Complete the sentences in Reported Speech 1 Ann says: “I want to go to park”
2 Mother said to me: “I like to read your books”
3 My friend asked me: “Do you want to go  to school?”
4 Granddad asked me: “What time is?”
5 Teacher recommended me: “Learn more information about your city”
6 Dad told me: “Don’t lie me”​

1. I live on the twenty-second floor.

2. The English like to speak about the weather.

3. This house is really huge. It's the biggest house in the street.

4. You can go outside and get some fresh air.

5. These trainers are expensive for me. I am not rich.

6. We must tidy up the garden, it's so dirty.

7. My worst enemy is myself.

8. My favourite fairy tale is "The Ugly Duckling".

9. The Internet connects us to the world.

10. Some people in poor countries live in horrible house.

11. Big cities die everu year.

12. Boys must protect girls.

Exercise 1. Insert it or there in the following sentences.

1. 1. It was too cold to sit down, but 1 paused every now and then to lean on the parapet...was too cold to sit down, but 1 paused every now and then to lean on the parapet... (Murdoch)

2. There was no mist here and a great vault of clear stars hung over the city with an intent luxurious brilliance. (Murdoch)

3. In what I could discern of the Square it seemed to be no one about. (Murdoch)

4. It  took me several minutes to collect myself. (Murdoch)

5. It  did not occur to me to reflect that there was anything illogical in this and indeed there was nothing illogical. (Murdoch)

6. He stood and watched her, sorry. But there could be no altering it.

7. I kept my face stern, but there was so much light within, it must have showed a little. (Murdoch)

8. It  was still nearly an hour to wait before their plane was due to leave... (Murdoch)

9. There was a little hurry as Georgie dropped her handbag and Honor picked it up for her. (Murdoch)

10. It then occurred to me that just this was precisely what I might be able to manage. (Murdoch)

11. Between Brangwen and Skrebensky there was an unbridgeable silence. Sometimes the two men made a slight conversation, but it was no interchange. (Lawrence)

12. A terrible energy pervaded Antonia at this time and it tired me extremely to be with her. (Murdoch)

13. I say this in case you should after last night's exhibition, feel any apprehension of possible violence to your brother. I assure you sincerely that there is no such possibility. It only remains for me to apologize to you very humbly...