Wednesday, 14 March 2012

the indirect speech: exercice


A. Rewrite these sentences into the indirect speech, starting them as 
suggested below. 
1. “I spend about 45 minutes on a typical consultation with a patient.”
Dr Weir confirms ________________________________________
2. “Tell me when it’s a quarter past eight!”
The French teacher asked his students _______________________
3. “My friends went away last weekend.”
Francis told his mother ____________________________________
4. “Why does he sing so loudly?”
Tricia wanted to know _____________________________________
5. “I’ve always thought your brother  was married. I must have confused
him with someone else.”
Richard told Helen ________________________________________
6. “Take a look at yourself in the mirror!”
Peggy urged her brother ___________________________________
7. “Did your father always wear brown suits?”
She asked me ___________________________________________
8. “Go to bed and don’t get up till you’re called!”
My father ordered me _____________________________________
9. “I’m living in another house now. Next month I’ll probably move to a
bigger one.”
Peggy stated ____________________________________________
10.“If you did your best, you would do it!”
My mother told me _______________________________________

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