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Put these sentences into
Indirect Speech. Remember to use suitable introductory verbs and
to change the tense, time and place where necessary. |
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"Come to my house
tomorrow at the same time," he said.
He asked me to go to
his house the next day at the same time. |
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She said, "Please shut the door
when you got out." |
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"Please wait for me; I will be back
in a few minutes," I said to my friend. |
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"Be careful ! The road here is very
slippery," the lady said to the driver. |
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"Please be quick !" I urged her. "I
really can't hold on much longer." |
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"Don't argue with your mother,"
said Mr Brown to Peter. |
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She said, "Jane, please put the
cake into the oven and turn the temperature to 300 degrees." |
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"Get more exercise, and don't eat
so much rich food," the doctor advised her. |
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He said to me, "Don't forget to
lock all the windows and the door before you leave the house." |
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"Go straight in, please. The
manager is waiting for you," the secretary told me. |
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"Good morning!" he said to us.
"Open your books to page seventy-one, and start reading to
yourselves." |
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"Speak louder !" the teacher said.
"No one can hear you if you murmur." |
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He said to his secretary, "Don't
open my mail while I am away; I will handle it when I return." |
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"Please tell John to meet me at
Mary's house in half an hour's time, Sally," Peter said over the
telephone. |
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"This is the way to repair it,"
said he. "Now, watch carefully while I'm repairing it." |
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"What a beautiful painting !" she
exclaimed. "Tell me who painted it." |
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"Don't take too long to get ready,"
he told her. "We have only an hour before the show starts." |
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"Look out !" he shouted. "That car
is coming at us at full speed. Stand back against the wall !" |
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"Come here, child," the dentist
said. "Don't stand there like a frightened rabbit. I won't hurt
you at all." |
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Answers |
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She requested me to shut the door
when I went out. |
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I told my friend to wait for me as
I would be back in a few minutes. |
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The lady advised the driver to be
careful as the road there was very slippery. |
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I urged her to be quick as I
couldn't hold on much longer. |
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Mr Brown told Peter not to argue
with his mother. |
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She told Jane to put the cake into
the oven and to turn the temperature to 300 degrees. |
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The doctor advised her to get more
exercise and not to eat so much rich food. |
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He told me not to forget to lock
all the windows and the door before I left the house. |
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The secretary told me to go
straight in and said that the manager was waiting for me. |
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He greeted us and told us to open
our books to page seventy-one and to start reading to ourselves. |
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The teacher ordered me to speak
louder as no one could hear me if I murmured. |
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He instructed his secretary not to
open his mail while he was away and said that he would handle it
when he returned. |
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Peter told sally to tell John to
meet him at Mary's house in half an hour's time. |
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He told me/us that that was the way
to repair it and told me/us to watch carefully while he was
repairing it. |
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She exclaimed that it was a
beautiful painting and enquired who had painted it. |
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He told her not to take too long to
get ready as they had only an hour before the show started. |
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He warned us and ordered us to
stand back against the wall as the car was coming at us at full
speed. |
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The dentist called to her gently
and told her not to stand there like a frightened rabbit. He
assured her that he wouldn't hurt her at all. |
