said
3. Can you wait for a while, please? - he said
23. I won’t be able to finish it by tomorrow - he said
4. Did you enjoy yourself at the party last
Saturday? - she asked him 24. I’ll finish soon - she told us
5. Did you go shopping last Saturday? - she asked 25. I’m going to show you something very interesting
- Susan told me
6. Do you know my brother Harry? - he asked me
26. I’ve got up at six o’clock this morning and I’m
very tired - Terry said
7. Don’t argue with me! - his father said
27. It may be too late - he said
8. Don’t ask me any more questions, Mary - Susan
said
28. Learn all these new words for tomorrow - the
teacher said
9. Don’t laugh at him - my mother told me
29. Mary, pass me the sugar, please - Harry said
10. Don’t make plans for your holiday yet - he told us
30. She left the office two hours ago - he said
11. Don’t talk to me when I’m studying - she told me
31. Show me your new CDs, David - I said
12. Everybody is hungry - she said
32. Soldiers, don’t leave your position! - the sergeant
13. Have you got any brothers or sisters? - I asked said
him
33. Susan, stop crying - her mother said
14. Have you seen Peter today? - the teacher asked
the students
34. The postman didn’t deliver yesterday - she said
15. How much is this sweater? - she asked the shop
assistant 35. There’s been a terrible accident at the crossroads
- John said
16. How old is your new boyfriend, Sue? - her father
asked 36. They are getting married next week - she said
17. I can run faster than anyone - the boy told his 37. This exercise is terrible. I can’t do it now - she
friends said
18. I didn’t break it - the child said 38. Tom, the phone is ringing - she said
19. I haven’t finished eating yet - he said 39. We’ll go in this car - they said
20. I met him here two days ago - he said 40. We’ll visit you when we go to Scotland next
summer - they told me
DIRECT SPEECH
Anna told us that she had finished.
‘I’ve finished’ – Anna told us
The little girl asked Susan if she was staying there all summer.
‘Are you staying here all summer, Susan? – the little girl asked
The teacher told the children not to write on the blackboard.
‘Don’t write on the blackboard, children’ – the teacher said
EXERCISE 6
1.- Mary asked me where exactly I lived. 16.- She wondered if he would ask her out.
2.- Bill said he was going to be late. 17.- She said she had been to the doctor’s two days
before.
3.- David said he had to be back by 3.30.
18.- She asked me who I had invited to my party.
4.- Carol asked Ann what she had done the day before.
19.- He wanted to know what had happened.
5.- Kate asked me how many books I had read.
20.- He explained that he had been late because of the
traffic.
6.- My teacher asked me if I would go to school the
following day.
21.- She asked Jim if he had tried those cakes.
7.- Helen said she was going shopping.
22.- He said that he would help me whenever I needed it
8.- Paul said that he wanted to make a phone call.
23.- She said she had to do an important exam the
following day.
9.- Tina told the teacher she had forgotten to do her
homework.
24.- The firemen told us to leave the place at once.
10.- She said she liked swimming but she didn’t go very
often. 25.- I told Peter to be honest.
11.- He said he had written two letters to her. 26.- She told us we had to call her Mrs. Willis
12.- I asked my teacher what ‘coy’ meant. 27.- They asked me not to come in with my shoes on.
13.- I asked Sue when her birthday was. 28.- She said her friend had just had a baby.
14.- My mother asked me if I had tidied my room lately. 29.- The policeman ordered him to come out of his car.
15.- She asked John to give her a lift to the airport.
30.- He said that they had finished this exercise at last.
