Question

Read these sentences and turn form direct into reported speech. Use full verb forms and full stops in your sentences. 1. “Eat your lunch”, she said to him. 2. “Don’t eat with your fingers”, said Mike to Jim. 3. “Send the children to bed”, Mrs Lane said to her babysitter.

Answer 1

1. “Eat your lunch”, she said to him.

She told him to eat his lunch.

2. “Don’t eat with your fingers”, said Mike to Jim.

Mike asked Jim not to eat with his fingers.

3. “Send the children to bed”, Mrs Lane said to her babysitter.

Mrs Lane asked her babysitter to send the children to bed.

Answer 2

1. She told him, "Eat your lunch."
2. Mike told Jim, "Don't eat with your fingers."
3. Mrs. Lane instructed her babysitter, "Send the children to bed."