Question

Exercises 9.4. Make affirmative and negative sentences in reported speech using the Past Tense 1. I am a student. She said that she was a student. 2. We are from Tokyo. 3. My sister is a bookkeeper. said that we was from Tokyo 4. You are so beautiful. 5. Your son isn't very polite. 6. I am not working today. 7. My mother was in the kitchen. 8. I was seeping this time yesterday. 9. I met an old friend of mine this morning. 10. My sister is having a cup of tea. 11. You have such a caring husband. 12. It's not so far. 13. I don't like driving a car. 14. The teacher has given some more homework. 15. I haven't told my wife yet. 16. My mother didn't wake me up on time this morning. 17. I sleep seven hours a day. 18. He doesn't work on Sundays. 19. My brother works at night. 20. I had packed my suitcases by 9 o'clock. 21. There were many people in the hospital last night. 22. We have been dreaming of a new house for five years. 23. I won't call you tomorrow. 24. I was listening to music while I was painting the room. 25. The driver braked just in time. 26. We haven't been to Germany yet. 27. Mathematics was too hard for me. 28. We aren't doing homework today.​

Answer 1

Sure, let's convert the given sentences into reported speech using the Past Tense:

1. She said that she had been a student.
2. They said that they were from Tokyo.
3. She said that her sister was a bookkeeper.
4. She said that I was so beautiful.
5. She said that my son wasn't very polite.
6. She said that she was not working that day.
7. She said that her mother had been in the kitchen.
8. She said that she had been sleeping that time the day before.
9. She said that she had met an old friend of hers that morning.
10. She said that her sister was having a cup of tea.
11. She said that I had such a caring husband.
12. She said that it hadn't been so far.
13. She said that she didn't like driving a car.
14. She said that the teacher had given some more homework.
15. She said that she hadn't told her wife yet.
16. She said that her mother hadn't woken her up on time that morning.
17. She said that she slept seven hours a day.
18. She said that he didn't work on Sundays.
19. She said that her brother worked at night.
20. She said that she had packed her suitcases by 9 o'clock.
21. She said that there had been many people in the hospital last night.
22. She said that they had been dreaming of a new house for five years.
23. She said that she wouldn't call me the next day.
24. She said that she had been listening to music while painting the room.
25. She said that the driver had braked just in time.
26. She said that they hadn't been to Germany yet.
27. She said that mathematics had been too hard for her.
28. She said that they weren't doing homework that day.

Answer 2

1. Affirmative: She said that she was a student.
   Negative: She didn't say that she was a student.
   
2. Affirmative: They said that they were from Tokyo.
   Negative: They didn't say that they were from Tokyo.
   
3. Affirmative: She said that her sister was a bookkeeper.
   Negative: She didn't say that her sister was a bookkeeper.
   
4. Affirmative: She said that I was so beautiful.
   Negative: She didn't say that I was so beautiful.
   
5. Affirmative: He said that my son wasn't very polite.
   Negative: He didn't say that my son wasn't very polite.
   
6. Affirmative: She said that she was not working that day.
   Negative: She didn't say that she was not working that day.
   
7. Affirmative: He said that his mother was in the kitchen.
   Negative: He didn't say that his mother was in the kitchen.
   
8. Affirmative: She said that she was sleeping at that time yesterday.
   Negative: She didn't say that she was sleeping at that time yesterday.
   
9. Affirmative: He said that he had met an old friend of his that morning.
   Negative: He didn't say that he had met an old friend of his that morning.
   
10. Affirmative: She said that her sister was having a cup of tea.
    Negative: She didn't say that her sister was having a cup of tea.
    
11. Affirmative: She said that I had such a caring husband.
    Negative: She didn't say that I had such a caring husband.
    
12. Affirmative: He said that it was not so far.
    Negative: He didn't say that it was not so far.
    
13. Affirmative: He said that he didn't like driving a car.
    Negative: He didn't say that he didn't like driving a car.
    
14. Affirmative: She said that the teacher had given some more homework.
    Negative: She didn't say that the teacher had given some more homework.
    
15. Affirmative: He said that he hadn't told his wife yet.
    Negative: He didn't say that he hadn't told his wife yet.
    
16. Affirmative: She said that her mother didn't wake her up on time that morning.
    Negative: She didn't say that her mother didn't wake her up on time that morning.
    
17. Affirmative: He said that he slept seven hours a day.
    Negative: He didn't say that he slept seven hours a day.
    
18. Affirmative: She said that he didn't work on Sundays.
    Negative: She didn't say that he didn't work on Sundays.
    
19. Affirmative: He said that his brother worked at night.
    Negative: He didn't say that his brother worked at night.
    
20. Affirmative: She said that she had packed her suitcases by 9 o'clock.
    Negative: She didn't say that she had packed her suitcases by 9 o'clock.
    
21. Affirmative: He said that there were many people in the hospital last night.
    Negative: He didn't say that there were many people in the hospital last night.
    
22. Affirmative: They said that they had been dreaming of a new house for five years.
    Negative: They didn't say that they had been dreaming of a new house for five years.
    
23. Affirmative: He said that he wouldn't call me the next day.
    Negative: He didn't say that he wouldn't call me the next day.
    
24. Affirmative: She said that she had been listening to music while painting the room.
    Negative: She didn't say that she had been listening to music while painting the room.
    
25. Affirmative: He said that the driver had braked just in time.
    Negative: He didn't say that the driver had braked just in time.
    
26. Affirmative: They said that they hadn't been to Germany yet.
    Negative: They didn't say that they hadn't been to Germany yet.
    
27. Affirmative: He said that mathematics had been too hard for him.
    Negative: He didn't say that mathematics had been too hard for him.
    
28. Affirmative: They said that they weren't doing homework that day.
    Negative: They didn't say that they weren't doing homework that day.