Transcription of Direct Into Indirect Speech Answers - A place where you ...
1 1 PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO REPORTED Speech STATEMENTS 1 I'm going out now, but I'll be in by nine, he said. He said that he was going out then, but he would be in by nine. 2 I'm working in a restaurant, and don't much care for it, she said. She said that she was working in a restaurant and she didn t much care for it. 3 I can't live on my basic salary, said Peter. I'll have to offer to do overtime. Peter said that he couldn t live on his basic salary and he would have to offer to do overtime. 4 My young brother wants to be a tax inspector, said Mary.
2 I can't think why. None of my family has ever been a tax inspector. Mary said that her young brother wanted to be a tax inspector and she couldn t think why, because none of her family has/had ever been a tax inspector. 5 We're waiting for the school bus,' said the children. It's late again. The children said that they were waiting for the school bus and it was late again. 6 I've made a terrible mistake! said Peter. Peter said that he had made a terrible mistake. You're always making terrible mistakes, I said. You should be used to it by now.
3 I said that he was always making terrible mistakes and he should be used to it by then. 7 We make 450 a week, said one of the men, and send most of it home to our wives. One of the men said that they made 450 a week and sent most of it home to their wives. 8 It's lonely being away from our families, said another, but we earn three times as much in this factory as we would in our own country. Another said that it was lonely being away from their families but they earned three times as much in that factory as they would in their own country. 9 The ice will soon be hard enough to skate on, said Tom.
4 Tom said that the ice would soon be hard enough to skate on. I'll look for my skates when I get home, Ann said. Ann said that she would look for her skates when she got home. 10 I'm leaving tomorrow by the from Victoria , she said. She said that she was leaving the following day by the from Victoria. We'll come and see you off, we said. We said that we would come and see her off. 11 I've just bought a car, said Peter, but it's not insured yet so I can't take you for a drive. Peter said that he had just bought a car but it was not insured yet so he couldn t take me/us for a drive.
5 12 I'd like to speak to Susan, said Mary, but I'm bathing the babies and they will drown if I leave them alone in the bath while I go to the phone. Mary said that she would like to speak to Susan but she was bathing the babies and they would drown if she left them alone in the bath while she went to the phone. 13 Nothing ever happens in the village, she said. It's like a dead village. All the young people have drifted away to the towns. She said that nothing ever happened in the village, it was like a dead village. She said that all the young people had drifted away to the towns.
6 14 I've missed my train, said Bill. Now I'll be late for work and my boss will be furious. Bill said that he had missed his train and then he would be late for work and his boss would be furious. 15 We'll wait for you if you're late, they said. They said that they would wait for you/me if I/you was/were late. 16 They are supposed to be landing at London airport, I said. But if the fog gets any thicker the plane may be diverted. I said that they were supposed to be landing at London airport but if the fog got any thicker the plane might be diverted.
7 17 If you lend me the chainsaw, said Mary, I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow. Mary said that if you/I lent her the chainsaw, she would bring it back tomorrow. 18 I hate getting up on dark mornings, grumbled Peter. Peter grumbled/said that he hated getting up on dark mornings. It is horrible, agreed his wife, but the mornings will be lighter soon and then it won't be quite so bad. 2 His wife agreed/said that it was horrible but the mornings would lighter soon and then it wouldn t be quite so bad. 19 The sales are starting tomorrow, said the typist.
8 As soon as we finish work the whole typing pool is going to make a dash for the shops. The typist said that the sales were starting the following day and as soon as they finished work the whole typing pool was going to make a dash for the shops. I hope you'll all get what you want, I said. I said that I hoped they would all get what they wanted. 20 If you're short of money I can lend you 50, said my aunt, and you can take your time about paying it back. My aunt said that if I was short of money she could lend me 50 and I could take my time about paying it back.
9 ADVICE 1 There's been an accident, and the road is blocked, said the policeman. It won't be clear for some time. You'd better go round the other way. The policeman said that there had been an accident and the road was blocked. He said that it wouldn t be clear for some time. He advised us to go round the other way. 2 I was thinking of going by bus, said Paul. Paul said that he was thinking of going by bus. I shouldn't go by bus, said his aunt. It's an awfully bad service. His aunt advised him to go by bus because it was an awfully bad service.
10 3 You'd better take sleeping bags; you may have to sleep out, he warned us. He advised us to take sleeping bags because we might have to sleep out. 4 If children can learn a complicated language like Japanese by the time they are five, said the Japanese professor, they should be able to learn the language of music. At the moment I'm teaching a class of forty three-year-olds to play the violin, he added. The Japanese professor said that if children could learn a complicated language like Japanese by the time they are five and they should be able to learn the language of music.
