Question

Write the dialogues in reported speech. 1. Kate: There is nothing like getting up early in the morning and taking a cold shower1 Jane: How long have you been doing this? Kate: I shall start tomorrow. 2. The editor: Did you write the poem yourself? The poet: Yes, every word of it. The editor: I am glad to meet you, Sir Robert Bums. I thought you died many years ago. 3. The critic: Which are two best novels of the year, Mr. Right? Mr. Right: I don’t know yet. I have written only one this year.

Answer 1

Kate said there was nothing like getting up early in the morning and taking a cold shower. Jane asked how long had she been doing this. Kate answered she shall start tomorrow.
The editor asked if the poet if he wrote the poem by himself. The poet answered that he wrote every word of it. The editor said that he was glad to meet Sir Robert Bums. He thought that he had died many years ago.
The critic asked Mr. Right which novels were the best that year. Mr. Right answered he didn’t know yet. He’d written only one that year.

Answer 2

1. Kate said that there was nothing like getting up early in the morning and taking a cold shower. Jane asked how long she had been doing this, and Kate replied that she would start tomorrow.

2. The editor asked if the poet had written the poem himself, and the poet replied that he had written every word of it. The editor expressed his gladness at meeting Sir Robert Burns and mentioned that he had thought he had died many years ago.

3. The critic inquired which were the two best novels of the year, and Mr. Right replied that he didn't know yet because he had written only one this year.