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| 13.2.1 Indirect speech or reported speech |
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Put the following statements into indirect or reported speech. 1. He said, "I'm just going to the market. I shan't be long."1. He said that he was just going to the market. He said he wouldn't be long. 2. "I can't find the shop you told me about," my sister said to me.2. My sister told me that she couldn't find the shop I told her about. 3. "I don't like the pattern on that dress very much," she said to me.3. She told me that she didn't like the pattern on that dress very much. 4. "You are late again," my brother told me.4. My brother told me that I was late again. 5. "You were late yesterday," John said to me.5. John told me that I was late the day before. 6. "You will be late if you don't hurry up," my mother said to me.6. My mother told me that I would be late if I didn't hurry up. 7. "George has forgotten his books," I told my sister.7. I told my sister that George had forgotten his books. 8. "George forgot his bag yesterday," I told my brother.8. I told my brother that George forgot his bag the day before. 9. "George will forget his bag again unless you remind him," I said to my sister.9. I said to my sister that George would forget his bag again unless she reminded him. 10. He said, "It's raining."10. He said that it's raining. 11. She said, "It was raining."11. She said that it was raining. 12. She said, "It will rain soon, I think."12. She said that she thought it would rain soon. 13. I said, "The rain will have stopped by seven o'clock."13. I said that the rain would have stopped by seven o'clock. 14. "I'll come if I can," she promised us.14. She promised us that she would come if she could. 15. He told me, "I'll buy a new watch for you when I go to Bangkok next week."15. He told me that he would buy a new watch for me when he went to Bangkok the next week. 16. Tom told the visitor, "My mother is not at home. She has gone to visit her sister."16. Tom told the visitor that his mother was not at home. He told the visitor that she had gone to visit her sister. 17. "I would love to come with you," Janet said to Paul, "but I'm afraid I can't. My uncle is coming in a few minutes."17. Janet said to Paul that she would love to come with him but she was afraid she couldn't. She said her uncle was coming in a few minutes. 18. "Will you stop practicing your violin? The screeching noise gives me a headache," my father told me one evening.18. My father asked me one evening whether I would stop practicing my violin. He said that the screeching noise gave him a headache. 19. Mickey told his friend, "I came with my family to meet a friend from London."19. Mickey told his friend that he came with his family to meet a friend from London." 20. Mrs. White said, "There were no pineapples at the market today so I bought some oranges instead."20. Mrs. White said that there were no pineapples at the market that day so she bought some oranges instead.
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