Sentences are given in direct speech. Change them into indirect speech.
Note
We usually report statements using a that-clause.
1My mother said, ‘You are the laziest boy I have ever seen.’ / My mother said that I ............... the laziest boy she had ever seen.
Wrong!
2He told me, ‘I don’t like your hairstyle.’ / He told me that he ............... my hairstyle.
Wrong!
3Martin said, ‘If my father gives me the permission, I will go to Singapore.’ / Martin said that if his father ............... him the permission, he would go to Singapore.
Wrong!
4‘I will show you how to do it,’ said the father to his son. / The father told his son that he ............... him how to do it.
Wrong!
5‘I have come to borrow a book from the library,’ the boy said. / The boy said that he ............... to borrow a book from the library.
Wrong!
6‘I am going to the US,’ he says. / He says that he ............... to the US.
Wrong!
7‘I want to see the house before I buy it,’ he told the agent. / He told the agent that he ............... to see the house before he bought it.
Wrong!
8‘You must change your wet clothes,’ my mother said. / My mother told me that I ............... change my wet clothes.
Wrong!
9‘We needn’t tell her,’ he said. / He said that they ............... to tell her.
Wrong!
10‘No one can say what will happen next,’ the speaker said. / The speaker said that no one ............... what would happen next.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- My mother said, ‘You are the laziest boy I have ever seen.’ / My mother said that I was the laziest boy she had ever seen.
- He told me, ‘I don’t like your hairstyle.’ / He told me that he didn’t like my hairstyle.
- Martin said, ‘If my father gives me the permission, I will go to Singapore.’ / Martin said that if his father gave him the permission, he would go to Singapore.
- ‘I will show you how to do it,’ said the father to his son. / The father told his son that he would show him how to do it.
- ‘I have come to borrow a book from the library,’ the boy said. / The boy said that he had come to borrow a book from the library.
- ‘I am going to the US,’ he says. / He says that he is going to the US.
- ‘I want to see the house before I buy it,’ he told the agent. / He told the agent that he wanted to see the house before he bought it.
- ‘You must change your wet clothes,’ my mother said. / My mother told me that I had to change my wet clothes.
- ‘We needn’t tell her,’ he said. / He said that they didn’t need to tell her.
- ‘No one can say what will happen next,’ the speaker said. / The speaker said that no one could say what would happen next.
