reported speech exercises

"Shall I ever see them again?" she wondered

She wondered if she would ever see them again.

"Shall I post it?" he asked

He asked if he should post it.

"Shall I bring you some tea?" he offered

He offered to bring me some tea.

"Shall we meet at the theatre?" she suggested

She suggested meeting at the theatre.

"Will you stand still!" he shouted

He ordered me to stand still.

"Would you like to come round for a drink?" she asked

She invited me to come round for a drink.

"Could you give me a hand?" he asked

He asked me to give him a hand.

"Why don't you take a pill?" she said

She advised me to take a pill.

"Don't touch it!" he said

He warned me not to touch it.

"If you see Ann, tell her to ring me," he said

He told me that if I saw Ann, I should tell her to ring him.

"He said, 'Can you swim?' and I said, 'No.'"

He said he had asked if I could swim and I had said I couldn't.

"You'd better not drink the water," she said

She advised me against drinking the water.

"I recommend she go to vocational school," he said

He recommended that she (should) go to vocational school.

"If I were you I'd stop tranquilizers," she said

She advised me to stop tranquilizers.

"I'd rather you went with a group," he said

He said he would rather I went with a group.

"I must go now," he said (present obligation)

He said he had to go then.

"I must go tomorrow," he said (future obligation)

He said he would have to go the next day.

"It must be cold outside," he said (deduction)

He said it must be cold outside.

"You mustn't smoke here," she said (prohibition)

She said I mustn't smoke there.

"You mustn't touch that," he said (instruction)

He said I wasn't to touch that.

"You needn't pay today," he said

He said I didn't need to pay that day.

"I needn't have worried," she said

She said she needn't have worried.

"I could swim when I was five," he said (ability)

He said he had been able to swim when he was five.

"I've lived here for 20 years," he says (present reporting verb)

He says he has lived here for 20 years.

"I have lived there for 20 years," he said (reporting from away)

He said he had lived there for 20 years.

"I have lived here for 20 years," he said (still there)

He said he has lived here for 20 years.

"I'm sorry I'm late," he said

He apologised to me for being late.

"I'll definitely pay you back," she said

She promised to pay me back.

"I'll kill you!" he shouted

He threatened to kill me.

"Please, please don't tell anyone," he said

He begged me not to tell anyone.

"No, I won't do it," she said

She refused to do it.

"It's not true, I didn't steal it," he said

He denied stealing it.

"You should see a doctor," she said

She advised me to see a doctor.

"Don't go near the dog," he said

He warned me against going near the dog.

"I'll help you with the bags," he said

He offered to help me with the bags.

"Let's go to the cinema," she said

She suggested going to the cinema.

"The car is broken," he explained to me

He explained to me that the car was broken.

"Can I have a coffee, please?" he asked

He asked for a coffee.

"Give me the money!" he demanded

He demanded the money from me.

"You may stay here," he said (permission)

He said I might stay there.

"I didn't need to go," he said

He said he hadn't needed to go.

"I didn't have to go," he said

He said he hadn't had to go.

"If I were there I would vote for you," she said

She said if she were there she would vote for me.

"Welcome to Wales!" the notice read

The notice welcomed us to Wales.

"Liar!" he said

He called me a liar.