Question

Exercise 125. Change from direct into indirect speech: 1. He said to me: “I want to see you today.” 2. She said: “I am free tonight.” 3. “When I get a job, I’ll buy you a warm coat”, said the girl’s father. 4. My brother said to me: “I am going to become a doctor.” 5. “I have no time for lunch today”, said the boy to his mother. 6. “You speak English very well”, said the woman to me. 7. The mother said: “The children are in the nursery, doctor.” 8.“When your turn comes, listen very carefully to what the doctor tells you”, I said to my grandmother. 9. “When you come to see me on Sunday, I will show you my new dress”, she said to me. 10. “If you spill the milk, there won’t be any for the cat”, said my mother to me.

Answer 1

1. He said to me that he wanted to see me that day.

2. She said that she was free that night.

3. The girl's father said that when he got a job, he would buy her a warm coat.

4. My brother told me that he was going to become a doctor.

5. The boy told his mother that he had no time for lunch that day.

6. The woman said to me that I spoke English very well.

7. The mother said that the children were in the nursery, doctor.

8. I told my grandmother that when her turn came, she should listen very carefully to what the doctor told her.

9. She said to me that when I came to see her on Sunday, she would show me her new dress.

10. My mother said to me that if I spilled the milk, there wouldn't be any for the cat.

Answer 2

Sure, let's convert the given sentences from direct speech into indirect speech:

1. He said to me, "I want to see you today." - He told me that he wanted to see me that day.

2. She said, "I am free tonight." - She mentioned that she was free that night.

3. "When I get a job, I’ll buy you a warm coat," said the girl’s father. - The girl's father promised that when he got a job, he would buy her a warm coat.

4. My brother said to me, "I am going to become a doctor." - My brother informed me that he was going to become a doctor.

5. "I have no time for lunch today," said the boy to his mother. - The boy told his mother that he had no time for lunch that day.

6. "You speak English very well," said the woman to me. - The woman complimented me, saying that I spoke English very well.

7. The mother said, "The children are in the nursery, doctor." - The mother informed the doctor that the children were in the nursery.

8. "When your turn comes, listen very carefully to what the doctor tells you," I said to my grandmother. - I advised my grandmother to listen very carefully to what the doctor would tell her when her turn came.

9. "When you come to see me on Sunday, I will show you my new dress," she said to me. - She promised me that she would show me her new dress when I came to see her on Sunday.

10. "If you spill the milk, there won’t be any for the cat," said my mother to me. - My mother warned me that if I spilled the milk, there wouldn't be any left for the cat.