Reported speech with to infinitive and gerund (HSG)
1. ‘You have broken 2 of my glasses, boy” said the old man.
2. “Yes, I’ve broken 2 of them” said the boy.
3. “Certainly. I’ll take you to the zoo next Sunday” He said (insist)
4. “I’ll water the flowers every morning if you like” She said (offer)
5. “No, we won’t go with him next Friday’ they said (refuse)
6. ‘You have made the wall dirty, pupils” said the teacher. (accuse)
7. “No, we didn’t make noise last night” said the children (deny)
8. “We will shut the door if you go on getting out’ said the parents to children (threaten)
9. “I am sorry. I’ve made the house untidy” said the girl. (apologize)
10. “I will punish you if you don’t pay attention to the lesson, pupils” said the teacher (threaten)
11. “Would you like me to look after the house for you?” He said (offer)
12. “Will you keep quite, please?’ she said (tell)
13. “Will you keep your mouth shut? He said (order)
14. Shall we meet outside the cinema after eight” he said (suggest)
15. “Would you like me to repair the car for you?’ he said (offer)
16. “Will you have a drink?” he said (invite)
17. “You had better hurry’ she said (advise)
18. “Please, please let me come in” he said (beg)
19. ‘Don’t talk anymore.” He said (command)
20. ‘Try again, all of you” he said (encourage)
21. “Don’t swim so far” He said to me (warn somebody to do something)
22. ‘Do come and enjoy tea with my family” she said (invite)
23. “Why don’t we come to visit our teacher today?” he said (suggest)
24. “My advise to you is to do morning exercises” she said (advise)
25. “In your place, I would learn English” she said to me (advise)
Reported speech with to infinitive and gerund (HSG)
1. ‘You have broken 2 of my glasses, boy” said the old man.
=> The old man accused the boy of having broken 2 of his glasses.
2. “Yes, I’ve broken 2 of them” said the boy.
=> The boy admitted having broken 2 of them.
3. “Certainly. I’ll take you to the zoo next Sunday” He said (insist)
=> He insisted on taking me to the zoo the following Sunday.
4. “I’ll water the flowers every morning if you like” She said (offer)
=> She offered to water the flowers every morning if I liked.
5. “No, we won’t go with him next Friday’ they said (refuse)
=> They refused to go with him the following Friday.
6. ‘You have made the wall dirty, pupils” said the teacher. (accuse)
=> The teacher accused the pupils of making the wall dirty
7. “No, we didn’t make noise last night” said the children (deny)
=> The children denied making noise the night before8. “We will shut the door if you go on getting out’ said the parents to children (threaten)
=> The parents threatened to shut the door if their children went on getting out
9. “I am sorry. I’ve made the house untidy” said the girl. (apologize)
=> The girl apologized for having made the house untidy
10. “I will punish you if you don’t pay attention to the lesson, pupils” said the teacher (threaten)
=> The teacher threatened to punish the pupils if they didn’t pay attention to the lesson,
11. “Would you like me to look after the house for you?” He said (offer)
=> He offered to look after the house for me
12. “Will you keep quite, please?’ she said (tell)
=>She told me to keep quite
13. “Will you keep your mouth shut? He said (order)
=>He ordered me to keep my mouth shut
14. Shall we meet outside the cinema after eight” he said (suggest)
=>He suggested meeting outside the cinema after eight
15. “Would you like me to repair the car for you?’ he said (offer)
=>He offered to repair the car for me.
16. “Will you have a drink?” he said (invite)
=>He invited me to have a drink
17. “You had better hurry’ she said (advise)
=>She advised me to hurry
18. “Please, please let me come in” he said (beg)
=>He begged me to let him come in
19. ‘Don’t talk anymore.” He said (command)
=>He commanded us not to talk anymore
20. ‘Try again, all of you” he said (encourage)
=> He encouraged all of us to try again
21. “Don’t swim so far” He said to me (warn somebody to do something)
=> He warned me not to swim so far
22. ‘Do come and enjoy tea with my family” she said (invite)
=> She invited me to come and enjoy tea with her family
23. “Why don’t we come to visit our teacher today?” he said (suggest)
=>He suggested coming to visit their teacher that day
24. “My advise to you is to do morning exercises” she said (advise)
=> She advised me to do morning exercises
25. “In your place, I would learn English” she said to me (advise)
=> She advised me to learn English