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    This document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 25 examples that change direct quotes like "I spoke to Mary two weeks ago" into indirect quotes like "Charles said that he had spoken to Mary two weeks ago." The examples cover a variety of sentence structures including questions, statements, orders, and tenses like past and future. The purpose is to practice changing different types of direct speech into the corresponding indirect speech.

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    This document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 25 examples that change direct quotes like "I spoke to Mary two weeks ago" into indirect quotes like "Charles said that he had spoken to Mary two weeks ago." The examples cover a variety of sentence structures including questions, statements, orders, and tenses like past and future. The purpose is to practice changing different types of direct speech into the corresponding indirect speech.

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    This document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 25 examples that change direct quotes like "I spoke to Mary two weeks ago" into indirect quotes like "Charles said that he had spoken to Mary two weeks ago." The examples cover a variety of sentence structures including questions, statements, orders, and tenses like past and future. The purpose is to practice changing different types of direct speech into the corresponding indirect speech.

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    Reported Speech Practice

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    This document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 25 examples that change direct quotes like "I spoke to Mary two weeks ago" into indirect quotes like "Charles said that he had spoken to Mary two weeks ago." The examples cover a variety of sentence structures including questions, statements, orders, and tenses like past and future. The purpose is to practice changing different types of direct speech into the corresponding indirect speech.

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    REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE (1)

    1. Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech.

    1. “I spoke to Mary two weeks ago,” Charles said.


    ……Charles said that he had spoken to Mary, two weeks ago.……………………………
    2. “Be quiet and start the exam,” I told them.
    …I told them to be quiet and write the exams…………………………………………..
    3. “I’m very tired after doing three exams today,” she said.
    …She said that she was very tired after doing three exams today.…………………………
    4. “Could you tell us your name?” they asked.
    ……They asked whether you could tell us your name.…………………………………………………
    5. “Don’t go out now or you’ll be sorry,” we ordered her.
    …We ordered her not to go out or you will be sorry.……………………………………………
    6. “I lost all my money last Saturday,” he said.
    …He said that he had lost all his money last Saturday………………………………………
    7. “Did Mary ask you about the party?” I asked.
    …I enquired whether Mary had asked you about the party.……………………………………
    8. “How much money do you need for that?” she asked.
    …She asked whether how much money was needed for that.……………………………………
    9. “Who was the girl wearing that beautiful dress?” he I asked.
    …I asked that who was the girl that was wearing that beautiful dress.……………………
    10. “I don’t have to eat that till tomorrow,” she said.
    …She said that she doesn't have to eat that till tomorrow.……………………………………………
    11. “I have just finished work,” Mr. Jones said.
    …Mr Jones said that he had just finished his work.…………………………………………………………
    12. “Mr. Harmsworth can’t see you today,” the secretary told him.
    …The secretary said that Mr Harmsworth couldn't see him today.………………………
    13. “I have never played tennis in this court,” she said.
    …She said that she had never played tennis in this court.………………………………………
    14. “I’ll wait for you,” she told me.
    …She told me that she will wait for me.…………………
    15. “What does your new boyfriend look like?” she asked her sister.
    … She asked to her sister, what does her new boyfriend look like..……………………
    16. “I don’t think your plan is good,” he said.
    … He said that he doesn't think that your plan was good ……………………
    17. “Will it rain tomorrow?” he asked.
    … He asked whether it will rain tomorrow. ………………
    18. “I will go to see that play soon,” he said.
    … He said he will go to see the play soon. …………………
    19. “I worked in Barcelona before I moved here,” he said.
    … He said he had worked in Barcelona before he has moved there………………
    20. “You can do better than this,” my teacher said.
    … My teacher said I can do better than that………………
    21. “Don’t worry,” my mum told him.
    ……………………
    22. “Have you been ill?” she asked.
    …………………………
    23. “I may be early for the meeting,” I said.
    … I said might be early for the meeting……………
    24. “How far is the station from our hotel?” the girl asked.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    25. “Come and see our new house,” they told us.
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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