erence between them. I've got a twin brother too, '(4) ____ Dave. 'Are you (5) ____ me the truth?' asked Katie. '(6) ____ me his name.' 'His name is Stephen,' Dave (7) ____ her. 'I'll take you to meet him tomorrow.'
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'You never listen to me,' Тага (1) ____ Jim. I (2) ____ good morning to you three times today and you didn t answer, 'she (3) ____ To (4) ____ you the truth, it makes me really angry. Why don t you listen to me? Oh, hello Таrа, ' said Jim. Did you just (5) ____ something?
'Claire (1) ____ me that she and John are getting married,' (2) ____ Sue. 'She (3) ____ that they're going to have a big wedding with lots of guests. That will be expensive, (4) ____ Tom. I thought John (5) ____ that they couldn t afford a big wedding. 'Well that s what Claire (6) ____ me,' (7) ____ Sue. 'I don't think she would (8) ____ a lie.'
Exercise 5. Turn the following sentences into reported speech. p align="justify">. Tina said, 'You should exercise regularly.' 2. She told me, 'You must leave early tomorrow. 3. They said, 'We may visit Joe tonight.' 4. She said, 'I can meet you on Tuesday.' 5. She said, 'You must do your homework now.' 6. 'You mustn't do that again,' Mum said to Bob.
Exercise 6. Fill in the gaps with the introductory verbs in the list in the correct form.tell ask beg suggest
. 'Please visit me in hospital,' Joan said to Colin. - Joan asked Colin to visit her in hospital. p align="justify">. 'Let's eat out this evening,' Paul said to her. - Paul ___ eating out that evening. p align="justify">. 'Please, please be careful,' she said to him. - She ___ him to be careful. p align="justify">. 'Don't go near the fire,' Dad said to us. - Dad ___ us not to go near the fire. p align="justify">. 'Be quiet!' the commander said to the troops. - The commander ___ the troops to be quiet. p align="justify"> Exercise 7. Turn the following sentences into reported speech. p align="justify"> 1). The doctor said to the patient, 'Come back to see me again next week.' - The doctor told the patient to go back and see him again the following week/the week after. p align="justify">). The guard said to the driver, 'Stop!' 3). He said, 'Shall we go for a walk?' 4). She said to him, 'Please, please don't leave me!' 5). Jenny said to Dave, 'Please help me with this.' 6). She said to him, 'Open the window, please.' 7). Mother said, 'How about going for a drive?' 8). She said, 'Let's eat now.' p align="justify"> Exercise 8. Fill in the gaps with one of the introductory verbs from the list below in the past simple., Invite, warn, accuse, boast, complain, insist, explain,
exclaim, remind, suggest, promise
. 'Will you come to the ball?' he said to her. - He invited her to go to the ball. p align="justify">. 'I'm the best student in the school,' he said. - He ___ about being the best student in the school. p align="justify">. 'Yes, I'll lend you some money,' he said to Jane. - He ___ to lend Jane some money. p align="justify">. 'What a beautiful dress she is wearing!' he said. - He ___ that she was wearing a beautiful dress. p align="justify">. 'He never buys me flowers,' she said. - She ___ that he never bought her flowers. p align="justify">. 'Let's go for a picnic,' he said. - He ___ going for a picnic. p align="justify">. ' You stole the money, 'Tom said to Jim. - Tom ___ Jim of stealing the money. p align="justify">. 'Don't forget to hang out the washing,' she said to me. - She ___ me to hang out the washing. p align="justify">. 'I promise I'll write to you,' she said to him. - She ___ to write to him. p align="justify">. 'You must finish the report,' she said to him. - She ___ on him finishing the report. p align="justify">. 'Don't touch the wet paint,' Dad said to us. - Dad ___ us not to touch the wet paint. p align="justify">. 'There's nothing else I ...
