Mixed Exercise 1
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question.
- He said, "I like this song."
He said that he liked that song. - "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
She asked me where my sister was. - "I don't speak Italian," she said.
She said that she didn't speak Italian. - "Say hello to Jim," they said.
They asked me to say hello to Jim. - "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock. - "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
She told the boys not to play on the grass. - "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
She asked him where he had spent his money. - "I never make mistakes," he said.
He said that he never made mistakes. - "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
He wanted to know if she knew Robert. - "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.
Mixed Exercise 2
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the tenses or not.
- "I was very tired," she said.
She said that she had been very tired. - "Be careful, Ben," she said.
She told Ben to be careful. - "I will get myself a drink," she says.
She says that she will get herself a drink. - "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
He wondered why I hadn't phoned him. - "I cannot drive them home," he said.
He said that he could not drive them home. - "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee. - "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before. - He said, "Don't go too far."
He advised her not to go too far. - "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
He wanted to know if we had been shopping. - "Don't make so much noise," he says.
He asks us not to make so much noise.
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