EXERCISE 4: Mix Reported Speech
1. “I saw her on my way to school yesterday,” he said.
à He said________________________________________________________________
2. “How will you travel to work?”
à She asked me __________________________________________________________
3. “Have you ever been to Seoul?” Phong asked Mai.
à Phong asked Mai________________________________________________________
4. “ I won’t tell you my secret,” she said to me.
à She refused ___________________________________________________________
5. “ Why don’t we stay at home for a change?” Peter said.
à Peter suggested ________________________________________________________
7. “I met her about three months ago,” he said.
à He told me ____________________________________________________________
8. “If I see Tom, I will give him a lift,” said Peter.
à Peter said _______________________________________________________________
9. “I could get a job easily if I had a degree,” said Susan.
à Susan said _______________________________________________________________
10. “Ok, I’ll be there on time,” said Mary.
à Mary agreed ______________________________________________________________
11. “I can’t speak any foreign languages,” Nam said.
à Nam said ________________________________________________________________
13. “You’ve dirtied the floor, children” said Mrs. Brown”
à Mrs Brown accused ________________________________________________________
14. “It’s not true. I have never been arrested!” Larry said.
à Larry denied _____________________________________________________________
15. “I will not change the date of the meeting,” Mary said.
à Mary promised ___________________________________________________________
16. “Don’t forget to call me tonight,” Mary said to Tom.
à Mary reminded ___________________________________________________________
17. “ I will bring the sandwiches to the party” said Helen.
à Helen offered ____________________________________________________________
18. “Please let me go to Martin’s house!” said Mark.
à Muriel insisted ___________________________________________________________
19. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge”, my mother told my sister.
àMy mother accused ________________________________________________________
20. “Yes, it was me who ate all the cake”
à She admitted _____________________________________________________________
21. “I’m awful sorry, I will never again use your car without permission” she said almost crying.
à She apologized ___________________________________________________________
22. “Don’t cross the river, it’s full of crocodiles”
àThey warned _____________________________________________________________
23. “I’m sorry I’m late” à He apologized ________________________________________
24. “I think you’d better drink the medicine” the doctor said.
àThe doctor advised ________________________________________________________
25. “Let’s eat something and then go for a walk” she said.
à She suggested ____________________________________________________________
26. “ Could you come and pick me up from school today, Dad?”
à Bill asked _______________________________________________________________
27. “ If I were you, I wouldn’t drink so much”.
àHe advised his friend _______________________________________________________
28. “ I won’t help you because you didn’t help me”
à Joan said ________________________________________________________________
à Joan refused _____________________________________________________________
29. “ I’ll bring it back tomorrow”. àHe said _____________________________________
à He promised _________________________________________________________
“Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.
à He introduced Miss White to Mr Brown _______________________________________________________________
1. “Shall I open the window for you?” he said.
à He offered to open the window for me __________________________________________________________________
2. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.
à He promised to wait for me _________________________________________________________________
3. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said.
à I warned Peter not to touch that switch ____________________________________________________________________
4. “Read it before you sign it” he said to the girl.
à He advised the girl to read it before signing it __________________________________________________________________
5. “Will you help me, please?” he said, “I can’t reach the top shelf”
à She asked him to help her because she couldn't reach the top shelf ____________________________________________________________________
6. “Please do as I say”, he said to me. à
He begged me to do as he said
“Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.
-> He introduced Miss White to Mr.Brown.
1. “Shall I open the window for you?” he said.
-> He offered to open the window for you.
2. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.
-> He promised to wait for me
3. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said.
-> I warned Peter not to touch the switch
4. “Read it before you sign it” he said to the girl.
-> He advised the girl to read it before she sign it.
5. “Will you help me, please?” he said, “I can’t reach the top shelf”
-> She asked him to help her as she couldn't reach the shelf.
6. “Please do as I say”, he said to me.
-> He begged me to do as he said.