TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO REPORTED SPEECH:

1. “If my children behave, we’ll go to the park this afternoon”, said Hillary.

2. “I really like the T-shirt I bought yesterday”, said Gary.

3. “We are visiting our aunt next Saturday”, said Vivian.

4. “Dave has never been abroad. That’s why he is so anxious about this trip”, said
Karen.

5. Ryan said: “I don’t know why, but we never go anywhere”

6. “Kate is going to tell Jane tonight”, said Ben.

7. Alan said: “I can’t talk to you now, but I’ll call you when I get home this evening”.

8. “We met last year, and we have been best friends since then”, said Zack.

9. “I am seeing my dentist tomorrow at 5.30”, said Paul.

10. Tom said: “I have tried to repair my bike, but I can’t”.

11. “I know what you can do to help me”, said Robert.

12. “We had to tell him the truth, but surprisingly, he didn’t get angry”, said Michael
and Ian.

13. My mum said: “You have to finish your homework before you go out”.

14. Noah said: “ I can lend you a hand if you need any help”

15. “In case you don’t know, today is Janet’s birthday”, said Mark.
 SUGGESTED ANSWERS:

1. Hillary said that if her children behaved, they would go to the park that

afternoon.

2. Gary said that he really liked the T-shirt he had bought the day before.

3. Vivian said that they were visiting their aunt the next Saturday.

4. Karen said that Dave had never been abroad and (that) that was why he

was so anxious about that trip.

5. Ryan said that he didn’t know why, but they never went anywhere.

6. Ben said that Kate was going to tell Jane that night.

7. Alan said that he couldn’t talk to me then, but he would call me when he

got home that evening.

8. Zack said that they had met the year before, and they had been best

friends since then.

9. Paul said that he was meeting his dentist the next day at 5.30.

10. Tom said that he had tried to repair his bike, but he couldn’t.

11. Robert said that he knew what I could do to help him.

12. Michael and Ian said that they had had to tell Gerry the truth, but

surprisingly, he had not got angry.

13. My mum said that I had to finish my homework before I went out.

14. Noah said that he could lend me a hand if I needed any help.

15. Mark said that in case I didn’t know, that day was Janet’s birthday.