2. Make up sentences according to the pattern:

Pattern:	Have you ever been to the Canary Islands? (He wondered...)
	He wondered if I had ever been to the Canary Islands.

1. I don’t know why the Bank is withdrawing the loan. (He didn’t understand...)

2. Is there any chance of reviving the BSM-3? (He wondered...)

3. Does the meeting begin at three or half past three? (He wasn’t sure...)

4. Do you know what time the meeting begins? (He wanted to know...)

5. Please explain to me how the BSM-3 works. (James Healey asked to explain to him...)

6. Have you seen Coleman recently? (He asked...)

7. Will the report be ready soon? (He inquired...)

8. Did they decide to sell the BSM-3? (He couldn’t remember...)

3. Change the questions into indirect speech. Begin each of your sentences with I wonder as in the pattern:

Pattern:

Where is my book? I wonder where my book is?

• 1. When will the director be in his office?

• 2. What time is it now?

• 3. Where is the airport?

• 4. How far is it from here?

• 5. Is there a good hotel here?

• 6. How much did your new dress cost?

• 7. What do his words mean?

• 8. Who are these people?

4. Change these commands and requests into indirect speech according to the patterns. If the direct form include the word Please, use the verb to ask in the indirect form. If there is no Please in the direct command, use the verb to tell:

Pattern 1:	Mr Davis said to his secretary, "Please answer the telephone".
Pattern 2:	Mr Davis asked his secretary to answer the telephone. Mrs Davis said to her little daughter, "Don’t cry". Mrs Davis told her little daughter not to cry.

1. The secretary said to the client, "Could you please ring back in half an hour?"

2. Mrs Davis said to her cat, "Don’t make so much noise."

3. The dentist said to me, "Open your mouth."

4. I said to the dentist, "Please don’t drill any more."

5. Nick said to his brother, "Wait for me."

6. The policeman has just said to that young girl, "Don’t drive too fast."

7. The teacher of English said to the students, "Study as hard as you can."

8. The students said to the teacher, "Please explain the task again."

9. Mrs Davis said to the clerk at the office, "Please show me a little less expensive hat."

10. Mr Williams said to the waiter, "Please don’t bring me my tea too soon."

5. Put the following into indirect speech according to the pattern:

Pattern 1:	He said, "We must celebrate it." He said that they must celebrate it.
Pattern 2:	She said, "You have to learn it by heart." She said, that I had to learn it by heart.

1. She said to me, "You mustn’t come in without knocking."

2. The customs officer said, "This photo in your passport isn’t like you at all. You must have another one taken."

3. The teacher said, "After the lecture I have to rush home."

4. He said, "There must be someone in the house."

5. The mother said to her little son, "You mustn’t play with knives."

6. She said, "If what you say is true I must warn the police."

7. He said, "I must be at the Academy at seven a.m. tomorrow."

8. The teacher said, "If you want to get results you’ll have to work harder."