Question

Put these statements into Reported Speech
1) ‘I can’t swim very well’, I said.
2) Andrew said: ’I don’t want to go swimming’.
3) ‘I’ll phone you later’, Sarah said.
4) Annie said: ‘I’m hungry’.
5) I told him: ‘I don’t like tea’.
6) I asked: ‘Are you cold?’
7) She asked: ‘Do you want a drink?’
8) They wanted to know: ‘Can you speak German?’
9) She asked: ‘Ken, are you on duty?’
10) He asked: ‘Nelly, did you say that?’
11) She asked: ‘How is your brother?’
12) The woman asked me: ‘What do you want?’
13) Nick asked: ‘Why are you carrying a camera?’
14) An officer asked a girl: ‘What is your name?’
15) I asked the doctor: ‘How many times a day should I take the medicine?

Answer 1

1. I said I couldn't swim very well.

2. Andrew said he didn't want to go swimming.

3. Sarah said she would phone me later.

4. Annie said she was hungry.

5. I told him I didn't like tea.

6. I asked her if she was cold.

7. She asked me if I wanted a drink.

8. They wanted to know if I could speak German.

9. She asked Ken if he was on duty.

10. He asked Nelly if she had said that.

11. She asked him how his brother was.

12. The woman asked me what I wanted.

13. Nick asked me why I was carrying a camera.

14. An officer asked a girl what her name was.

15. I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.