REPORTED SPEECH
COMMANDS AND REQUESTS
- 1.’Don’t put sticky things in your pocket,’ said his mother.
- ‘Please, don’t do anything dangerous,’ said his wife.
- ‘Would you please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called?’ she told us.
- ‘Don’t lend Harry any money,’ I said to Ann. ‘He never pays his debts.’
- ‘Could you please ring back in half an hour?’ said the secretary.
- ‘Would you mind moving your case?’ said the other passenger. ‘It’s blocking the door.
- ‘Remember to book a table,’ said Ann to her sister.
- 8 ‘Get into the right lane,’ told me the driving instructor.
- ‘Hold the ladder,’ he said to his son. ‘It’s rather unsteady.’
- ‘Read the questions twice,’ said the teacher, ‘ad don’t write in the margin.’
- ‘Don’t take more than two of these at once,’ said the doctor, handing me a bottle of pills.
- ‘Could I speak to Albert, please?’ I said.
- ‘Could I see your driving licence?’ the policewoman said to Helen.
- ‘Fasten your seat belts; there may be a little turbulence,’ said the air hostess.
- ‘Please don’t drink any more,’ said his wife. ‘Don’t forget that we have to drive home.’
- ‘Would you please fill in this form and then join the queue by the door?’ said the clerk.
- ‘Reduce speed now,’ said a huge notice.
- ‘Will you help me to move the piano, please?’ said my aunt.
- ‘Even if you feel hungry don’t eat anything between meals,’ said the dietician.
- ‘Is it all right if I open the window?’ said the woman, looking at us.
REPORTED SPEECH: QUESTIONS / 1
- ‘Where is my purse?’ said our mother.
- ‘Do you want to see the cathedral’’ said the guide to the flock of tourists.
- ‘Do you mind working in the night shifts?’ he asked Helen.
- ‘Would you like to come with us?’ they said to me.
- ‘Who did you give the money too?’ Ann asked her little son.
- ‘How long does it take to get to Edinburgh by coach?’ asked the tourist.
- ‘How much do you think it will cost?’ he said to his wife.
- ‘What did you miss most when you were in prison?’ Mary asked the ex-convict.
- Another passenger came in and said, ‘Is this seat taken?’
- ‘How do you get on with your mother-in-law?’ Paul asked Ron.
- ‘How did you get into the house?’ they asked him.
- ‘What were you doing with these keys?’ Mrs Jones asked the stranger.
- ‘Did you sleep well?’ asked my hostess.
- ‘Have you been here long?’ the other students asked him.
- ‘Can you tell me why Paul left the University?’ Paul’s sister asked me.
- ‘How many people know the combination of the safe?’ said the detective.
- ‘Are there any letters for me?’ said Mary.
- ‘How long have you been learning English?’ the examiner said to the nervous students.
- ‘Why aren’t you taking the exams?’ Paul asked them.
- ‘Are these fresh eggs?’ said the customer.
- ‘Where are you going for your summer holidays?’ I asked them.
- ‘Will it be all right if I come in a little later tonight?’ asked the au pair girl.
- ‘Have you ever seen a flying saucer?’ said the man.
- ‘Where can I park my caravan?’ she asked the policeman.
- ‘Would you like a lift?’ said Ann.
‘Which way are you going?’ I said.
- ‘Who do you want to speak to?’ said the telephonist.
- ‘Does anyone want tickets for the boxing match?’ Charles asked us.
- ‘What are you going to do with your old car?’ I asked him.
- ‘Do you grow your own vegetables?’ I asked her.
- ‘What train are you going to get?’ my friend inquired.
- ‘Could you change a five-pound note? I’m afraid I haven’t got anything smaller,’ said the passenger to the conductor.
- ‘How many sleeping pills have you taken?’ said the night sister to the man.
- ‘Could we speak to the manager, please?’ said the two men.
- ‘Do you think you could live entirely on your own for six months?’ said Tom.
- ‘Did any of you actually see the accident happen?’ said the policeman, looking at us.
- ‘What did you do last night?’ she asked her friend.
REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS 1
- ‘I like ice-cream’, she said.
- ‘My wife has left me’, he said.
- ‘I feel very tired’, she said.
- ‘The train arrived an hour ago’, my father said.
- ‘I have a shower and then shave myself every morning’, he said.
- ‘I’ll take the car tomorrow’, Jenny said.
- ‘The weather has been fine lately’, I said.
- ‘I wouldn’t mind meting Brad Pitt’, she said.
- ‘We were on our way to school’, the children said.
- ‘She spent two weeks in Majorca’, Sheila told me.
- ‘I’ll see her tomorrow’, he said.
- ‘We decided to stay at home’, John and Susan said.
- ‘My father has asked me to look after my little sister’, she said.
- ‘They drank too much and got drunk’, the barman said.
- ‘It had all started the day before yesterday’, Mark said.
- ‘There were too many people in there’, I said.
- ‘The car swerved and crashed into a tree’, the policeman said.
- ‘There will be trouble if you don’t change that attitude’, the teacher told her.
- ‘She sings beautifully’, Jack said.
- ‘We don’t understand the way you explain’, the pupils told the teacher.
- ‘It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any money’, I told her.
- ‘I’ve been busy’, she said.
- ‘I built this boat myself’, the old man said.
- ‘I really had fun yesterday’, Pat said.
- ‘The road is closed because there has been an accident’, she said.
- ‘It’s mine’, Susan said.
- ‘I’ll be working at my office all morning’, she said.
- ‘We don’t want to travel on our own’, her grandparents said.
- ‘We can finish the rest of our bread tomorrow’, they said.
- ‘Vienna is beautiful. We were there at Christmas’, he said.
REPORTED SPEECH / STATEMENTS
- ‘I have something to show you,’ I said to her.
- ‘Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,’ she said.
- ‘I’m going away tomorrow, mother,’ he said.
- ‘I’ve been in London for a month but so far I haven’t had time to visit the Tower,’ said Rupert.
- ‘It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday,’ I remarked.
- ‘The new underpass is being officially opened the day after tomorrow,’ said the BBC announcer.
- ‘We have moved into our new flat. We don’t like it so much as our last one,’ said my aunt.
- ‘We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work,’ they said.
- ‘From one of the windows of my flat I can see the EiffelTower,’ he said.
- ‘I’ve no idea what time it is but I’ll deal 8081 and find out,’ said his daughter.
- He said, ‘My wife has just been made a judge.’
- ‘I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready,’ she replied.
- ‘I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven’t done my homework yet,’ said the small boy.
- ‘If you let the iron get too hot you will scorch your clothes,’ I warned her.
- ‘You haven’t given me quite enough. The bill is for 14€ and you’ve paid me only 13€,’ he pointed out.
- He said, ‘I am quite a good cook and I do all my washing and mending too.’
- ‘You got my umbrella,’ I told her crossly. ‘Yours is in your bedroom.’
- ‘I’ll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won’t be late,’ he said.
- ‘We like working on Sundays because we get double pay,’ explained the builders.
- ‘I’m going fishing with mother tomorrow,’ said the small boy, ‘and we are going into the garden now to dig for worms.’