1."Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

She asked me where my umbrella was.

2."How are you?" Martin asked us.
Martin asked us how you were.
3.He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
He asked me if he had to do that.
4."Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
The mother asked her daughter where she had been.
5."Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked the best.
6."What are they doing?" she asked.
She wanted to know what they were doing.
7."Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.
8.The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.
9."How do you know that?" she asked me.
She asked me how I knew that
10."Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked me if Carool had talked to KEVIN.

1."Don't touch it," she said to him.

She told him not to touch it.
2."Don't do that again," he said to me.
He told me not to do that again.
3."Don't talk to me like that," he said.
He told her not to talk to me like that
4."Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him.
She warned him not to repair the pc yourself
5."Don't let him in," she said.
She told me not to let him it
6."Don't go out without me," he begged her.
He begged her not to go out without me

1."What's the time?" he asked.

He wanted to know what the time was.
2."When will we meet again?" she asked me.
She asked me when we would meet again.
3."Are you crazy?" she asked him.
She asked him IF you were crazy
4."Where did they live?" he asked.
He wanted to know where they had live
5."Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
He asked her if she would be at the party.

1."Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.

The teacher told Joe to stop talking.
2."Be patient," she said to him.
She told him to be patient
3."Go to your room," her father said to her.
Her father told her to go to her room
4."Hurry up," she said to us.
She told us to hurry up
5."Mind your own business," she told him.
She told him to mind his own business

Mixed Exercise 2
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a
request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the
tenses or not.

1."I was very tired," she said.

She said she had been very tired
2."Be careful, Ben," she said.
She told Ben to be careful.
3."I will get myself a drink," she says.
She says she would get herself a drink
4."Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
He wondered why i hadn t phoned him.
5."I cannot drive them home," he said.
He said he could not drive them home
6."Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
She asks Peter if he prefered tea or caffee
7."Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
She asked me where i had spend holidays last year.
8.He said, "Don't go too far."
He advised her not to go too far
9."Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
He wanted to know if we had been shopping
10."Don't make so much noise," he says.
He asks us not to do make so much noise
1.John: "Mandy is at home."
John said (that) Mandy was at home.
2.Max: "Frank often reads a book."
Max told me (that) . Frank often read a book
3.Susan: "I'm watching TV."
Susan said to me (that) she was watching.
4.Simon: "David was ill."
Simon said (that) . David had been ill
5.Peggy: "The girls helped in the house."
Peggy told me (that) the girls had helped.....
6.Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard."
Richard said to me (that) .he was going to ride a skateboard
7.Stephen and Claire: "We have cleaned the windows."
Stephen and Claire told me (that) . They had cleaned the windows
8.Charles: "I didn't have time to do my homework."
Charles remarked (that) he hadn t tine to do his homework
9.Mrs Jones: "My mother will be 50 years old."
Mrs Jones told me (that) her mother would be 50 years old
10.Jean: "The boss must sign the letter."
Jean said (that) he had to sign the letter.
1.Tim: "She works in an office."
Tim said (that) she . Worked in an office
2.Jessica: "I am going to clean the room."
Jessica told me (that) she .was going to clean the room
3.Jeff: "They like the song."
Jeff said (that) they . Liked the song
4.Ian and Marvin: "We need new shoes."
Ian and Marvin remarked (that) they . Needed new shoes
5.Kathy: "He can speak Spanish."
Kathy told us (that) he . Could speak spanish
6.Teacher: "Rachel has never been to Philadelphia."
The teacher said (that) Rachel .had never been to philadelphia
7.Lucy: "The train didn't arrive on time."
Lucy said to Gerry (that) the train. Hadn t arrived on time
8.Emma: "I'm sitting on the chair."
Emma said (that) she . Was stting on the chair
9.Nick: "Walter doesn't eat meat."
Nick told us (that) Walter . Didn t eat meat
10.Holly: "Abby and Nathan will travel to Alaska."
Holly remarked (that) Abby and Nathan would travel to alaska