Mum, give me something to eat!

Don’t close your mouth, Mr. Jones, please.

OR DERS AND REQUESTS - introducing verbs: order, tell, ask

The teacher ordered the children to look at the blackboard.

Her mother told Sue not to leave her things all over the place

The dog asked me to take him out for a walk

The boy told her mother to give him something to eat

The dentist asked Mr. Jones not to close his mouth.

REPORTED SPEECH

Look at the blackboard,children!

Don’t leave your things all over the place, Sue!

Will you take me out for a walk, please?

EXERCISE 1

1.- ‘Kevin, don’t touch my things again’ – his brother said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

2.- ‘Can you lend me your car for the weekend, Mum?’ – Cathy said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

3.- ‘Leave your umbrellas outside the museum, please’ – the guide said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

4.- ‘Don’t park here, sir’ – the policeman said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

5.- ‘Could you show me that blue sweater in the shop window, please?’ – the woman said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

6.- ‘Will you come with me to Susan’s party, John?’ – Mary said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

7.- ‘Will you please not come with your dog into the restaurant?’ – the waiter said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

8.- ‘Don’t say anything to your parents, ok?’ – she said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

9.- ‘Send me a copy of the contract, will you?’ – the lawyer told Mr. Smith ______________________________________ ______________________________________

10.- ‘Please, show me the photographs’ – she said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

11.- ‘Stop smoking? – the doctor told him ______________________________________ ______________________________________

12.- ‘Never unlock this door!’ – he told his assistant ______________________________________ ______________________________________

You have to fill in this form and submit it in the office upstairs

I have been promoted.

EXERCISE 2

1.- ‘I think there is a bus at five o’clock’ – my brother said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

2.- ‘She broke the glasses when she was washing up’ – he said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

3.- ‘They can’t come because they are busy’ – Susan said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

4.- ‘I’ll do my homework tomorrow’ – the child told his mother ______________________________________ ______________________________________

5.- ‘We have been to Paris twice’ – she said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

6.- ‘The boys are playing in the garden now’ – she said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

7.- ‘I don’t know your new boyfriend’ – she told Sheila ______________________________________ ______________________________________

8.- ‘Someone brought a parcel for you last week’ – she told me ______________________________________ ______________________________________

9.- ‘Mary, your glasses are on the table’ – her mother said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

10.- ‘Tom is having dinner with us next Saturday’ – he said ______________________________________ ______________________________________

STATEMENTS - introducing verbs: say, tell, explain, think, etc. ...

The secretary told me that Mr. Jones was out that morning.

The clerk explained to me that I had to fill in that form and submit it in the office upstairs.

The clerk told his wife that he had been promoted

The girl said that she knew the answer

REPORTED SPEECH

Sorry, Mr. Jones is out this morning.

I know the answer

REPORTED SPEECH

EXERCISE 3

1.- ‘Where do you live, Mr. Sallies?’ – the policeman asked ______________________________________ ______________________________________

2.- ‘Are you busy, Tom?’ – Mary asked ______________________________________ ______________________________________

3.- ‘Have you seen my brother?’ – she asked me ______________________________________ ______________________________________

4.- ‘How are you going to Italy?’ – he asked me ______________________________________ ______________________________________

5.- ‘Do you like classical music, Sue?’ – I asked ______________________________________ ______________________________________

6.- ‘How much did you pay for that car?’ – he asked me ______________________________________ ______________________________________

7.- ‘When are you going on holiday?’ – she asked her brother ______________________________________ ______________________________________

8.- ‘Did you close the windows last night, Terry?’ – his mother asked ______________________________________ ______________________________________

9.- ‘Why are you still in bed?’ – I asked her ______________________________________ ______________________________________ 10.- ‘Who is that man?’ – she wondered ______________________________________ ______________________________________

11.- ‘Did you buy those flowers, Mum?’ – the girl asked ______________________________________ ______________________________________

12.- Whose CDs are these? – he wondered ______________________________________ ______________________________________

Are you coming to my party next Friday, Susan?

Did you see the match last night?

How many miles have we run?

QUESTIONS - introducing verbs: ask, wonder, want to know

The policeman wanted to know what my name and address was.

He wondered where his coffee was.

She asked Susan if she was coming to her party the following Friday.

He asked me if I had seen the match the night before.

She wanted to know how many miles they had run.

A L L T Y P E SEXERCISE 4

1.- ‘Do you wear a uniform at school?’ Peter asked me ...

2.- ‘Do these exercises for tomorrow, children’ The teacher told the children ...

What’s your name and address, sir?

Where’s my coffee?

3.- Harry, don’t play with matches’ His mother told Harry ...

4.- There is a question I want to ask’ Sue said ...

5.- ‘We’ll have a party next weekend’ She said ...

6.- ‘Nobody knows the answer’ He said ...

7.- ‘How many questions are there?’ John asked ...

8.- ‘Have you been to Italy, Mary?’ Mr. Jones asked Mary ...

9.- ‘Don’t touch any of my things, Mark’ She ordered Mark ...

10.- ‘It’s going to rain soon’ I said ...

11.- ‘I lost my handbag yesterday’ She said …

12.- ‘Listen to those birds in the garden’ Susan told her friend …

13.- ‘Could you do me a favour?’ Tom asked Susan ...

14.- ‘Can you give me something to eat, madam?’ The beggar asked the woman ...

15.- ‘How much is this box of chocolates?’ The customer asked me …

16.- ‘This exercise is a bit difficult, but you won’t have any problem if you pay attention’ The teacher explained …

17.- ‘Can you keep this secret, Susan?’ Susan’s friend asked her ...

18.- ‘When did you sell your old car?’ He wanted to know …

19.- ‘Can you tell me where the station is, sir?’ She asked the man …

20.- ‘Is this today’s newspaper, Sue?’ Sue’s father asked her …

21.- ‘George, go to the blackboard and don’t be a nuisance’ The teacher told George …

22.- ‘Those flowers are very nice. I like them’ Mary said ...

23.- ‘Will you buy the paper on your way to work, please?’ My mother asked me ...

24 ‘Can you buy some bread on your way back home, please?’ She asked me ...

25.- ‘Don’t switch off the radio’ She told me ...

26.- ‘Where did you go on holiday?’ She asked me ...

27.- Look at him. He’s playing the fool again’ Susan told me ...

28.- Open the window. It’s hot in this room’ His mother told him…

29.- ‘Give me a sandwich, please. I’m hungry’ Tom told his mother ...

30.- Where have you been all day?’ My father asked me ...

31.- ‘Don’t drop those plates’ Sheila told her friend ...

32.-‘I know what you mean’ He said ...

A L L T Y P E S

EXERCISE 5

1. Are you going to study for the exam? - she asked

2. Can you ride a horse, Sue? - he asked

3. Can you wait for a while, please? - he said

4. Did you enjoy yourself at the party last Saturday? - she asked him

5. Did you go shopping last Saturday? - she asked

6. Do you know my brother Harry? - he asked me

7. Don’t argue with me! - his father said

8. Don’t ask me any more questions, Mary - Susan said

9. Don’t laugh at him - my mother told me

10. Don’t make plans for your holiday yet - he told us

11. Don’t talk to me when I’m studying - she told me

12. Everybody is hungry - she said

13. Have you got any brothers or sisters? - I asked him

14. Have you seen Peter today? - the teacher asked the students

15. How much is this sweater? - she asked the shop assistant

16. How old is your new boyfriend, Sue? - her father asked

17. I can run faster than anyone - the boy told his friends

18. I didn’t break it - the child said

19. I haven’t finished eating yet - he said

20. I met him here two days ago - he said

21. I think she will be very happy in England - he said

22. I want to play with you, Sue - he said

23. I won’t be able to finish it by tomorrow - he said

24. I’ll finish soon - she told us

25. I’m going to show you something very interesting - Susan told me

26. I’ve got up at six o’clock this morning and I’m very tired - Terry said

27. It may be too late - he said

28. Learn all these new words for tomorrow - the teacher said

29. Mary, pass me the sugar, please - Harry said

30. She left the office two hours ago - he said

31. Show me your new CDs, David - I said

32. Soldiers, don’t leave your position! - the sergeant said

33. Susan, stop crying - her mother said

34. The postman didn’t deliver yesterday - she said

35. There’s been a terrible accident at the crossroads - John said

36. They are getting married next week - she said

37. This exercise is terrible. I can’t do it now - she said

38. Tom, the phone is ringing - she said

39. We’ll go in this car - they said

40. We’ll visit you when we go to Scotland next summer - they told me

D I R E C T S P E E C H

EXERCISE 6

1.- Mary asked me where exactly I lived.

2.- Bill said he was going to be late.

3.- David said he had to be back by 3.30.

4.- Carol asked Ann what she had done the day before.

5.- Kate asked me how many books I had read.

6.- My teacher asked me if I would go to school the following day.

7.- Helen said she was going shopping.

8.- Paul said that he wanted to make a phone call.

9.- Tina told the teacher she had forgotten to do her homework.

10.- She said she liked swimming but she didn’t go very often.

11.- He said he had written two letters to her.

12.- I asked my teacher what ‘coy’ meant.

13.- I asked Sue when her birthday was.

14.- My mother asked me if I had tidied my room lately.

15.- She asked John to give her a lift to the airport.

16.- She wondered if he would ask her out.

17.- She said she had been to the doctor’s two days before.

18.- She asked me who I had invited to my party.

19.- He wanted to know what had happened.

20.- He explained that he had been late because of the traffic.

21.- She asked Jim if he had tried those cakes.

22.- He said that he would help me whenever I needed it

23.- She said she had to do an important exam the following day.

24.- The firemen told us to leave the place at once.

25.- I told Peter to be honest.

26.- She told us we had to call her Mrs. Willis

27.- They asked me not to come in with my shoes on.

28.- She said her friend had just had a baby.

29.- The policeman ordered him to come out of his car.

30.- He said that they had finished this exercise at last.

Anna told us that she had finished. ‘I’ve finished’ – Anna told us

The little girl asked Susan if she was staying there all summer. ‘Are you staying here all summer, Susan? – the little girl asked

The teacher told the children not to write on the blackboard. ‘Don’t write on the blackboard, children’ – the teacher said

KEY

EXERCISE 11. His brother ordered Kevin not to touch his things again2. Cathy asked her mother to lend her her car for the weekend3. The guide told us to leave our umbrellas outside the museum4. The policeman told the man not to park there5. The woman asked the shop-assistant to show her that blue sweater in the shop window6. Mary asked John to go with her to Susan’s party7. The waiter told me not to go with my dog into the restaurant8. She told me not to say anything to my parents9. The lawyer asked Mr Smith to send him a copy of the contract10. She asked me to show her the photographs11. The doctor told him to stop smoking12. He told his assistant not to unlock that door

EXERCISE 21. My brother said (that) he thought there was a bus at five o’clock2. He said she had broken the glasses when she was washing up3. Susan said they couldn’t come because they were busy4. The child told his mother he would do his homework the following day5. She said they had been to Paris twice6. She said the boys were playing in the garden then7. She told Sheila she didn’t know her new boyfriend8. She told me someone had brought a parcel for me the week before9. Mary’s mother told her that her glasses were on the table10. He said Tom was having dinner with them the following Saturday

EXERCISE 31. The policeman asked Mr Sallies where he lived2. Mary asked Tom if he was busy3. She asked me if I had seen her brother4. He asked me how I was going to Italy5. I asked Sue if she liked classical music6. He asked me how much I had paid for that car7. She asked her brother when he was going on holiday8. Terry’s mother asked him if he had closed the windows the night before9. I asked her why she was still in bed10. She wondered who that man was11. The girl asked her mother if she had bought those flowers12. He wondered whose CDs those were.

EXERCISE 41. if I wore a uniform at school2. to do those exercises the following day3. not to play with matches4. there was a question she wanted to ask5. they would have a party the following week6. nobody knew the answer7. how many questions there were8. if she had been to Italy9. not to touch any of his things10. it was going to rain soon11. she had lost her handbag the day before12. to listen to those birds in the garden13. to do him a favour14. to give him something to eat15. how much that box of chocolates was16. (that) the exercise was a bit difficult but they wouldn’t have any problem if they paid attention17. to keep that secret18. when I had sold my old car19. where the station was20. if that was that day’s newspaper21. to go to the blackboard and not to be a nuisance22. those flowers were very nice and she liked them23. to buy the paper on my way to work24. to buy some bread on my way back home25. not to switch off the radio26. where I had gone on holiday27. to look at him. He was playing the fool again28. to open the window because it was hot in that room29. to give him a sandwich because he was hungry

30. where I had been all day31. not to drop those plates32. he knew what I meant

EXERCISE 51. She asked me if I was going to study for the exam2. He asked Sue if she could ride a horse3. He asked me to wait for a while4. She asked him if he had enjoyed himself at the party the Saturday befor5. She asked me if I had gone shopping the Saturday before6. He asked me if I knew his brother Harry7. His father ordered him not to argue with him8. Susan asked Mary not to ask her any more questions9. My mother told me not to laugh at him10. He told us not to make plans for our holiday yet11. She told me not to talk to her when she was studying12. She said everybody was hungry13. I asked him if he had any brothers or sisters14. The teacher asked the students if they had seen Peter that day15. She asked the shop assistant how much that sweater was16. Her father asked Sue how old her new boyfriend was17. The boy told his friends he could run faster that anyone18. The child said he hadn’t broken it19. He said he hadn’t finished eating yet20. He said he had met him two days before21. He said he thought she would be very happy in England22. He told Sue he wanted to play with her23. He said he wouldn’t be able to finish it by the following day24. She told us she would finish soon25. Susan told me she was going to show me something very interesting26. Tarry said he had got up at 6 o’clock that morning and he was very tired27. He said it might be too late28. The teacher told them to learn all those new words for the following day29. Harry asked Mary to pass him the sugar30. He said she had left the office two hours before31. I told David to show me his new CDs32. The sergeant ordered the soldiers not to leave their positions33. Susan’s mother told her to stop crying34. She said the postman hadn’t delivered the day before35. John said there had been a terrible accident at the crossroads36. She said they were getting married the following week37. She said that exercise was terrible and she couldn’t do it.38. She told Tom the phone was ringing39. The said they would go in that car40. They told me they would visit me when they went to Scotland the following summer.

EXERCISE 61. Where do you live exactly?2. I’m going to be late3. I have to be back by 3.304. Ann, what did you do yesterday?5. How many books have you read?6. Will you come to school tomorrow?7. I’m going shopping8. I want to make a phone call9. I’ve forgotten to do my homework10. I like swimming, but I do go very often11. I’ve written two letters to you12. What does ‘coy’ mean?13. When is your birthday, Sue?14. Have you tidied your room lately?15. Can you give me a lift to the airport?16. Will he ask me out?

17. I went to the doctor’s two days ago18. Who have you invited to your party?19. What’s happened?20. I’ve been late because of the traffic21. Have you tried these cakes?22. I’ll help you whenever you need it23. I have to do an important exam

tomorrow24. Leave the place at once!25. Be honest, Peter!26. You must call me Mrs Willis27. Please, don’t come in with your shoes

on28. My friend has just had a baby29. Come out of your car, sir!30. We have finished this exercise at last!