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Put the following into
indirect speech. Be careful of your tenses |
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She told me, "I'll
finish reading this book later."
She told me that she would finish reading that book later. |
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I said, "I've borrowed your ruler,
Annie." |
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The doctor explained, "Having an
X-ray taken is not painful." |
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The teacher told us, "A diamond is
a very valuable stone." |
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The teacher explained,
"Intransitive verbs do not have objects." |
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He said, "I shall go here
tomorrow." |
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I said to him, "I will not take
back what I have said." |
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She says, "Examinations will never
be abolished." |
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"You are lying," they told her. |
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He said, "I lived many years in
India." |
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He will say, "We do not know where
Polly has gone." |
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"Her brother came here last week,"
I said. |
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She told me, "I finished my
embroidery work days ago." |
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I said, "I must not be
disrespectful to my elders." |
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He told me, "My brother is not free
now. He is writing letters." |
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The man said to the girl, "I know
your father very well." |
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The gardener told her, "You can
pick as many flowers as you like from this bed only." |
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He says, "I am not so foolish as to
believe you." |
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He said, "Keep quiet, and listen to
what I have to say about this problem." |
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"We'd better start doing our work
now as we have to hand it in next week," she said. |
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"You mustn't be so slow with your
work next time," the supervisor told the girl. |
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Answers |
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I told Annie that I had borrowed
her ruler. |
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The doctor explained that having an
X-ray taken is not painful. |
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The teacher told us that a diamond
is a very valuable stone. |
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The teacher explained that
intransitive verbs do not have objects. |
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He said that he would go there the
next day. |
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I told him that I would not take
back what I had said. |
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She says that examinations will
never be abolished. |
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They told her that she was lying. |
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He said that he had lived many
years in India. |
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He will say that they do not know
where Polly has gone. |
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I said that her brother had gone
there the previous week. |
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She told me that she had finished
her embroidery work days before. |
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I said that I must not be
disrespectful to my elders. |
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He told me that his brother was not
free then as he was writing letters. |
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The man told the girl that he knew
her father very well. |
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The gardener told her that she
could pick as many flowers as she liked from that bed only. |
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He says that he is not so foolish
as to believe me. |
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He said to keep quiet and to listen
to what he had to say about that problem. |
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She said that they had better start
doing their work then as they had to hand it in the following
week. |
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The supervisor told the girl that
she mustn't be so slow with her work next time. |
