Question

Write the following sentences in Indirect Speech.

1. Helen said to me, “I am going to write a letter to my friend today.”
2. Father said to his friend, “I’ll be back tomorrow”.
3. The teacher asked the pupils, “How many chairs are there in the room?”
4. My mother asked me, “Don’t switch off the TV set. I am going to watch a film.”
5. I said, “Peter, yesterday I went to the cinema and the film was exciting.”
6. Father asked his boss, “When did Mr. Fennel return from Liverpool?”
7. The guide asked Mr. Smith, “Do you want to go sightseeing now?”
8. My friend asked me, “Will you go to the theatre tonight?”
9. Steven asked them, “Why didn’t you go to the library last week?”
10. “Have you been to St. Petersburg this year?” a friend of mine asked me.

Answer 1

1. Helen said to me that she was going to write a letter to her friend that day.
2. Father said to his friend that he would be back the next day.
3. The teacher asked the pupils how many chairs there were in the room.
4. My mother asked me not to switch off the TV set as she was going to watch a film.
5. I said to Peter that the day before I went to the cinema and the film had been exciting.
6. Father asked his boss when Mr. Fennel had returned from Liverpool.
7. The guide asked Mr. Smith if he wanted to go sightseeing then.
8. My friend asked me if I would go to the theatre that night.
9. Steven asked them why they had not been go to the library the previous week.
10. A friend of mine asked me if I had been to St. Petersburg that year.