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Change the following into
Indirect Speech. In each case, use a suitable introductory verb. |
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I shall tell him,
"Mind your own business !"
I shall tell him
to mind his own business. |
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My father said, "Don't try to open the tin. Let me do it for
you." |
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The doctor told him, "You must eat plenty of nourishing food.
Try to get out in the sun as often as possible." |
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"Don't try any of your tricks on me. You may land yourself in
serious trouble," the bully warned them. |
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She ordered the girl, "Leave those books alone !" |
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He said, "Please don't go to so much trouble on my account. I
don't know how to thank you for it." |
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The customer ordered the waitress, "Please bring me a glass of
plain water." |
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"Don't be too confident of yourself," I advised her. |
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The invigilator said, "Turn over your test papers. You may begin
at once." |
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He told them, "Look after yourselves while I am away." |
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"Don't throw the rubbish on the road. You may get fined," she
said. |
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"Bring me that tin from the shelf," she said. |
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"Be early, or else you won't be able to get a place to sit," he
told us. |
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"Please explain the meaning of that word to me," I said. |
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They told us, "Wait here while we park the car at the end of the
road." |
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"Look where you are going !" the motorist shouted. |
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Answers |
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My father told us not to pen the tin and to let him do it for
us. |
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The doctor told him that he must eat plenty of nourishing food
and to try to get out in the sun as often as possible. |
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The bully warned them not to try any of their tricks on him or
they might land themselves in serious trouble. |
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She ordered the girl to leave those books alone. |
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He told me not to go to so much trouble on his account. He
didn't know how to thank me for it. |
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The customer asked the waitress to bring him a glass of plain
water. |
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I told her not to be too confident of herself. |
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The invigilator told us to turn over our test papers and added
that we could begin at once. |
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He told them to look after themselves while he was away. |
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She told them not to throw the rubbish on the road or they might
get fined. |
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She told him to bring her that tin from the shelf. |
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He told us to be early, or we wouldn't be able to get a place to
sit. |
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I asked her to explain the meaning of that word to me. |
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They told us to wait there while they parked the car at the end
of the road. |
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The motorist told us to look where we were going. |
