Question

[Yulian]

EXERCISE 4: (REPORTED SPEECH: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES).

1. “If I had  money I'd buy you a drink,” she said to me.

She told me _______________________________________________________________

2. “If I catch the plane I'll be home by five,” he said.

He said if _________________________________________________________________

3. “If the door is locked what shall I do?” she asked.

She asked what she _________________________________________________________

4. “I'd have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped me,” he said.

He said he ________________________________________________________________

5. “If I'd had my mobile yesterday, I could have contacted you,” Matthew said.

Matthew said if he __________________________________________________________

6. “If I were you, I'd stop smoking,” she said to her brother.

She advised _______________________________________________________________

7. “If the baby is a girl what will they call her?” he wondered.

He wondered what _________________________________________________________

8. “If I don't practise my English I won't get any better,” she said.

She said if she _____________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 5: REPORTED SPEECH WITH INFINITIVE

1. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.

He promised __________________________________________________________________

2. “Please, please turn off the T.V, John,” said Tom.

Tom begged __________________________________________________________________

3. His mother said to him: “Open the window please!”

 His mother told _______________________________________________________________

4. He said to me: “Shut the door after you”.

 He told ______________________________________________________________________

5. The captain said to them: “Wait here still I come back”.

 The captain ordered ____________________________________________________________

6. “Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.

He introduced _________________________________________________________________

7. He said to me: “Don’t come back before one o’clock”.

He asked ______________________________________________________________________

8. My mother said: “Don’t forget to lock the door”.

My mother told ________________________________________________________________

9. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said

 I warned_____________________________________________________________________

10. “Come and have dinner with us” Rosy said to John.

 Rosy persuaded _______________________________________________________________

11. “Remember to write to me soon,” she said to me.

She reminded _________________________________________________________________

12. “You’d better spend more time learning to write,” I said to the boy.

I advised _____________________________________________________________________

13. “Don’t lean your bicycle against my windows, boys,” said the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper warned _________________________________________________________

14.” Would you like me to help you with the cooking, Tom?” Laura said.

 Laura offered ________________________________________________________________

15. “Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said John to Ann.

John invited _________________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 6: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND

1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested _______________________________________________________________

2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted_________________________________________________________________

3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied__________________________________________________________________

4. “If only I had told him the truth!”
Jane regrets_________________________________________________________________

5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized __________________________________________________________

6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________

7. “No, no .I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on ______________________________________________________________

8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt _________________________________________________________________

9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented _________________________________________________________

10. “It’s really nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked ________________________________________________________________

11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought __________________________________________________________

12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to ________________________________________________________

13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.

The safeguard warned ________________________________________________________

14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.

 My mother accused __________________________________________________________

15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.

 Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________