Question

Reported Speech. 1 He said: “ I have just received a letter from my uncle.”She said to me:” I am going to the theatre tonight.”Mike said:” I spoke to Mr. Brown this morning.”He said to her:” I will do it today.”I said to them:” I can give you my uncle’s address.”“Please help me with this work, Henry”, said Robert.“Don’t be late for dinner”, said Mother to us.Mother said to me:” Who has brought this telegram?”He asked her:” Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?”She asked her son:” Have you had dinner yet?”I asked my sister:” Will you stay at home or go for a walk?”I asked them:” Does your friend live in London?”She asked a young man:”Can you call a taxi for me?”​

Answer 1

1. He said that he had just received a letter from his uncle.

2. She said to me that she was going to the theater that night.

3. Mike said that he had spoken to Mr Brown that morning.

4. He said that he would do it that day.

5. I said to them that I could give you my uncle's address.

6. Robert asked Henry to help him with that work.

7. Mother said to us not to be late for dinner.

8. Mother asked me who had brought that telegram.

9. He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.

10. She asked her son if he had had dinner yet.

11. I asked my sister if she would stay at home or go for a walk.

12. I asked them if their friend lived in London.

13. She asked a young man if he could call a taxi for her.

Answer 2

Let's convert the given sentences into reported speech:

1. He said, "I have just received a letter from my uncle."

   • He said that he had just received a letter from his uncle.

2. She said to me, "I am going to the theatre tonight."

   • She told me that she was going to the theatre that night.

3. Mike said, "I spoke to Mr. Brown this morning."

   • Mike said that he had spoken to Mr. Brown that morning.

4. He said to her, "I will do it today."

   • He told her that he would do it that day.

5. I said to them, "I can give you my uncle’s address."

   • I told them that I could give them my uncle's address.

6. "Please help me with this work, Henry," said Robert.

   • Robert asked Henry to help him with that work.

7. "Don’t be late for dinner," said Mother to us.

   • Mother told us not to be late for dinner.

8. Mother said to me, "Who has brought this telegram?"

   • Mother asked me who had brought that telegram.

9. He asked her, "Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?"

   • He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.

10. She asked her son, "Have you had dinner yet?"

    • She asked her son if he had had dinner yet.

11. I asked my sister, "Will you stay at home or go for a walk?"

    • I asked my sister if she would stay at home or go for a walk.

12. I asked them, "Does your friend live in London?"

    • I asked them if their friend lived in London.

13. She asked a young man, "Can you call a taxi for me?"

    • She asked the young man if he could call a taxi for her.