Direct and Indirect Speech Exercises

Dear students,

Here are extra exercises on direct/indirect speech. I will be posting the answers into this blog a week before you mid term exam. Till then, you'll have to try out the exercises without any help and only check your answers later once i have posted the answers.

Put these sentences into reported speech.
"Do you like fish, Mary?", she asked. She asked Mary if she liked ish.
He said, "I've failed my exam". He said he had failed his exam.
"I went to market this morning", she said. She said she had
"Don't lose the money!", she said to her son.
She said, "I didn't have my eyes tested yesterday". he said she "When did you see me?", he asked her.
The teacher told one of his pupils, "You'll come to harm if you don't work."
"Don't clean it yourselves!" mother said to the children.
The boy said, "I couldn't come because of my father's illness".
"Don't drive so fast", Susan shouted to John.
"I got up early this morning", he said.
She said to me, "Don't worry about it".
"Do you have to leave so early?", he asked her.
"Have you had a good sleep", he asked her.
"What are you going to do tomorrow?", she asked me.
He said, "I didn't notice the speed limit".
"We'll get some tickets tomorrow", they told me.
"I'm leaving", the sailor said.
"They were here last week", Mr Benson told her husband.
"He always feels very cold", mother told the doctor.
"The children went to bed early today", father said.
"You look smart in these clothes", she told her daughter.
"Get out of my pub", the landlord said to the drunkard.
The children asked: "Shall we have to bring our books tomorrow?"
He asked the secretary: 'How do you feel when the manager asks you to have dinner with him?"
He asked her. 'Can you spare me a minute?'
He said, 'I don't know how long it will take me.'
I asked mother, 'How much did this book cost?'
I asked him, 'Did anybody see you?'
The teacher said: "I want you to do your best, boys.
Mother said: "Susan, don't leave the door open! "
Mrs Brown asked Maud: "When did the Mortons sell their house ?"
David asked his father: "Are you going to London tomorrow ?"
She said, "I don't think we shall be late if we hurry".
"I'm not very well today", Susan said.
"You must send for the doctor at once", Mrs Johnson told her husband.
"You can go now, if you like", the teacher said to the boys.
"I think I'll have a holiday on Monday", the manager said.
"I've finished my work", the workman said.
"My wife is cooking the dinner", Mr Dickens said.
"We'll stay here until Tuesday", he said.
"I think it's going to rain", Tom said.
"Was Mr Gilbert's operation successful?" he asked
"I can do this exercise,"he said.
"I forgot to ask her name," he said.
"I've already had lunch," he said.
"I'll retire soon," he said. He said he would retire soon.
"What did you have for breakfast?" she asked Tim.
"I'm inquiring about a certain patient," Mr Gilbert said.
Tom said, "I saw you in town but you did not see me".
She asked him, "How old are you?"