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Put the following into
indirect speech. |
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She said, "I don't
want to see you. Go away !"
She told him that she didn't want to see him and ordered him to
go away. |
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The teacher said to his pupils,
"Don't read so fast, or nobody will understand what you are
reading." |
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"Goodness gracious! What have you
been doing ?" she said to them. |
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She said, "What a pity you did not
attend !" |
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"Hurry up," he said to his sister.
"We are already late as it is." |
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"Don't play with fire," he warned
me. |
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The woman said to him, "Take this
pail, and get me some water." |
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"How dare you talk to me like this
!" the man exclaimed in a shocked manner. |
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His mother said to him, "What a
lazy boy you !" |
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"Please sit down. The doctor will
see you in a few minutes' time," the nurse said to them. |
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"Don't run so fast ! I can't catch
up with you," I said to my friends. |
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"Oh, what a nuisance you are !" my
brother said to me. |
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He remarked angrily, "That really
is stupid !" |
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"Help me carry this load. It's too
heavy for my shoulders," the old man said to his son. |
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"Alas! Our enemies are too strong
and cunning !" he said. |
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"Children, go out to play. Don't
disturb me while I am cooking," she said. |
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She moaned, "Ah me! I am poor,
homeless and alone." |
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"Please come this way," the
receptionist told him. |
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"Good afternoon, sir. Here is a
letter for you," she said. |
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"Stop, thief !" the woman shouted. |
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"Don't just stand there !" he said
in an exasperated manner. "Do something !" |
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Answers |
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The teacher told his pupils not to
read so fast or nobody would understand what they were reading. |
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She exclaimed at what they had been
doing. |
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She remarked that it was a pity I
had not attended. |
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He ordered his sister to hurry up
as they were already late. |
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He warned me not to play with fire. |
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The women ordered him to take the
pail and get her some water. |
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The man was shocked that I dared to
talk to him in that manner. |
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His mother remarked that he was a
lazy boy. |
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The nurse invited them to sit down
and said that the doctor would see them in a few minutes' time. |
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I asked my friends not to run so
fast as I couldn't catch up with them. |
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My brother remarked that I was a
nuisance. |
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He remarked angrily that that
really was stupid. |
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The old man asked his son to help
him carry that load as it was too heavy for his shoulders. |
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He exclaimed that their enemies
were too strong and cunning. |
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She ordered the children to go out
to play and not to disturb her while she was cooking. |
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She pitied herself for being poor,
homeless and alone. |
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The receptionist invited him to go
that way. |
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She greeted him and said that there
was a letter for him. |
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The woman ordered the thief to
stop. |
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He ordered them to do something
instead of just standing there. |
