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Rewrite these sentences, in
Indirect Speech. Where necessary, make changes in tense,
pronoun, time and place. |
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I shall tell him, "You are a fool." |
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The shopkeeper told us, "All the
toothbrushes have been sold." |
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She replied, "A miss is as good as
a mile." |
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He said, "I finished my homework
before I started to watch television." |
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The man explained to me, "I am a
traveling salesman, and I sell shoe polish." |
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"I can repair your car right now,"
the mechanic said to my father. |
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He said, "I have been waiting for
them for over an hour, but they haven't come yet." |
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"I have written a letter to Rita,"
he said. |
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We protested, "But we haven't even
finished our work yet." |
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"You must hand in all your essay
books by tomorrow," the teacher told us. |
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"I went to the cinema last night
and returned quite late," he explained. |
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The clerk said, "We shall inform
you about the job next week." |
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The boy said, "I shall be joining
all of you at the seaside." |
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I replied, "I don't see Peter here;
he may be waiting for you at your house." |
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His sister said, "He is ill. He
won't be going to school tomorrow." |
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"I was just telling him that it was
naughty of Betty to open the door of the bird's cage," she said. |
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"I hope I shall be seeing you again
soon. I have enjoyed your company very much," she said. |
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He explained, "I forgot to bring my
homework book, so I was told to stay in after school." |
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Answers |
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I shall tell him that he is a fool |
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2. |
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The shopkeeper told us that all the
toothbrushes had been sold. |
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3. |
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She replied that a miss is as good
as a mile. |
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He said that he had finished his
homework before he had started to watch television. |
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The man explained to me that he was
a traveling salesman and that he sold shoe polish. |
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The mechanic told my father that he
could repair the car right then. |
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7. |
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He said that he had been waiting
for them for over an hour, but they hadn't come yet. |
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He said that he had written a
letter to Rita. |
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We protested that we hadn't even
finished our work yet. |
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The teacher told us that we must
hand in all our essay books by the next day. |
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He explained that he had gone to
the cinema the previous night and had returned quite late. |
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The clerk said that they would
inform him/her/me about the job the following week. |
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The boy said that he would be
joining all of us at the seaside. |
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I replied that I didn't see Peter
there and that he might be waiting for him/her at his/her house. |
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His sister said that he was ill and
that he wouldn't be going to school the next day. |
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She said that she had just been
telling him that it was naughty of Betty to have opened the door
of the bird's cage. |
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She said that she had enjoyed my
company very much and hoped to see me again soon. |
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He said that he had forgotten to
bring his homework book, so he was told to stay in after school. |
