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Turn these sentences into Indirect Questions and Indirect Speech.

"Do you know when he will be back ?" she asked. "I have a message for him."

She asked if I knew when he would be back and added that she had a message for him.

1. "Do you feel tired after the journey ?" his mother asked. "You had better take a rest," shesaid.

2. "Where did you put my purse ?" my sister asked. "I need some money now."3. "Are you going out now ? If you are, can you buy me a pen on your way back ?" William

asked.

4. "Did you read the notice on the board ?" he asked excitedly. "It says that tomorrow is aschool holiday."

5. "Who is knocking on the door ?" Mr White asked. "Paul, go and see who it is."6. "Are you searching for something?" he inquired. "Do you want me to help you ?"7. "This room is very warm," Mary complained. "Susan, would you like to come for a walk

with me ?"

8. I asked the typist, "Is the manager in the office ? I would like to see him on some urgentbusiness."

9. "I can hear some queer noises coming from that house," Jimmy whispered to David."What do you think they are ?"

10."Is there anything for me to eat ?" I asked. "I haven't eaten anything since morning, andI'm hungry."

11."Do you have to follow me wherever I go ?" John scolded his little brother. "Why don'tyou find yourself something else to do ?"

12."Shall we come to fetch you ?" they inquired. "We shall be passing your house on theway, so it will be no bother."

13."Switch off that torch at once !" he ordered the man. "Do you want everybody to knowwhat we are doing ?"

14."Come here, both of you !" Mr Smith told the two boys. "What are you shouting at eachother for ?"

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15.We stopped the car and asked the workmen, "Can we use this road now, or do we have toturn back ? We are in a hurry and would like to use this shorter route."

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1. His mother asked him if he felt tired after the journey and advised him to take a rest.2. My sister asked me where I had put her purse and said that she needed some money then.3. William enquired whether I was going out then and asked me if I could buy him a pen on

my way back.

4. He asked me excitedly whether I had read the notice on the board saying that the next daywas a school holiday.

5.

Mr White asked who was knocking on the door and told Paul to go and see who it was.6. He asked me whether I was searching for something and offered to help me.7. Mary complained that the room was very warm and invited Susan to go for a walk with

her.

8. I asked the typist whether the manager was in the office and added that I would like to seehim on some urgent business.

9. Jimmy told David that he could hear some queer noises coming from that house andasked David what he thought they were.

10.I asked her whether there was anything for me to eat and told her that i was hungry as Ihadn't eaten anything since morning.

11.John scolded his little brother for following him wherever he went and suggested that hefind something else to do.

12.They asked me whether they should come to fetch me and added that they would bepassing my house on the way, so it would be no bother.

13.He ordered the man to switch off that torch at once and asked whether he wantedeverybody to know what they were doing.

14.Mar Smith called the two boys and asked them what they were shouting at each other for.15.We stopped the car and asked the workmen whether we could use that road then or

whether we had to turn back. We added that we were in a hurry and would have liked to

use that shorter route.

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"Oh !" she cried in fright on seeing him. "Why did you suddenly appear like this ?"

She exclaimed in fright when she saw him and asked him why he had suddenly appeared like that.

1. "I am sorry," she said to me, "but my brother won't be back until late tonight."2.

The guard reported, "I heard some shots and ran out into the compound to investigate."

3. "When will he be back ?" Stella said. "I have something important to tell him."4. "Did you go to the circus that's performing here ?" Jeffrey asked me. "It was a wonderful show."5. "Good morning !" she said when she saw me. "How are you today ? I heard you had been quite

ill."

6. "Come here at once !" he ordered the frightened boy. "If you don't, I shall give you a beating."7. "Don't do too much heavy work now," the doctor advised Mrs Brown. "Get as much rest as

possible."

8. "Please come," he said. "I want to show you my new fish. My father bought it yesterday."9. "Are you going out now ? If you are, see that you are back by ten," my mother said to me.10."Yes, please do so," I answered her. "I will wait here until you return."11."Where can I buy striped shirts like these ?" he asked me. "They seem to be in fashion now."12."Don't be afraid," she told the little boy. "The dog won't hurt you; it only wants to make friends

with you."

13."Please shut the door properly as you go out, John," she said. "It keeps on banging away."14."He is probably sleeping now," the maid said. "Shall I ask his sister to come down ?"15."This material looks very attractive. I wonder if I can make a long gown with it," she said to

herself.

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1. She apologized and said that her brother wouldn't be back until late that night.2. The guard reported that he had heard some shots and had run out into the compound to

investigate.

3. Stella inquired when he would be back and said that she had something important to tell him.4. Jeffrey asked me whether I had gone to the circus that was performing there and added that it

had been a wonderful show.

5. She greeted me and asked after my health, adding that she had heard that I had been quite ill.6. He ordered the frightened boy to go to him at once and added that if he didn't, he would give

him a beating.

7. The doctor advised Mrs Brown not to do too much heavy work but to get as much rest aspossible.

8. He invited me politely as he wanted to show me his new fish which his father had bought theday before.

9. My mother asked me whether I was going out then and told me to be back by ten if I were.10. I told her to go ahead and added that I would wait there until she returned.11.He enquired where he could buy striped shirts like those and added that they seemed to be in

fashion then.

12.She told the little boy not to be afraid and assured him that the dog wouldn't hurt him as it onlywanted to make friends with him.

13.She asked John to shut the door properly on his way out as it kept banging away.

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14.The maid said that he was probably sleeping then and enquired whether she should call hissister to come down.

15.She remarked that the material looked very attractive and wondered if she could make a longgown with it.