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Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech.1. If it rains this afternoon it will be too wet to play the match tomorrow, thecaptain said.2. Did any of you see the accident happen last night? said the policeman.3. We have a lift but very often it doesnt work, said my aunt.

4. Can you tell me why Paul left the university without taking his degree?Pauls sister asked me.5. Please dont make an official complaint., the manager said to her.6. I dont think you should go to England in the winter Mary said to Peter.7. How long have you been learning English?, the examiner said.8. Stand still!, he said to the children.9. When are you planning to come to Darlington?, Bill said to his friend.10. Do you grow your own vegetables? Mary asked me.11. Dont take the rest of the day off!. We are very busy., the manager said toMary.12. The mirror is there so that you can see yourself when you are dancing.,

explained the teacher to the pupil.13. Did you hear a terrible crash about 3 a.m. this morning?, said Mary.14. How did you go up that tree?, Mary asked me.15. Where can I get the bus to Liverpool?, Peter said to a policeman.16. How long does it take to get to Edinburgh by bus? said Paul.17. Please come round and see us any time, our friends said to us.18. Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun, he said.19. Please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called, the airhostesssaid to the passengers.20. We will take the children to the zoo as soon as it stops raining, Mary saidto me.

Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.1. She told me to look where I was going.2. They said that while they were bathing they saw someone examining theirclothes.3. I asked if she had looked everywhere.4. They offered me some wine and I accepted.5. He said that if I didnt like the escalators I could go up the emergencystaircase.6. He wanted to know if I was going to the dance.

7. I asked him if he had enjoyed his military service.8. He said that the new carpet had arrived.

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1. The captain said that if it rained that afternoon it would be too wet toplay match the following day.2. The policeman asked if any of us had seen the accident happen tha night

before.3. My aunt said that they had a lift but very often it didnt work.4. Pauls sister asked me if I could tell her why Paul had left the universitywithout taking his degree.5. The manager asked her not to make an official complaint.6. Mary said to Peter that she didnt think he should go to England in the winter.7. The examiner asked how long I had been learning English.8. He told the children to stand still.9. Bill asked his friend when he was planning to come to Darlington.10. Mary asked me if I grew my own vegetables.11. The manager told Mary not to take the rest of the day off because they were

very busy.12. The teacher explained to the pupil that the mirror was there so that he/shecould see himself/herself when he/she was dancing.13. Mary asked me if I had heard a terrible crash about 3 a.m. that morning.14. Mary asked me how I had gone up that tree.15. Peter asked a policeman where he could get the bus to Liverpool.16. Peter asked me how long it took to get to Edinburgh by bus.17. Our friends asked us to come round and see them any time.18. He said that nothing grew in his garden and added that it never got any sun.19. The airhostess asked the passengers to wait in the lounge till their flightnumber was called.20. Mary said to me that we would take the children to the zoo as soon as itstopped raining.

Sentences in direct speech1. Look where you are going, she said to me.2. While we were bathing we saw someone examining our clothes, they said.3. Did you look everywhere?/Have you looked everywhere?, I asked her.4. Would you like some wine? Yes, please.5. If you dont like the escalators you can go up the emergency staircase., hesaid to me.

6. Are you going to a dance?7. Did you enjoy your military service? I asked him.8. The new carpet has arrived, he said to me.