Reported Speech Test 1

"Don't throw the paper on the floor."

The shopkeeper told the boy _____ on the floor.

"I can't understand why the lawyer hasn't sent in his report."

The director said he _____ in his report.

"Why are you so late? What is your excuse?"

The officer wanted to know _____.

"Do you want me to turn off the radio?"

I asked my sister _____ me to turn off the radio.

"The manager will be in his office all afternoon."

The secretary told me that the manager _____ in his office all afternoon.

"Don't drive so fast."

The policeman told me _____.

"Will Jane be preparing the dinner during the afternoon?"

Robert asked me _____ the dinner during the afternoon.

"Are all the carpets made by hand?"

The tourist wanted to know _____.

"Please wait for me in front of the museum."

The young woman asked her friend _____.

"We don't want to go without you."

The girls told us that _____.

"Blow up the bridge."

The officer ordered the soldiers _____.

Henry said Jane couldn't remember where she had put the hammer.

Which is the direct form?

"Don't go near the water! It's dangerous."

The policeman warned us _____ dangerous.

"I used to read many novels in my free time when I was younger."

Sally told me that _____.

"Why don't we meet at the school cafeteria for lunch tomorrow?"

Tom asked me _____.

"Why don't you believe me when I say I didn't do it?"

She asked him why he didn't believe her _____.

"We have decided to have the wedding in June."

I heard Janet telling Mary that _____.

"The students started a campaign to clean up the neighbourhood around our school."

The headmaster explained to the journalists that _____ the neighbourhood around their school.

"Don't overcook the pudding or it might burn."

My mother warned me _____ or it would burn.

"I would have gone with you but I really didn't feel up to it at the moment."

Harry told us that _____.