Exercise 17 Change the sentences as in the model.

Model: I won’t tell anybody. (He promised) – He promised not to tell anybody.

1. I’ll cook supper. (She offered) 2. Leave early. (He advised me) 3. Please, close the door. (She asked me) 4. I’ll stop smoking. (She promised) 5. Why don’t I do the shopping? (He offered) 6. You ought to tell the police. (She advised me) 7. Wait outside. (I told her) 8. OK. I’ll pay half. (He agreed) 9. Park round the corner. (She told me) 10. How do you find the house? (I asked him) 11. Phone me before nine. (She told me when) 12. Say you’re ill. (I told him what) 13. We’ll pay for the tickets. (We offered)

Exercise 18 Write the following sentences in the indirect speech.

Model: 1) ‘When did you receive this letter?’ my friend said to me. – My friend asked me when I had received this letter.

2) ‘Don’t make noise,’ said Tom’s mother to him. – Tom’s mother asked him not to make noise.

1. ‘Do you like my pies, Ann?’ asked her grandmother. 2. ‘Sit down at the table and do your homework,’ said Tom’s mother to him. 3. ‘What did you do at school yesterday, John?’ said his father. 4. ‘Will you play the piano today, Helen?’ asked her aunt. 5. My uncle said, ‘We’ll visit you next week.’ 6. ‘Don’t cross the street under the red light,’ said the man to Nick. 7. ‘I took a very good book from our library yesterday,’ said Mike to his father. 8. ‘Come to my house tomorrow, Jane,’ said Lena.

Exercise 19 First read, then report what the flight attendant told the passengers before takeoff.

Model: Do not smoke in non-smoking areas or in the toilets. – She told them not to smoke in non-smoking areas or in the toilets.

1. Please, fasten your safety belts before takeoff. 2. Put your bags in the overhead lockers. 3. Please keep your seats upright during takeoff. 4. Do not run in the aisles. 5. Please do not leave your seats during takeoff or landing. 6. Do not use stereo equipment. 7. Press the button to call a flight attendant. 8. Please do not obstruct the emergency exits.

Exercise 20 Use the following verbs to report the direct speech in the sentences below.

tell, ask, order, invite, remind, warn, beg, refuse, advise, offer

1. ‘Please, can you translate this sentence for me?’ Maria said to Mark. 2. ‘Don’t forget to send Aunt Maggie a birthday card,’ Mary said to her son. 3. ‘Sign on the dotted line,’ the postman said to me. 4. ‘Please, please, please, marry me. I can’t live without you,’ John said to Moira. 5. ‘Please, come to my wedding,’ John said to his boss. 6. ‘I’ll pay for the next round,’ Mark said. 7. ‘Don’t run round the edge of the swimming pool or you’ll fall in,’ Mary said to her children. 8. ‘I won’t go to bed!’ Robby said. 9. ‘You should talk to your solicitor,’ Ben said to Bill. 10. ‘Take that chewing gum out of your mouth immediately!’ the teacher said to Jo.