EXERCISE ON REPORTED SPEECH

1. He said, "I like this song."
   → He said that he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
   → She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
   → She said that she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
   → They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
   → He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
   → She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
   → She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
   → He said that he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
   → He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
    → The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home 
11. 1. "I was very tired," she said.
       → She said that she had been very tired.
    2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
       → She told Ben to be careful.
    3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
       → She says that she will get herself a drink.
    4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
       → He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.
    5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
       → He said that he could not drive them home.
    6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
       → She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee.
    7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
       → She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before.
    8. He said, "Don't go too far."
       → He advised her not to go too far.
    9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
       → He wanted to know if we had been shopping.
    10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
        → He asks us not to make so much nois