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Reported Speech

Read this story about a bank robbery.

The bank robber opened the door of the bank and walked quickly forward. He pointed
the gun at the cashier and said, “Stand up! Put your hands up. Don’t turn round. Don’t look
at me. Where is the money? Walk slowly towards the safe. Act naturally. Do you have the
safe combination? Take out the money. Don’t press the alarm. I’m getting inpatient. How
long is this going to take? I’ve had a hard day. Hurry up!
The bank robber left the bank. 15 minutes later the cashier reported what the robber had said at the
police station. Imagine you are the cashier. Report what the robber said using “he told me…./he asked….

1- “Stand up!” He told me to stand up.


2- “Put your hands up.” He told me to put my hand s up.……………………….
3- “Don’t turn round.” He told me not to turn around………………………………………
4- “Don’t look at me.” …He told me not to look at him………………………………………….
5- “Where is the money?” …He asked me where the money was……………………….
6- “Walk slowly towards the safe.”
He told me to walk slowly towards the safe.
7- “Act naturally.” …He told me to act naturally.……………………………………………………
8- “Do you have the safe combination?”
……He asked me if I had the safe combination…………………
9- “Take out the money” …He told me to take out the money.
10-“Don’t press the alarm.” …He told me not to press the alarm…………………………………….
11- “I’m getting impatient” ……He said that he was getting impatient………………………
12- “How long is this going to take?”
…He asked me how long this was getting to take………………………………………………………
13- “I’ve had a hard day” …He said that he had had a hard day………….
14- “Hurry up” ……He told me to hurry up. …………………………………………………..

After taking the cashier’s statement. The police man asked him some questions about the
robbery and the robber. “Was the robber alone? What time did the robbery happen? Did he
hurt anybody? Why didn’t you press the alarm? How did he get to the bank? What kind of
weapon did he use? How do you feel?”
Now, report what the policeman asked you to the manager of the bank. Use “he asked…..

1- He asked me if the robber had been alone.


2- He asked me what time the robbery had happen
3- He asked me if he had hurt anybody
4- He asked me why I had pressed the alarm
5- He asked me how he had got to the bank
6- He asked me what kind of weapon he had used
7- He asked me how I had felt
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