Exercise 1. Rewrite the sentences with reported speech.

1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

She asked ____________________________________________.
2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.
Martin asked us____________________________________________.
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
He asked ____________________________________________.
4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
The mother asked her daughter_______________________________________.
5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.
She asked her boyfriend____________________________________________.
6. "What are they doing?" she asked.
She wanted to know____________________________________________.
7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
He wanted to know____________________________________________.
8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know____________________________________________.
9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.
She asked me____________________________________________.
10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked me____________________________________________.
12. "When will we meet again?" she asked me.
→ She asked me ____________________________________________.
13. "Are you crazy?" she asked him.
→ She asked him ____________________________________________.
14. "Where did they live?" he asked.
→ He wanted to know ____________________________________________.
15. "Will you be at the party?" he asked her.
→ He asked her ____________________________________________.
16. "Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.
→ She asked me ____________________________________________.
17. "Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.
→ The teacher wanted to know __________________________________.
18. "Why don't you help me?" she asked him.
→ She wanted to know ____________________________________________.
19. "Did you see that car?" he asked me.
→ He asked me ____________________________________________.
20. "Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.
→ The mother asked the twins ______________________________________.
21. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
→ The teacher told Joe ____________________________________________.
22. "Be patient," she said to him.
→ She told him ____________________________________________.
23. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
→ Her father told her ____________________________________________.
24. "Hurry up," she said to us.
→ She told us ____________________________________________.
25. "Give me the key," he told her.
→ He asked her ____________________________________________.
Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences.
1. Tim has lost his passport.
Tim wishes _________________________________.
2. Sue quarreled with her parents.
Sue wishes _________________________________.
3. Pete hasn’t arrived in time.
Pete wishes ________________________________.
4. Mona didn’t go to the university.
Mona wishes _______________________________.
5. I’ve got a terrible headache.
I wish_____________________________________.
6. Nick has broken his leg.
Nick wishes _______________________________.
7. They didn’t see that wonderful film.
They wish ________________________________.
8. I don't have enough money to buy this laptop.
I wish ____________________________________________.
9. I can’t buy this mobile phone. It’s too expensive!
I wish ____________________________________________.
10. I didn't take my mother's advice. Now I regret it!
I wish ____________________________________________.
11. I ate so much and I feel sick now.
I wish ____________________________________________.
12. I’m so sorry, my friend! I really want to help you but I can’t.
I wish ____________________________________________.
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with correct form:
1. I suggest (collect) __________ new books and notebooks.
2. I suggest that you (work) __________harder on your skill.
3. I suggest (collect) __________unused books.
4. I suggest that you (listen) __________to English programmes on the internet or on
TV.
5. I suggest (organize) __________a show to raise money.
6. I suggest that you (practice) __________writing English sentences.
7. I suggest (play) ______ football after school.
8. I suggest that you (use) __________English with friends in class.
9. I suggest (take) _________a taxi home
10. I suggest that you (practice) __________listening to English lessons on tapes.
11. I suggest (help) __________poor families with their chores.
12. I suggest that you (join) __________English speaking clubs.
13. I suggest (give) __________lessons to poor children.
14. I suggest that you (have) __________a good English dictionary.
15. She suggests (help) _________street children.
Exercise 4: Make complete sentences using the prompts:
1. Could / you / show / me / how / get / supermarket?
_____________________________________________ .
2. Could / you / tell / me / who / contact / help?
_____________________________________________ .
3. Could / you / tell / me / what time / plane / take off?
_____________________________________________ .
4. Could / you / show / me / where / nearest / post office / be?
_____________________________________________ .
5. Could / you / tell / me / when / next train / London / leave?
_____________________________________________ .
Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1. After a long walk, I stopped and drank a cool drink to ___________ my body.
(REFRESHING)
2. The Taj Mahai’s marble architecture never fails to ________ visitors.
(IMPRESS)
3. I plan to explore Sapa, where there is a _________ of ethnic groups’ cultures.
(VARIOUS)
4. Trekking through forests always ________ me and I love it. (FASCINATING)
5. Stacy visited the Temple of Literature and she _________ the 82 Doctor’s stone
tablets inside. (ADMIRATION)