Change the sentences into the indirect speech:
1. John said: "I met them at the airport yesterday." 2. He said: "I shall come to the party if I
am free tomorrow." 3. She said: "I shall go to the cinema in the evening if I am not very
tired." 4. I asked Tom: "Have you had breakfast?" 5. Nina said: "I like music and I listen to it
every evening before going to bed." 6. My aunt said: "I shall not be thirsty if I eat some
grapes." 7. Mother said to us: "Don't go out before I return." 8. I said to the man: "Are you
living in a hotel?" 9. Mary said: "Don't switch on TV, Fred, I am working." 10. The teacher
said to us: "You will have to work hard tomorrow." 11. She asked me: "Why didn't you come
here yesterday?" 12. She said to me: "How long are you going to stay in the country?" 13. He
said to me: "I like to go to the canteen during the break." 14. He asked me: "When will you
go to the canteen?"
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1. John said he had met them at the airport the day before.2. He said he would come to the party if he was free the next day.
3. She said she would go to the cinema in the evening if she was not very
tired.
4. I asked Tom if he had had breakfast.
5. Nina said that she liked music and listened to it every evening before going to bed.
6. My aunt said she would not be thirsty if she ate some grapes.
7. Mother said to us not to go out before she returned.
8. I asked the man if he was living in a hotel.
9. Mary told Fred not to switch on TV because she was working.
10. The teacher said to us that we would have to work hard the next day.
11. She asked me why I didn't come there the day before.
12. She asked me how long I was going to stay in the country.
13. He said to me he liked to go to the canteen during the break.
14. He asked me when I would go to the canteen.