Exercise 3. Turn into reported speech, using the verbs in brackets.
1. He said to her, “Come to the party. You’ll enjoy it” (persuade)
@ ………………………………………HE PERSUADE HER TO COME TO THE PARTY………………………………………………………………………….
1. He said to me, “I’ll lend you some money if you like” (offer)
@ …………………………HE OFFERED ME THAH HE WOULD LEND ME SOME MONEY IF I LIKED……………………………………………………………………………………….
1. He said to us, “Why don’t you have a holiday in my country cottage?” (invite)
@ …………………………………HE INVITED US TO HAVE A HOLIDAY IN HIS COUNTRY VILLAGE……………………………………………………………………………….
1. “All right. I’ll help you,” Tom said to Joe. (agree)
@ ………………………………TOM AGREED JOE TO HELP HIM………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists. (warn)
@ …………………………THE SAFE GUARD WARNED THE TOURISTS NOT TO WALK ON THE GRASS……………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “You must pay for the damage you’ve done,” she said. (make)
@ …………………………………SHE MADE ME PAY FOR THE DAMAGE I HAVE DONE……………………………………………………………………………….
1. “I haven’t done anything wrong,” Tom said. (deny)
@ ……………………………………TOM DENIED NOT DOING ANYTHING WROND …………………………………………………………………………….
1. “No, I won’t talk to the lawyer,” Tom said. (refuse)
@ …………………………………TOM REFUSED NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG ……………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Yes, I did drive too fast through the town,” she said. (admit)
@ ……………………………………SHE AMITTED THAT SHE HAD DRIVEN TOO FAST THROUGH THE TOWN…………………………………………………………………………….
1. “You damage my sweater, Tom,” said Ben. (accuse)
@ …………………BEN ACCUSED TOM OF DAMAGING HIS SWEATER……………………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Stop speeding or you will get a ticket,” said the traffic warden to the driver. (warn)
@ ………………………THE TRAFFIC WARDEN THE DRIVER OF STOPPING SPEEDING………………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Please do go to the movies with me tonight,” said Aunt Fancy. (persuade)
@ ……………………AUNT FANCY PERSUADED ME TO GO TO THE MOVIES WITH HER THAT NIGHT…………………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Why don’t we work and keep ourselves from starving?” said Mike. (suggest)
@ ……………………………………MIKE SUGGESTED WORKING AND KEEPING THEMSELVES FROM STARVING…………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Go on holiday when the weather gets warmer,” she told him. (advise)
@ …………………………SHE ADVISED HIM TO GO ON HOLIDAY WHEN THE WEATHER GOT WARMER……………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “Keep out of this room at all time,” she said to them. (warn)
@ …………………………………………SHE WARNED THEM OF KEEPING OUT OF THAT ROOM AT ALL TIME……………………………………………………………………….
1. “Remember to post those letters,” he said to me. (remind)
@ …………………………HE REMINDED ME OF POSTING THOSE LETTERS……………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “If you can’t find anyone else,I’ll drive you you to the airport,” he said to me. (volunteer)
@ …………………………HE VOLUNTEERS ME TO DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT IF I COULDN'T FIND ANYONE ELSE……………………………………………………………………………………….
1. “If you don’t give me a pay rise, I’ll resign,” he said to me.(threaten)
@ ………………HE THREATEN ME THAT IF I DIDN'T GIVE HIM A PAY RISE , HE WƠULD RESIGN………………………………………………………………………………………………….