Reported speech



She said, "I shall come with you as soon as I am ready."

She asked Pete, "Why does he always say rude things like that?

A man asked me in the street, "Have you got matches?"

Ann said, "Wait till I come." I told him that I hadn't seen his brother for a long time."

He said, "It isn't so foggy today as it was yesterday."

He asked Paul, "Where did you spend most of your childhood?"

The hotel manager asked the visitor, "Did you sleep well?"

The mother said, "Go to bed immediately!"


The teacher told his students that he was going to give them a test.

He said, "I have eaten nothing for two days."

He asked me, "When will you be able to answer my question?"

The young man said, "Are you going to let me in, Mr. Brown?"

She said, "Leave the key under the mat."

I said that the weather had been awful during the holidays.

Jack's father said, "Jack, you haven't cleaned your shoes."

Mary asked me, "What are you doing tonight?"

Jill asked her, "Did you go to France for your holiday?"

My instructor said, "Be careful before turning to the right."

He told Ann that she could walk up the stairs.

Mary said, "I don't want to wear my old dress."

I said, "What is Mother doing in the kitchen?"

She said, "Will you be here for the next ten minutes?"

He said, "Give me something to drink."

He told me that he thought my electric iron was out of order.

Mother said to me, "I feel very tired and I have a headache."

I asked my friend, "How many questions have you put down?"

The fat woman said, "Can I lose five kilos in a week?"

He said, "Keep the book till we meet again."

He said that if the war broke out, he would have to leave the country at once.

My friend told me, "We have plenty of time to do the work."

He asked, "Why haven't you paid the phone bill yet?"

He said to the girl, "Will you ever tell me everything about it?'

He said, "Remember to get a bone for our dog."

I asked him if he had enjoyed listening to the opera.

He said to his sister, "George has written me a long letter."

Mother asked her son, "When did you break your new toy?"

He asked Ann, "Aren't you tired of living in this poor district?"

He said, "Tell him not to work too fast."

He said that he was surprised to see that the grandfather's clock had stopped.

He said, "I shall have a look at this advertisement." ​