REPORTED SPEECH FOR GRADE 9 ( MIX )

REPORTED SPEECH
MIXED EXERCISE 1
1. He said, "I like this song." → He said ………………………………………………………….
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.→ She asked me ……………………………………….
3. "I don`t speak Italian," she said. → She said …………………………………………………..
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.→ They asked me ……………………………………………….
5. "The film began at seven o`clock," he said.→ He said …………………………………………
6. "Don`t play on the grass, boys," she said.→ She told the boys …………………………………
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
→ She asked him ………………………………………………………………………………….
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.→ He said …………………………………………………..
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.→ He wanted to know …………………………
10. "Don`t try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience …………………………………………………………….
MIXED EXERCISE 2
1. "I was very tired," she said.→ She said …………………………………………………………
2."Be careful, Ben," she said.→ She told Ben ……………………………………………………
3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.→ She says ………………………………………………
4. "Why haven`t you phoned me?" he asked me.
→ He wondered ……………………………………………………………………………………
5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.→ He said ………………………………………………..
6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.→ She asks Peter ……………………………….
7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
→ She asked me ……………………………………………………………………………………
8. He said, "Don`t go too far." → He advised her ………………………………………………….
9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.→ He wanted to know ……………………………….
10. "Don`t make so much noise," he says.→ He asks us …………………………………………...

EXERCISE 4: Rewrite following sentences so that the meaning stay the same.
1.”If I were you, I wouldn’t buy this car”
(He advised..................................................................................................................
2.”Shall I carry your suitcase, Lan?”said Nam.
(Nam offered..............................................................................................................
3.”Yes,all right, I’ll share the food with you, Dave.”
(Ann agreed...................................................................................................................
4.”Sue,can you remember to buy some bread?”
(Paul reminded.....................................................................................................................
5.”Don’t touch anything in this room”, the man said to the children.
(The man ordered.................................................................................................................
6.”I must go home to make the dinner”, said Mary.
(Mary....................................................................................................................................
7.”Are you going to Ho Chi Minh City next week?”Tom asked me.
(Tom asked...........................................................................................................................
8.”Have you finished your homework?”Mom asked.
(Mom asked if.....................................................................................................................
9.She said to me:”I can’t do it by myself”
(She told me that..................................................................................................................
10.”Does your brother live in London,Nam?”Lan asked.
(Lan wanted to know if........................................................................................................
11.”Don’t repeat this mistake again.”his father warned him.
(His father warned him.......................................................................................................
12.”Give me a smile,”The photographer said to me.
(The.....................................................................................................................................
13.”Don’t leave these book on the table” ,the librarian said to the students (The librarian told the students............................................................................................
14.”Have you travelled abroad much?”he asked me.
(He.......................................................................................................................................
15.”Who has written this note?” the boss asked the secretary.
(The boss asked........................................................................................................
16.”I have just received a postcard from my sister,”my friend said to me.
(My friend told me.......................................................................................................
17.”This story happened long ago ” he said.
(He said.......................................................................................................................
III ) Exercise 1:Rewrite following sentences so that the meaning stay the same.
1.”If I were you,I wouldn’t buy this car”
(He advised..................................................................................................................
2.”Shall I carry your suicase,Lan?”said Nam.
(Nam offered..............................................................................................................
3.”Yes,all right,I’ll share the food with you,Dave.”
(Ann agreed...................................................................................................................
4.”Sue,can you remember to buy some bread?”
(Paul reminded.....................................................................................................................
5.”Don’t touch anything in this room”,the man said to the children.
(The man ordered..................................................................................................................
6.”I must go home to make the dinner”,said Mary.
(Mary....................................................................................................................................
7.”Are you going to Ho Chi Minh City next week?”Tom asked me.
(Tom asked..............................................................................................................................
8.”Have you finished your homework?”Mom asked.
(Mom asked if........................................................................................................................
9.She said to me:”I can’t do it by myself”
(She told me that....................................................................................................................
10.”Does your brother live in London,Nam?”Lan asked.
(Lan wanted to know if........................................................................................................
11.”Don’t repeat this mistake again.”his father warned him.
(His father warned him.......................................................................................................
12.”Give me a smile,”The photographer said to me.
(The.....................................................................................................................................