WT - 10 - G 10 - INDIRECT SPEECH

 I. Change the following dialogues in indirect speech of narration:

1. Mother: Where were you?

Daughter: I was on the terrace playing.

Mother: Please do not go without prior permission.

Daughter: This was the first time ever that I went on the terrace.

Mother: Remember, do not go there alone.

Narrator: The mother asked her daughter where she had been. The daughter replied that she had been playing on the terrace. The mother then told her not to go without prior permission. The daughter said that it was the first time she had ever gone to the terrace. Mother warned her daughter not to go there alone.

Mother asked her daughter where she had been, to which the daughter replied that she had been on the terrace playing. The mother then requested her daughter not to go without prior permission. The daughter mentioned that it was the first time she had ever gone on the terrace. The mother reminded her daughter not to go there alone.

II. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

Jason and Victoria, "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."

Jason and Victoria told me (that) they would do their best in the exams the next day.

Andrew, "We didn't eat fish two days ago."

Andrew remarked (that) they hadn't eaten fish two days before.

Alice, "I spent all my pocket money on Monday."

Alice complained (that) she had spent all her pocket money on Monday.

David, "John had already gone at six."

David said (that) John had already gone at six.

Emily, "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow."

Emily said (that) their teacher would go to Leipzig the next day.

III. Transform These Questions Into Reported Speech (Start The Sentence With "She Asked Him".)

What is your name? → She asked him what his name was. 

Where do you live? → She asked him where he lived. 

What do you do for a living? → She asked him what he did for a living.