Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.” 3.. John said, “I have finished studying my lesson.” 25.. rather chilly today”, my mother said to me.39.. “I shall expe
Trang 1EXERCISES Put the following sentences into indirect speech.
1 He said to her, “You are my friend.”
2 Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
3 “Don’t come back before one o’clock”, advised my brother
4 “Cook it in butter”, Mrs Brown said to her daughter
5 The pupils said to their teacher, “Please give us better marks.”
6 “Pull as hard as you can”, she said to me
7 “Who put salt in my coffee?”, he asked
8 My friend said, “Are you going to leave tomorrow?”
9 “Have you done your homework?”, said my mother
10 I asked Bill, “What time did you go to bed last night?”
11 Paul said “I must go home now.”
12 “There’s been an accident and the road is blocked”, said the policeman
13 “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children
14 Mary said, “My father died a year ago.”
15 “Must you go now?”, said Mr Brown
16 “Whose bicycle did you borrow yesterday?”, his mother asked him
17 “It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday”, said the teacher
18 “Be modest if you are a good pupil”, said my father
19 “Shut the door but don’t lock it”, she said to us
20 Tom said, “New York is bigger than London.”
21 “Please help US,” they said to us
22 “Don’t forget to send your parents my regards”, she said to me
23 The traveller asked, “How long does it take to get to London?”
24 John said, “I have finished studying my lesson.”
25 Mary said, “I can not go to the movies with you, John.”
26 He asked me, “Why didn’t you come to class yesterday?”
27 “Did you phone me yesterday?” Tom asked Mary
28 “Do you like it?” - “Yes”
29 “I didn’t know them Did you, Tom?” she asked
30 “Avoid the Marble Arch” said the policeman “There’s going to be a big demonstration here.”
31 “Don’t take more than two of these at once”, said the doctor, handing me a bottle of pills
32 They said to me, “Let’s go to the zoo.”
33 “I shouldn’t do that if I were you Isn’t it very dangerous?” He said
34 “When we’ve finished this game we’ll have supper.” They said to me
35 “Have you got any shampoo, Alice I must wash my hair.” Johny asked
36 He said to me “Listen! Can you hear someone coming?”
37 “Do as I tell you or you’ll be punished I’ll teach you who is master in this house”, he said
38 “When you have cleaned the sitting room, will you please light the fire there? It’s
Trang 2rather chilly today”, my mother said to me.
39 “I shall expect to see you next Wednesday.” Mary said to her friend
40 The teacher asked “Which book are you taking, John?”
41 I asked the policeman “Do you know how far it is to the station?”
42 “What a dirty face you have!” Ann said to her son
43 “Don’t you know how to behave? There must be no talking in lessons” The teacher told his pupils
44 “I wonder who is coming on the excursion tomorrow I do hope it won’t rain.” She said
45 “Do as you are told You are a naughty boy.” Mrs Brown said
46 “It’s a very nice evening Why don’t we go for a walk?” Jim suggested
47 “You must decide what you want to do”, she said to her daughter
48 Mary asked me “Can you tell me why you are so sad?”
49 Jane said to John “Who will come to the movies with me?”
50 “Will you please find out when he last wrote to me?” Jane said to her friend
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1 He said to her she was his friend
2 Johnny said to his mother he didn’t know how to do that exercise
3 My brother advised me not to come back before one o’clock
4 Mrs Brown told her daughter to cook it in butter
5 The pupils asked their teacher to give them better marks
6 She told me to pull as hard as I could
7 He asked who had put salt in his coffee
8 My friend asked me if I was going to leave the day after
9 My mother asked me if I had done my homework
10 I asked Bill what time he had gone to bed the night before
11 Paul said that he had to go home then
12 The policeman said that there had been an accident and the road was blocked
13 The children said that they were waiting for the school bus
14 Mary said that her father had died a year before
15 Mr Brown asked me if I had to go then
16 His mother asked him whose bicycle he had borrowed the day before
17 The teacher said that it wasn’t so foggy that day as it had been the day before
18 My father told me to be modest if I was a good pupil
19 She told us to shut the door but not to lock it
20 Tom said that New York is/was bigger than London
21 They begged us to help them
22 She told me not to forget to send my parents her regards./ She reminded me to send
my parents her regards
23 The traveller asked me how long it took to get to London
24 John said that he had finished studying his lesson
25 Mary said to John she couldn’t go to the movies with him
26 He asked me why I hadn’t come to class the day before
27 Tom asked Mary if she had phoned him the day before
Trang 328 He asked me if I liked it and I said that I did.
29 She said to Tom she hadn’t known them and asked him if he had known them
30 The policeman told everybody to avoid the Marble Arch because there was going to
be a big demonstration there
31 Handing me a bottle of pills, the doctor told me not to take more than two of those at once
32 They asked me to go to the zoo./ They suggested going to the zoo
33 He said that he shouldn’t do that if he were me because it was very dangerous
34 They told me when they had finished that game they would have supper
35 Johny said that she had to wash her hair and asked Alice if she had got any shampoo
36 He told me to listen and asked me if I heard someone coming
37 He asked me to do as he told me or I would be punished and said that he would teach
me who was master in that house
38 My mother said that it was rather chilly that day and asked me to light the fire there when I had cleaned the sitting room
39 Mary said to her friend she would expect to see him the following Wednesday
40 The teacher asked John which book he was taking
41 I asked the policeman if he knew how far it was to the station
42 Ann exclaimed what a dirty face her son had
43 The teacher asked his pupils whether they knew how to behave and remarked that there must be no talking in lessons
44 She wondered who was coming on the excursion the next day and hoped it wouldn’t rain
45 Mrs Brown told him to do as he was told and complained that he was a naughty boy
46 Jim said that it was a very nice evening and suggested having a walk
47 She asked/ urged her daughter to decide what she wanted to do
48 Mary asked me if I could tell her why I was so sad./ Mary asked me to tell her why
49 Jane asked John who would come to the movies with her
50 Jane asked her friend to find out when he last wrote to her