Can you report questions, statements, requests and commands correctly? Test your understanding of direct and indirect speech with this interactive grammar exercise.
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1. The girl said that she was unwell.
2. He said that his master was having his dinner.
3. The boy said that the horse had died in the night.
4. She told me that she did not trust me.
5. He says that he is glad to be here this evening.
6. The stranger asked where I lived.
7. My mother asked me whether I would trust a man like him.
8. The visitor requested the girl to bring him a glass of water.
9. The mother wrote that she was waiting and longing for her son’s return.
10. I told him that I had not seen his friend for months.
11. He asked me what I wanted.
12. The speaker said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.
