Indirect Speech

Exercise 255. Rewrite the sentences in indirect speech.

1. "I can't swim". (She told us...) 2. "They've been away for a long time", (lie told that...) 3. "You don't eat enough'." (She told me...) 4. "She has got red hair". (He told us...) 5. "I know I won't be able to do it". (He said that...). 6. "It's the worst job I've ever had". (He told the manager...) 7. "We're going to stay in London". (They told us...). 8. "She's hurt her an­kle rather badly". (The doctor said that...) 9. "They aren't English". (He told us...) 10. "I think she'll come". (He told me...) 11. "I know I can do the job". (I told them...) 12. "She doesn't think she'll be there". (He said that...) 13. "They're the best secretaries I've ever had". (Boris said that...) 14. "I'm afraid she's broken her leg". (The doctor said...) 15. "I've decided I'm going to stay in London after all". (He told us...)

Exercise 256. Put the following sentences into indirect speech.

[1]. "I have something to show you", I said to her. 2. "Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun", she said. 3. "I'm going away tomorrow, mother", he said. 4. "I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit the Tower", said Roger. 5. "It isn't so foggy today as it was yes­terday", I remarked. 6. "The new underpass is being officially opened the day after tomorrow", said the CNN announcer. 7. "We have moved into our new flat. We don't like it nearly so much as our last one", said my aunt. 8. "We have a lift but very often it doesn't work", they said. 9. "From one of the win­dows of my flat I can see the Tower of London", said my friend. 10. "I've no idea what the time is but I'll dial 060 and find out", said my daughter. 11. He said, "My wife has just been made a judge". 12. "I'll come with you as soon as I am ready", she replied. 13. "I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet", said the boy. 14. "If you let the iron get too hot you will scorch your clothes", I warned her. 15. "You haven't given me quite enough. The bill is for $ 14 and you've paid me only $ 13", he pointed out. 16. Pat said, "Englishmen make good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in the house". 17. Maggy answered, "I like men to be useful but I don't like them to be too domesticated. I prefer them to keep out of the kitchen altogether. My son looks silly in aprons anyway". 18. "Yester­day Bill and I went to look at a house that he was thinking of buying. It was rather a nice house and had a lovely garden but Bill decided against it because it was opposite the cemetery", said Julia. 19. "I don't know what to do with all my plums. I suppose I'll have to make jam", she said. 20. "We like work­ing on Sundays because we get double pay", explained the builders.

Exercise 257. Change the following sentences to indirect speech.

1. He said, "I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing and mending too". 2. "You can keep that one if you like, Alice", she said. "I've got plenty of others". 3. "I'm going fishing with father this afternoon", said the small boy, "and we are going into the garden now to dig for worms". 4. "You got my umbrella", said I crossly. "Yours is in your bedroom". 5. "I know exactly what they said", the private detective explained to his client, "because I put a tape-recorder under the table". 6. "I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late", said Mrs. Pike. 7. "If you give me some wire, I'll hang that picture for you", said my brother. 8. "I have a Turkish bath oc­casionally, but it doesn't seem to make any difference to my weight", she said.

Exercise 258. Transform the following sentences into indirect speech observing all the necessary changes of verbs, pronouns.

A. 1. He said: "We're having a test on Byron today". 2. "I'll meet you at the library at eleven", Crane said. 3. "The sun is shining and it'll be dry directly", Millie went on. 4. Andrew was not sure how serious she was. He answered lightly. "I don't understand much about politics. I'm leaving that for later". 5. She murmured: "I'll catch a train this afternoon". 6. Lincoln spoke first: "We've been talking it over ever since we got your letter last month". 7. "I haven't seen you for a whole year", she said. 8. "I saw your sister out shopping yesterday", she said to me. 9. "You haven't opened your telegram yet", she said to me. 10. "They will not attack before four", the colonel said. 11. "They don't know we can't use it", he said. 12. He said, "I hope I haven't interrupted". 13. "Nobody will ever know", we said to him, "what you are and where you are going". 14. "They'll be all right", said he. 15. He added, smiling: "Simon, we saw you yesterday, driving down your street". "Yes, I saw you, too. Our Dad's got a new car", said Simon.

B. 1. "Do you have a photograph of Fonny with you?" Hayward asked. 2. "Did you wish to see me?" asked Cooper. 3. "Did you see an old woman going down the path?" asked Frances. 4."Why didn't you think of all this before" Marion asked. 5. Kismine clutched John's arm. "Oh," she cried wildly. "Where are they going? What are they going to do?". 6. "Brian, why do you keep the doors closed and locked?" Al Capone said, "To keep insects out". 7."Are you all right?" the man said to us. 8. She said: "What did Tom say about these cheeses?" 9. George said to us: "What time shall I wake you?". 10. "Where did you get that helmet". I asked him. 11. She said, "Are there skyscrapers in London?" 12."Haven't you ever seen it before?" said to him. 13. "How could I see that", said George, rather annoyed, "since I've never been to Naples?" 14. "Are you going to be in your hotel tomorrow morning, Lloyd?" Smith asked.

C. 1. The sergeant said: "Take two men and go to the village and
arrest him". 2. "Don't talk for one minute, Jim, please", she asked. "I can't hear you!" cried Kismine, intent on the scene before her. You'll have to talk louder". 4."Oh, go away, Bill" she said. "Go away into school and don't come back for a long time". 5. "Wait a little longer", she said to me. 6. He said to me, "Drop your rifle". "Don't be a fool", I said to him. 8. "Don't worry about me", the old woman said. 9. A voice came up the stairs: "Georgie! Georgie! Come out of that stuffy room at once!" 10. George Augustus raised his hand and exclaimed "Leave this house! And do not return to it until you have learned to apologize for your behavior". 11. They had missed two buses outside the tube station in their excited chatter. A third came along. George grabbed Elizabeth's arm "Come on, here's our bus. Let's go on top". 12. "Well, promise that you won't say anything", she said. "Please, Gerry, not a word".

Exercise 259. Change into indirect speech.

1. John said, "I am busy". 2. Mary said, "I have lost the key"! 3. They said, "We will leave tomorrow". 4. Andrew said, "I am tired and I cannot work any more". 5. Jane said, "I am writing a letter to my parents". 6. Nick said, "I have seen this film twice". 7. Ann said, "My father was sent abroad a week ago". 8. His grandmother said, "I lived in Zaporizhia before the war". 9. Helen said "I shall help you with your English". 10. He asked me, "Do you live in Franko Street?" 11. He asked us, "Are you busy now?". 12. The teacher asked Richard, "Have you got a large family?". 13. She asked Tom, "Will you go to the club?" 14. She asked me, "Are your parents on pension?" 15. Olga asked him, "Does your sister speak German?" 16. Natalka asked her brother, "Can you play chess?" 17. Jim asked his father, "Did you take part in the conference?" 18. 1 asked my friend, "How do you feel after your holiday?" 19. Margaret asked Peter, "What do you usually have for breakfast?" 20. The policeman asked me, "Where did you lose your wallet?" 21. The teacher wrote the answers on the blackboard and then asked, "Who has got all the answers right?" 22. I asked him, "Who are you looking at?" 23. I saw a cloud of smoke and asked, "What is burning?" 24. My mother asked me, "How long will it take you to get to the college?" 25. Kate's mother said to her daughter, "Don't go out without your coat." 26. The teacher said to his students, "Learn the poem by heart". 27. Victor asked me, "Does your aunt speak Japanese?"

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