REPORTED SPEECH

1. “Open the mouth a little,” he said to the writer.

2. She said, “They have been unkind to me.”

3. “How can I complete this exercise?” Ravi said to his mother.

4. “Do you plan to go away in summer?” the manager said to me.

5. “Will you let me help you?” the young man asked the old lady.

6. “Do you live in this country?” asked the stranger to me.

7. “When will your father return from work?” the old man said to the girl.

8. “Do you like chocolate ice cream?” asked the shopkeeper to Aruna.

9. “Aren’t we meeting this afternoon?” Rita asked her manager.

10. “I have no idea when my father will return,” said the girl.

11. “I have no idea how I will reach the examination hall,” said the girl.

12. “Didn’t we discuss this yesterday?” asked the teacher.

13. “I will come to your house next week,” she said to him.

14. “Ashok, I think you should try to get more exercise,” said the doctor.

15. “I have had a nice holiday,” said the teacher, smiling.

16. The poor man said, “How can I ask you to help me?”

17. “Can you lend me some money?” the old man asked me.

18. She said, “Do you think we can buy a cat like this?”

19. I said to her, "Did you take the name Agnes from her?"

20. “Have you typed this letter?” the officer said to the typist.

21. “Don’t ever do that again,” said my father.

22. “Are you free this afternoon?” he asked me.

23. “Where can I find an English dictionary?” asked a pupil.

24. “You look very pale today”, said the doctor to Ananya

25. “Shalu, can you please look after my dog for a few days?” asked Mrs. Reddy.

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26. “What time did you get home last night?” She asked him.

27. “I didn’t steal the money,” the burglar said.

28. “Mrs. Anand, on no account should you lift anything heavy”, said the doctor.

29. “Don’t ever do that again,” said my father.

30. How much chocolate do you eat every day?” the dentist asked the little boy.

31. “‘How did you feel when you got the best actor award?” the reporter asked the film star.

32. “Don’t you want to start before it gets too dark?” said his wife.

33. “Would you like some coffee?” he asked her.

34. “Has it been raining all night?” Grandma said to Sunil

35. “Come and see what I have found,” Nina said to John.

36. “Who is going to answer my question?” the teacher said.

37. “How will you solve the problem?” the principal asked her colleague.

38. “Can I delay the payment until tomorrow?” she said.

39. She said, "I've worked here since I left my last job."

40. You said, "I will help you!"

41. She asked me, "When are we going to leave?"

42. Peter said, "I may bring someone with me to the party."

43. My friend said, "I will have finished my homework by the time you arrive."

44. Mohan asked me, "Why do you want to study Russian?"

45. Mary said, "I have been waiting for you for over an hour."

46. Radhika said, "I had eaten before you arrived."

47. Larry sang, "I want to get away, I want to fly away"

48. John asked me, "Are you coming with me?"

49. “Take medicines regularly,” the doctor said to the old woman.

50. “Keep your exercise books on the table,” the teacher said to the students.

51. “Please post this letter,” I said to her.

52. The teacher said to me, “Don’t tell lies.”

53. He said, “Let him go.”

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54. “Tell me about these boys,” he said to me.

55. “Don’t buy them,” our driver said to us.

KEY
1. He told the writer to open the mouth a little.
2. She complained that they had been unkind to her.
3. Ravi asked how he could complete that exercise.
4. The manager asked me if I planned to go away in summer.
5. The young man asked the old lady if he would let her help him.
6. The stranger asked me if I lived in that country.
7. The old man asked the girl when her father would return from work.
8. The shopkeeper asked Aruna if she liked chocolate.
9. Rita asked her manager if they were meeting that afternoon.
10. The girl said that she had no idea when her father would return.
11. The girl said that she had no idea how she would reach the examination hall.
12. The teacher asked if they had not discussed that the previous day.
13. She said that she would come to my house next week.
14. The doctor advised Ashok that he thought he should try to get more exercise.
15. The teacher smiled and said that he had a nice holiday.
16. The poor man asked me how he could ask me to hep him.
17. The old man asked me if I could lend him some money.
18. She asked if we thought we could buy a cat like that.
19. I asked her if she took the name Agnes from her.
20. The officer asked the typist if he had typed that letter.
21. My father warned me never to do that again.
22. He asked me if I was free that afternoon.
23. A pupil asked where he could find an English dictionary.
24. The doctor remarked to Ananya that she looked very pale that day.
25. Mrs Reddy requested Shalu if she could look after her dog for a few days.
26. She asked him what time he had got home the previous night.
27. The burglar denied that he had stolen the money. or The burglar told that he had not stolen the
money.
28. The doctor advised Mrs Anand not to lift anything heavy.
29. My father warned me never to do that again.
30. The dentist asked the little boy how much chocolate he ate every day.
31. The reporter asked the film star how she had felt when she got the best actor award.
32. His wife asked him whether he did not want to start before it got too dark.

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33. He asked her whether she would like some coffee.

34. Grandma asked Sunil whether it had been raining all night.
35. Nina asked John to come and see that she had found.
36. The teacher asked who was going to answer his question.
37. The principal asked her colleague how she would solve the problem.
38. She asked if she could delay the payment until the next day.
39. She said that she had worked there since she left her last job.
40. You said that you would help me.
41. She asked me when we were going to leave.
42. Peter said that he might bring someone with him to the party.
43. My friend told me that he would have finished his homework by the time I arrived.
44. Mohan asked me why I wanted to study Russian.
45. Mary said that she had been waiting for me for over an hour.
46. Radhika told me that she had eaten before I arrived.
47. Larry sang that he wanted to get away, he wanted to fly away.
48. John asked me if I was coming with him.
49. The doctor advised the woman to take medicines regularly
50. The teacher ordered the students to keep their exercise books on the table.
51. I13. I requested her to post that letter.
52. The teacher told me not to tell lies.
53. He requested to let him go.
54. He asked me to tell him about those boys.
55. Our driver told us not to buy them.