Task 16 (Reported Speech)

Reported Speech (Say / Tell)

Инструкция: Перепишите в косвенную речь.

1. “I'll help you tomorrow,” she told me. → She told me that ______.
2. “We are going to the cinema tonight,” they said. → They said that ______.
3. “I haven't seen him for ages,” he said. → He said that ______.
4. “Did you finish your homework?” my mother asked me. → My mother asked me ______.
5. “Don't touch that!” the man said to the children. → The man told the children ______.
6. “Where do you live?” she asked him. → She asked him ______.
7. “I was watching TV when you called,” she said. → She said that ______.
8. “We can meet at 6 PM,” they said. → They said that ______.
9. “I'll be back in a minute,” he said. → He said that ______.
10. “Why are you late?” the teacher asked me. → The teacher asked me ______.
11. “I love this city,” she said. → She said that ______.
12. “We have never been to Japan,” they said. → They said that ______.
13. “Please be quiet,” she said to us. → She asked us ______.
14. “I'm going to start a new course,” he said. → He said that ______.
15. “Can you swim?” he asked her. → He asked her ______.

• Answers
  1. she would help me the next day / the following day
  2. they were going to the cinema that night
  3. he hadn't seen him for ages
  4. if I had finished my homework
  5. not to touch that
  6. where I lived
  7. she had been watching TV when I had called
  8. they could meet at 6 PM
  9. he would be back in a minute
  10. why I was late
  11. she loved that city
  12. they had never been to Japan
  13. to be quiet
  14. he was going to start a new course
  15. if she could swim