ALL TYPES

18.- ‘When did you sell your old car?’

EXERCISE 4 He wanted to know …

1.- ‘Do you wear a uniform at school?’

Peter asked me ... 19.- ‘Can you tell me where the station is, sir?’
She asked the man …

2.- ‘Do these exercises for tomorrow, children’

The teacher told the children ... 20.- ‘Is this today’s newspaper, Sue?’
Sue’s father asked her …

3.- Harry, don’t play with matches’

His mother told Harry ... 21.- ‘George, go to the blackboard and don’t be a
nuisance’
The teacher told George …
4.- There is a question I want to ask’
Sue said ...
22.- ‘Those flowers are very nice. I like them’
Mary said ...
5.- ‘We’ll have a party next weekend’
She said ...
23.- ‘Will you buy the paper on your way to work, please?’
My mother asked me ...
6.- ‘Nobody knows the answer’
He said ...
24 ‘Can you buy some bread on your way back home,
please?’
7.- ‘How many questions are there?’ She asked me ...
John asked ...

25.- ‘Don’t switch off the radio’

8.- ‘Have you been to Italy, Mary?’ She told me ...
Mr. Jones asked Mary ...

26.- ‘Where did you go on holiday?’

9.- ‘Don’t touch any of my things, Mark’ She asked me ...
She ordered Mark ...

27.- Look at him. He’s playing the fool again’

10.- ‘It’s going to rain soon’ Susan told me ...
I said ...

28.- Open the window. It’s hot in this room’

11.- ‘I lost my handbag yesterday’ His mother told him…
She said …

29.- ‘Give me a sandwich, please. I’m hungry’

12.- ‘Listen to those birds in the garden’ Tom told his mother ...
Susan told her friend …

30.- Where have you been all day?’

13.- ‘Could you do me a favour?’ My father asked me ...
Tom asked Susan ...

31.- ‘Don’t drop those plates’

14.- ‘Can you give me something to eat, madam?’ Sheila told her friend ...
The beggar asked the woman ...

32.-‘I know what you mean’

15.- ‘How much is this box of chocolates?’ He said ...
The customer asked me …

16.- ‘This exercise is a bit difficult, but you won’t have any
problem if you pay attention’
The teacher explained …

17.- ‘Can you keep this secret, Susan?’

Susan’s friend asked her ...
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EXERCISE 5

1. Are you going to study for the exam? - she asked 21. I think she will be very happy in England - he
said

2. Can you ride a horse, Sue? - he asked

22. I want to play with you, Sue - he said

3. Can you wait for a while, please? - he said

23. I won’t be able to finish it by tomorrow - he said

4. Did you enjoy yourself at the party last

Saturday? - she asked him 24. I’ll finish soon - she told us

5. Did you go shopping last Saturday? - she asked 25. I’m going to show you something very interesting
- Susan told me

6. Do you know my brother Harry? - he asked me

26. I’ve got up at six o’clock this morning and I’m
very tired - Terry said
7. Don’t argue with me! - his father said

27. It may be too late - he said

8. Don’t ask me any more questions, Mary - Susan
said
28. Learn all these new words for tomorrow - the
teacher said
9. Don’t laugh at him - my mother told me

29. Mary, pass me the sugar, please - Harry said

10. Don’t make plans for your holiday yet - he told us

30. She left the office two hours ago - he said

11. Don’t talk to me when I’m studying - she told me

31. Show me your new CDs, David - I said

12. Everybody is hungry - she said

32. Soldiers, don’t leave your position! - the sergeant

13. Have you got any brothers or sisters? - I asked said
him

33. Susan, stop crying - her mother said

14. Have you seen Peter today? - the teacher asked
the students
34. The postman didn’t deliver yesterday - she said

15. How much is this sweater? - she asked the shop

assistant 35. There’s been a terrible accident at the crossroads
- John said

16. How old is your new boyfriend, Sue? - her father

asked 36. They are getting married next week - she said

17. I can run faster than anyone - the boy told his 37. This exercise is terrible. I can’t do it now - she
friends said

18. I didn’t break it - the child said 38. Tom, the phone is ringing - she said

19. I haven’t finished eating yet - he said 39. We’ll go in this car - they said

20. I met him here two days ago - he said 40. We’ll visit you when we go to Scotland next
summer - they told me
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Anna told us that she had finished.

‘I’ve finished’ – Anna told us

The little girl asked Susan if she was staying there all summer.
‘Are you staying here all summer, Susan? – the little girl asked

The teacher told the children not to write on the blackboard.

‘Don’t write on the blackboard, children’ – the teacher said

EXERCISE 6

1.- Mary asked me where exactly I lived. 16.- She wondered if he would ask her out.

2.- Bill said he was going to be late. 17.- She said she had been to the doctor’s two days
before.

3.- David said he had to be back by 3.30.

18.- She asked me who I had invited to my party.

4.- Carol asked Ann what she had done the day before.
19.- He wanted to know what had happened.

5.- Kate asked me how many books I had read.

20.- He explained that he had been late because of the
traffic.
6.- My teacher asked me if I would go to school the
following day.
21.- She asked Jim if he had tried those cakes.

7.- Helen said she was going shopping.

22.- He said that he would help me whenever I needed it

8.- Paul said that he wanted to make a phone call.

23.- She said she had to do an important exam the
following day.
9.- Tina told the teacher she had forgotten to do her
homework.
24.- The firemen told us to leave the place at once.

10.- She said she liked swimming but she didn’t go very
often. 25.- I told Peter to be honest.

11.- He said he had written two letters to her. 26.- She told us we had to call her Mrs. Willis

12.- I asked my teacher what ‘coy’ meant. 27.- They asked me not to come in with my shoes on.

13.- I asked Sue when her birthday was. 28.- She said her friend had just had a baby.

14.- My mother asked me if I had tidied my room lately. 29.- The policeman ordered him to come out of his car.

15.- She asked John to give her a lift to the airport.

30.- He said that they had finished this exercise at last.