Ex.85 Turn the following sentences from direct into reported speech or vice versa.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 667.

Ex.84 Turn the following sentences into direct speech, as in the example.

1. He threatened to tell the headmaster if we didn't behave properly.

......'I'll tell the headmaster if you don't behave properly,' he said......

1. She invited me to go to the cinema with her. He offered to help me clean the house.

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1. We explained that we were late because we had missed the bus.

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1. She advised me to see a professional.

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1. She admitted to reading my diary.

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1. She agreed to help me interview the candidates.

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1. He accused me of breaking his glasses.

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1. We apologised for missing their dinner party.

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1. Edward complained that the children were always disturbing him.

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1. ‘What are your plans for the weekend?' he asked her.

......He asked her what her plans for the weekend were......

1. Malcolm suggested that they go fishing that afternoon.

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1. Simon denied having damaged the car.

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1. ‘Could you open the door for me, please?' Kate asked Harry.

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1. Julia claimed to have met Kevin Costner.

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1. ‘You never listen when I'm talking to you,' she said.

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1. The instructor said, ‘This is how you open the parachute.'

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1. ‘I promise I won't lose your necklace,' she told her friend.

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1. Stuart begged his parents to let him go to the disco.

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1. His father said to him, ‘No, you can't go to the concert.'

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1. ‘Yes, you may stay out late on Saturday,' said Mum.

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1. The man demanded to speak to his lawyer.

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1. ‘I'm afraid there are no tickets left,' he said to us.

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1. ‘The path is very slippery,' the guide said to the climbers.

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1. He asked her to write to him while she was away.

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