Exercise. 5. Fill in the gaps with the introductory verbs in the list in the correct form.
order tell ask beg suggest
1. “Please visit me in hospital,” Joan said to Colin.
Joan askedColin to visit her in hospital.
2. “Let’s eat out this evening,” Paul said to her.
Paul ___________________ eating out that evening.
3. “Please, please be careful,” she said to him.
She __________________ him to be careful.
4. “Don’t go near the fire,” Dad said to us.
Dad __________________ us not to go near the fire.
5. “Be quiet!” the commander said to the troops.
The commander _________________ the troops to be quiet.
Exercise. 6. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
1. The doctor said to the patient, “Come back to see me again next week.”
The doctor told the patient to go back and see him again the following week/the week after.
2. The guard said to the driver, “Stop!”
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3. He said, “Shall we go for a walk?”
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4.She said to him, “Please, please don’t leave me!”
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5. Jenny said to Dave, “Please help me with this.”
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6. She said to him, “Open the window, please.”
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7. Mother said, “How about going for a drive?”
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8. She said, “Let’s eat now.”
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Ex ercise 7. You are being interviewed for a job and are asked the owing questions. When you come back home, tell your parents the questions you were asked.
1. How old are you? 2. Where do you live? 3. What's your address? 4. What school did you go to? 5. When did you leave school? 6. Where are you working now? 7. Who are you working for? 8. How long have you been working? 9. Are you enjoying your present job? 10.How big is your salary? 11. Why do you want to leave?
Ex ercise 8. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. I confess that I'm a shopaholic. 2. Let me tell you that every time I see you, I'm shining like a candle in the night. 3. He is terribly sorry for the things he has done. 4. It's a beautiful fish, we shall let it go. 5. I'm sorry to say that I don't believe you and I never will. 6. The inspector worked hard, but it didn't get him anywhere. 7. This film is a work of fiction. 8. Can you kiss me goodbye? 9. We are having a very lazy time. 10. David saw a flying saucer last summer. 11. — I have a chronic headache. My organism needs a painkiller. — Take this pill. It will have an immediate effect. Though it may have some side effects as well.
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Ex ercise 9. Retell the following jokes in indirect speech.
1. Dentist: Stop screaming! I haven't touched your tooth yet.
Barry: I know, but you're standing on my foot.
2. What are two reasons why men don't mind their own business? 1. no mind 2. no business.
3. Bill: Why the glum look?
Stan: I just don't understand today's world. My son wears an earring. My daughter has a tattoo. My wife makes twice what I do.
Bill: So what are you going to do?
Stan: I'm going home to my father.
4. When he found a six-year-old shoe-repair ticket in the pocket of an old suit, Brown called the shop to see if the shoes were still around.
"Were they black wing tips needing half soles?" asked a clerk.
"Yes," said Brown. "We'll have them ready in a week."
5. Mother to daughter:
– What kind of person is your new boyfriend? Is he respectable?
– Of course, he is, Mom. He's thrifty, doesn't drink or smoke, has a very nice wife and three well-behaved children. (from "Stupid Men's Jokes")
Ex ercise 10. Retell the following jokes in indirect speech.
1. A man walked into the emergency room with both of his ears badly burnt. The man explained, "The phone rang and I picked up the iron by mistake." The nurse asked, "How did you burn the other ear?" "I did that," said the man, "when I went to phone the ambulance."
2. A telephone man was trying to measure the telephone pole but couldn't figure out how to climb up the pole. He radioed the office and they suggested that he should lay the pole down on the ground and measure it. The phone man didn't like that idea. "That won't work. I need to measure how high it is, not how long."
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3. Did you hear about the man who died from jumping out of an airplane? It seems he was watching the movie, forgot where he was and stepped out for some more popcorn.
4. "I have good news and bad news," the defence attorney told his client. "First, the bad news. The blood test came back, and your DNA is an exact match with that found at the crime scene." "Oh, no!" cried the client. "What's the good news?" "Your cholesterol has gone down to 140."
(From "Stupid Men's Jokes")
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