Pay attention to the following constructions in direct and in reported speech

“Let’s play chess,” said Nick. – Nick suggested playing chess.

“All right,” said Pete. – Pete agreed.

“Oh, no,” said Mike. – Mike refused.

Exercise 16

Write the following sentences in reported speech:

1. “Let’s play badminton,” said Nina. “All right,” said Mike. “I like to play badminton very much.” 2. “Let’s run a race,” said Bill. “No,” said Jack. “I hurt my foot three days ago and now I cannot run.” 3. “Will you show me your new flat?” said Tom. “Of course,” said Becky. “Come to our place tomorrow” 4. “I shall go to see my friend tomorrow,” said Kate. “Will you come with me?” “Yes, I shall,” said Pete. “I want to see your friend.” 5. “There is a new film on at our cinema,” said Mike. “Let’s go and see it.” “No, I can’t,” said Mike. “I shall be busy.” 6. “What shall we do with Nick?” said Ann. “He has got a bad mark again.” “Let’s help him with his French,” said Pete. “I am sure we can do it.”

Exercise 17

Write the following sentences in reported speech:

1. He said: “We have forgotten to take the ball!” 2. She said: “I shall be very glad to see you.” 3. “Let’s go to the Philharmonic. There is a good concert there tonight,” said Walter. “Oh, very good,” said Robert. “I haven’t been to the Philharmonic for a long time.” 4. Alec asked me: “Have you ever been to the National Gallery?” “Yes, I have,” said I. “I visited it last year when we were staying in London.” 5. He said: “Who is this man? I don’t know him.” 6. I thought: “He is a very clever man: he can help me.” 7. My brother said: “In two hours I shall have finished my work and then I shall go to the cinema.” Then he said to me: “Let’s go together.” “All right,” I said. 8. The teacher said: “Open your books and begin reading the new text.” 9. The girl asked: “What is the price of this dress?” 10. “Please help me with this problem, I cannot solve it,” I said to my father. “All right,” said my father, “let’s try to solve it together.” 11. “Let’s go to Finland for the winter holidays,” said Kate. “No,” said Andrew, “we have already been to Finland. Let’s go to Greece. It will be very interesting to see the country we have read about so much.” “All right,” said Kate, “let’s go.”

Exercise 18

Put the following sentences into direct speech:

1. John told his friend that he had just come from the United States and intended to stay in St. Petersburg for about a month. 2. Our monitor said that he was not satisfied with his report and was going to work at it for some more time. He said that he was to make it on the twelfth of February and so he had a few days left. 3. He said that he was quite all right. The climate hadn’t done him any harm. 4. A man came up and asked me where he could buy a video-cassette. 5. I asked my brother who had rung him up in the morning. 6. He told me not to call on him the next day as he would not be at home. 7. The officer ordered the soldiers to wait for him. 8. He said that he had lived in St. Petersburg for many years and knew the city very well. 9. I told my brother that I was sorry he hadn’t kept his promise.

Exercise 19

Read and translate the following sentences:

1. “I’ve bought tickets for a Saturday performance,” I said. 2. “We had a good walk in the country yesterday,” my sister said to me. 3. “Mr. Nikolaev is going to fly abroad next week,” they said. 4. “Every passenger goes through the Customs when he comes from abroad,” said the Customs official. 5. “At what time will the plane land?” asked the passenger. 6. “Shall we take a taxi to get home?” my friend asked me. 7. “At what institute did your sister study?” my friends asked me. 8. “Who gave you instructions to get the materials ready?” asked the director. 9. “I must go through the mail now,” I said. 10. “I’m glad to do business with your firm,” Mr. Smith said to us. 11. “There are a few tickets for this performance at the booking-office,” I said.

Exercise 20

Put the following sentences the reported speech:

1. Ann asked her friend, “Please help me to translate the text.” 2. The teacher said to her students, “Don’t speak Russian at your English lessons.” 3. The mother said to the children, “Come back from the country before 6 o’clock.” 4. Pete said to me, “Come and see me on Sunday.” 5. The mother said to the children, “Don’t sunbathe in the afternoon.” 6. They asked Nick, “Please book tickets for all of us.” 7. The director said to Mr. Sokolov, “Don’t telephone the factory today.” 8. Mr. Denisov asked the secretary, “Please put me through to Mr. Barton.” 9. They said to us, “Please, ship the goods before the 1^st of December.” 10. The President said, “Clear up all these points with Mr. Gray.” 11. Mr. Malov said, “Don’t make an appointment for Wednesday.”

Exercise 21

Translate the following sentences.

Директор нашої фірми сказав,	що він їде у відрядження наступного тижня. що він буде приймати цю фірму завтра. що на минулому тижні вони підписали цей контракт. що англійські комерсанти прибудуть до Москви сьогодні. що вчора він отримав вказівки розмістити замовлення на хімічне обладнання в одній з англійських фірм. що вони обговорили умови оплати з представником фірми два дня потому
Вона попросила мене	допомогти її перекласти цей текст. замовити квитки в театр. заповнити декларацію. дати їй цю книжку почитати. зайти за нею. зачекати її. зв’язатися з фірмою завтра.

Exercise 22

Put these statements into reported speech, as in the examples:

Examples:

‘I’m tired,’ she said. She said (that) she was tired.

‘I need to borrow some money,’ my brother told me. My brother told me (that) he needed to borrow some money. Should there be single quotation marks in the following exercises throughout the next pages?

1. ‘I can’t swim very well,’ I told her.

2. ‘Mr. Mason has gone out,’ the secretary told me.

3. ‘I don’t want to go swimming,’ Andrew said.

4. ‘We’re leaving on Friday,’ we said.

5. ‘We had lunch in Luigi’s restaurant,’ they said.

6. ‘I’ll phone you later,’ Sarah told Simon.

Exercise 23

This is what some people said to Sally today:

The manager of the bank where Sally works: ‘You’ll get a pay raise later in the year.’

An optician: ‘There is nothing wrong with your eyes. You don’t need to wear glasses.’

Sally’s boyfriend, Peter: ‘I’d like a big family. I want at least five children.’

Sally’s father: ‘I’ve done the shopping. I’ll be home at about seven.’

Sally’s driving instructor: ‘You drove very well. You’re making good progress.’

A man who works in a dry-cleaner’s: ‘Your skirt will be ready on Saturday.’

It is evening now and Sally is telling her mother about her day. Complete what Sally says using reported speech.

Sally: I went to the dry-cleaner’s at lunchtime. The man there said my skirt would be ready on Saturday.

Mother: And what about the optician? What did she say?

Sally: Oh, she told me _____1______ eyes and that I ______2______ glasses.

Mother: Oh, that’s good. And what about your driving lesson? How did that go?

Sally: Oh, fine. My instructor told me that I ______3______ and that I ____4____ progress.

Mother: That’s very good. And what about Peter? Did you see him today?

Sally: No, but he phoned me at work. He made me laugh. He said he _____5_____ and that he ______6______ children.

Mother: Five! Well, I hope you can afford them.

Sally: Oh, yes. That reminds me. I was speaking to the manager at work and she said that I __7___.

Mother: Oh, that’s good.

Sally: Yes. Oh, and before I forget. Dad phoned. He said he _____8______ and that he _____9______ seven.

Exercise 24

Which questions would you ask to which people?

1. ‘Will it take long to repair the car?’ a hotel receptionist

2. ‘Can I park my car in west Street?’ a doctor

3. ‘What time does the film finish?’ a policeman

4. ‘How many times a day should I take the medicine?’ a mechanic

5. ‘What’s the soup of the day?’ a waiter

6. ‘Have you got a double room?’ a cinema attendant

Report the questions. Begin: I asked the…

Example:

1. I asked the mechanic if it would take long to repair the car.

Exercise 25

Andrew had a frightening experience recently while on holiday. He was out walking in the countryside when suddenly ha was surrounded by a group of soldiers.

Here are the questions which one of the soldiers asked Andrew.

1. ‘What are you doing here?’

2. ‘Why are you carrying a camera?’

3. ‘Did you see the signs warning people not to enter the area?’

4. ‘Have you been taking photos of the army base?’

5. ‘What’s your name?’

6. ‘Can I see some proof of your identity?’

After the holiday, Andrew told some friends what had happened.

Complete Andrew’s story using reported speech.

‘I was about seven miles from the youth hostel in the middle of nowhere when suddenly a jeep roared up to me and I was surrounded by soldiers pointing guns!’ An officer asked me 1 what I was doing there. Then he pointed at my Kodak and asked me _____2______. I tried to explain that I was on holiday there, but then he wanted to know _______3______. I told him I hadn’t. Then he asked me ____4_____. I said that I didn’t even know there was an army base there. Then he wanted to know ______5______ and ______6______. Then, just because I couldn’t prove who I was, they put me in the jeep and drove me to some kind of underground army base. They kept me there while they phoned the youth hostel to check up on me.’

Exercise 26

Report these sentences using the to infinitive form.

Examples:

‘I’ll pay back the money.’ (She promised) She promised to pay back the money.

‘Hurry up.’ (he told me) He told me to hurry up.

1. ‘Can I do the washing up?’ (I offered)

2. ‘I’ll phone the police!’ (she threatened)

3. ‘You should stop smoking.’ (the doctor advised my brother)

4. ‘Could you change the light bulb for me?’ (he asked me)

5. ‘Don’t be stupid.’ (she told me)

6. ‘Would you like to come to my party?’ (he invited her)

7. ‘I won’t forget the shopping.’ (I promised)

8. ‘Don’t leave the door unlocked.’ (she warned them)

Exercise 27

Report these sentences. Sometimes two answers are possible.

Examples:

‘I’m tired,’ he said. He said (that) he was tired.

‘Did you enjoy the film?’ I asked her. I asked her if she had enjoyed the film. / I asked her if she enjoyed the film.

‘Switch off the TV,’ she told me. She told me to switch off the TV.

Can you lend me some money? he asked me. He asked me if I could lend him some money. / He asked me to lend him some money.

1. ‘I can’t type,’ I told them.

2. ‘Are you English?’ they asked me.

3. ‘We’re going into town,’ they said.

4. ‘Where are you going?’ I asked her.

5. ‘I haven’t got any money,’ he told me.

6. ‘Could you speak more slowly?’ he asked her.

7. ‘Don’t touch the wire,’ he warned me.

8. ‘I was on holiday in July,’ he told her.

9. ‘What time did you get home?’ they asked him.

10. ‘Can you do me a favour?’ she asked me.

11. ‘We won’t be home late,’ we told them.

12. ‘I’ve posted the letters,’ I said.

13. ‘My sister doesn’t know,’ he said.

14. ‘My parents had gone to bed,’ she said.

15. ‘You should go to the doctor,’ she told him.

16. ‘We’ll do the dishes,’ they promised.

17. ‘Where do you work?’ I asked her.

18. ‘Can you phone the doctor for me?’ she asked him.

19. ‘I passed my driving test in 1986,’ he told his boss.

20. ‘I don’t know what to do,’ I said.