REPORTED SPEECH
Exercise 1:Rewrite following sentences so that the meaning stay
the same.
1.”If I were you, I wouldn't buy this car”
-> He advised . me not to buy that car.
2.”Shall I carry your suitcase, Lan?”said Nam.
-> Nam offered Lan to carry her
suitcase.........................................................................................
3.”Yes,all right, I'll share the food with you, Dave.”
-> Ann agreed.. to share the food with
Dave............................................................................................
4.”Sue,can you remember to buy some bread?”
-> Paul reminded..... Sue to buy some
bread.....................................................................................
5.”Don't touch anything in this room”, the man said to the children.
-> The man ordered... the children not to touch anything in that
room...................................................................................
6.”I must go home to make the dinner”, said Mary.
-> Mary.... said she had to go home to make the
dinner......................................................................................................
7.”Are you going to Ho Chi Minh City next week?”Tom asked me.
-> Tom asked...me if .. I was going to Ho Chi Minh City the next
week...........................................................................................
8.”Have you finished your homework?”Mom asked.
-> Mom asked me if I had finished my
homework.........................................................................................
9.She said to me:”I can't do it by myself”
-> She told me that. she couldn't do it by
herself......................................................................................
10.”Does your brother live in London, Nam?” Lan asked.
-> Lan wanted to know if..Nam's brother lived in
London............................................................................

11.”Don't repeat this mistake again.” his father warned him.
-> His father warned him.. not to repeat that mistake
again...............................................................................
12.”Give me a smile,” The photographer said to me.
-> The... photographer said me to give a smile.
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13.”Don't leave these book on the table”,the librarian said to the students.
-> The librarian told the students... not to leave those books on the
table...................................................................
14.”Have you travelled abroad much?”he asked me.
-> He.asked me..whether I had travelled abroad
much.............................................................................................................
15.”Who has written this note?” the boss asked the secretary.
-> The boss asked.... the secretary who had written that
note........................................................................................
16.”I have just received a postcard from my sister,” my friend said to me.
-> My friend told me. . she had just received a post-cast from her
sister......................................................................................
17.”This story happened long ago” he said.
-> He said..that story. had happened long
before......................................................................................................
Exercise 2
1 "Don't repeat this mistake again!" the instructor warned the sportsman.
.. the instructor warned the sportsman not to repeat this mistake again
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2 "Leave your address with the secretary," the assistant said to me.
.. the assistant said to me to leave my address with the secretary
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3 "Phone to me for an answer tomorrow” the manager said to the client.
.. the manager said to the client to phoned to him for an answer the next
day.................................................................................................................

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4 "Don't be so silly," the father said to the kid.
... the father said to the kid not to be so silly
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5 "Give a smile," the photographer said to me.
the photographer said to me to give a smile
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6 "Please, help me to make a decision," Ann asked her friend.
. Ann asked her friend to help her to make a decision
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7 "Don't leave these books on the table, put them back on the shelf," the
librarian said to the student.
.. the librarian said to the student not to leave those books on the table,
but put them on the
self.................................................................................................................
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8 "Be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes," the nurse said to the
child.
.. the nurse said to the child to be a good girl and sit quietly for five
minutes..........................................................................................................
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9 "Leave your things here," my companion advised me.
.. my companion advised me to. leave my things
here...............................................................................................................
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10 "Don't discuss this question now," said the chairman to the
participants.
. the chairman said to the participants not to. discuss this question
now................................................................................................................
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Exercise 3
1 "Will it be safe to stay in the mountains for the night if the weather
doesn't change for the better?" we asked the guide.
.. we asked the guide whether it would be safe to stay in the mountains for
the night if the weather didn't change for the

better.............................................................................................................
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2 The porter said to me, "I'll wake you up, when the train arrives in Leeds."
. The porter told me he would wake me up, when the train arrived in
Leeds.............................................................................................................
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3 My wife said to me: "While you are away, I'll do the packing."
... My wife told me while I was away, she would do the
packing..........................................................................................................
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4 "Don't leave until I phone you," he asked me.
.. He asked me not to leave until he phoned
me.................................................................................................................
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5 "After he leaves hospital, they'll take him to the South," the doctor said.
.... The doctor said after he left hospital, they would take him to the
South.............................................................................................................
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6 "They'll wait for the fisherman to return until it gets dark," the local man
explained to me.
... The local man explained to me they would wait for the fisherman to
return until it got
dark...............................................................................................................
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7 As soon as I hear from him, I'll let you know," my neighbour said to me.
... My neighbour told me as soon as he heard from him, he would let me
know..............................................................................................................
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8 I'll live in town till my husband returns from the expedition and when he
returns, we'll go to the seaside together," she said.
... She said she would live in town till her husband returned from the
expedition and when he returned, they would go to the seaside
together.........................................................................................................
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9 The mother said to her son, ."Sit still, please."
.... The mother told her son to sit still.
10 John said to his friend, "Come and spend a week with us."
..... John told his friend to come and spend a week with
them..............................................................................................................

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Exercise 4
1 "Have you travelled abroad much?" he asked me.
He asked me if I had travelled abroad much.
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2 "Who has written this note?" the boss asked the secretary.
the boss asked the secretary who had written those
note...............................................................................................................
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3 "I've just received a postcard from my sister," my friend said to me.
..my friend told me ..she had just received a postcard from her
sister..............................................................................................................
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4 "The students also took part in arranging the conference," the chairman
said.
....the chairman said to the students had also .taken part in arranging the
conference.....................................................................................................
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5 "Have you been here long?" the stranger asked me.
. the stranger asked me wether I have been there
long................................................................................................................
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6 "Did you really see this happen with your own eyes?" the policeman
asked the boy.
the policeman asked the boy if he had really seen that happen with his
own
eyes...............................................................................................................
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7 "I hope they will have taken a decision by the end of the meeting," she
remarked.
She remarked she hoped they would have taken a decision by the end of
the
meeting.........................................................................................................
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8 "Did you watch the detective film on TV yesterday?" he asked her.
....he asked her if she had to watch the detective film on TV the day
before............................................................................................................
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9 "This story happened long ago," he said, "and few people remember
anything about it."
.. He said that story had happened long before and few people
remembered anything about
it....................................................................................................................
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10 "I haven't read so interesting a book since I don't remember when," she
said.
.. She said to she hadn't read so interesting a book since she didn't
remember
when..............................................................................................................
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11.”I have just received a postcard from my sister,” my friend said to me.
-> My friend told me she had just received a postcard from her
sister......................................................................................