WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN REPORTED SPEECH 1 .- "Are you French? Mary asked me 2 .-" What are you looking at "Sarah asked Paul 3.-" Cook an omelette "Patricia told me 8 .-" Why is the television off? "He asked his sister 9 .-" Lay the table immediately "Alice told her friend 10 .-" Did you have a nightmare? "I asked my dad 11 .-" Have you washed the dishes? "You asked me 12 .- "Do you walk to school?" Mathew asked Peter 13.- "I did not like the documentary" Lorena said 14 .- "The dog is too tired today" Margaret said 15.- "Mr and Mrs Carter aren ' t American "Philip said 16.-" The soup is too thick "Daniel said 17 .-" Yolanda has never been to the USA "Anne said 18.-" My favourite band is playing next Saturday "Julio said 19 .-" Don 't boil the tea "Mom told me 20.-" Answer the teacher's questions "Sophie ordered me 21 .-" How often do you meet your boyfriend? " Alexander asked Paula. . 22 .- "Where was your husband at 7.30 yesterday?" The policeman asked her 23 .- "Did you send her a Valentine's card?" Martin asked John 24 .- "What's your favourite sports?" The gym teacher asked Anne. 25 .- "Did you have any exam yesterday?" Michael asked her daughter 26 .- "Can you drive a car?" Miriam asked her boyfriend
First, we change the question into reported speech by using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question. Then, we change "you" to "me" and "are" to "was" to match the reported subject and verb with the past tense.
2. Sarah asked Paul what he was looking at.
Similarly, we use the reporting verb "asked" and change the question into reported speech by adding "what" before the reported question. We also change the subject and verb to match the past tense.
3. Patricia told me to cook an omelette.
In this sentence, we don't need to change it into reported speech because it is already an imperative sentence. We can just keep the sentence as it is.
8. He asked his sister why the television was off.
We use the reporting verb "asked" and change the question into reported speech by adding "why" before the reported question. We also change the subject and verb to match the past tense.
9. Alice told her friend to lay the table immediately.
Again, we don't need to change this sentence into reported speech because it is already an imperative sentence. We can keep it as it is.
10. I asked my dad if he had had a nightmare.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question, we change "you" to "he" and "have" to "had" to match the past tense.
11. You asked me if I had washed the dishes.
We use the reporting verb "asked" and add "if" before the reported question. We change "have" to "had" to match the past tense.
12. Mathew asked Peter if he walked to school.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question, we change "do" to "did" and "walk" to "walked" to match the past tense.
13. Lorena said she did not like the documentary.
We use the reporting verb "said" and change the pronoun "I" to "she." We also change "do" to "did not" to match the past tense.
14. Margaret said the dog was too tired today.
Using the reporting verb "said," we change the pronoun "is" to "was" to match the past tense.
15. Philip said Mr and Mrs Carter aren't American.
We use the reporting verb "said" and change the verb "aren't" to "weren't" to match the past tense.
16. Daniel said the soup was too thick.
Using the reporting verb "said," we change the verb "is" to "was" to match the past tense.
17. Anne said Yolanda had never been to the USA.
We use the reporting verb "said" and change the verb "has never been" to "had never been" to match the past tense.
18. Julio said his favorite band was playing next Saturday.
Using the reporting verb "said," we change the possessive pronoun "my" to "his" and change the verb "is playing" to "was playing" to match the past tense.
19. Mom told me not to boil the tea.
We don't need to change this sentence into reported speech because it is already an imperative sentence. We can keep it as it is.
20. Sophie ordered me to answer the teacher's questions.
Similar to the previous imperative sentence, we don't need to change it into reported speech. We keep it as it is.
21. Alexander asked Paula how often she met her boyfriend.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "how often" before the reported question, we change "do" to "did" to match the past tense.
22. The policeman asked her where her husband had been at 7.30 yesterday.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "where" before the reported question, we change "was" to "had been" to match the past tense.
23. Martin asked John if he had sent her a Valentine's card.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question, we change the pronoun "you" to "he" and change "send" to "sent" to match the past tense.
24. The gym teacher asked Anne what her favorite sport was.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "what" before the reported question, we change "is" to "was" to match the past tense.
25. Michael asked his daughter if she had had any exams yesterday.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question, we change "you" to "she" and change "have" to "had" to match the past tense.
26. Miriam asked her boyfriend if he could drive a car.
Using the reporting verb "asked" and adding "if" before the reported question, we keep "can" as it is because it doesn't change in reported speech.
These are the reported speech versions of the given sentences. It's important to pay attention to verb tense changes, pronoun changes, and the addition of reporting verbs and question words when transforming direct speech into reported speech.