BLOQUE 1: TURN THE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

1. The teacher told the students not to shout

2. Mike said that he was doing some homework but he wouldn’t be long

3. Jack said that he wouldn’t be there because he was having a party

4. The teacher asked him if he could close the door

5. Jessica said that she was going to watch television when she finished the book

6. Richard said that he had got up late and he had missed the bus

7. The police officer told us not to leave the luggage unattended

8. My brother said that he had lost the map and he didn’t know the way

9. Sarah said that she had never been abroad

10. Peter offered Mary to carry her suitcase

11. Peter said that she had arrived late so he had missed his flight

12. My uncle said that his children were learning German at school

13. The flight attendant told the passengers to fasten their seat belts

14. She said she couldn’t understand that film

15. She asked him if he had ever been to Hastings

16. She said that there had been an accident there the previous year

17. Mike suggested going over to John’s house

18. John said that he would be in my group the following term

19. The father told his son not to forget to phone them

20. Lucy told me that it was really hot that day

BLOQUE 2: TURN THE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

1. Joanna pointed out that her cousins had often visited Paris

2. He asked who had stolen his suitcase

3. He said the boys had been saving for a guitar

4. I advised my neighbor that I wouldn’t have bought that laptop if I had been him

5. He asked me how much I thought it would cost

6. He told her not to speak until she was spoken to

7. She asked him if he had seen tom the day before

8. The manager told me to type the letter soon

9. I said that they hadn’t arrived because they had forgotten the address
10. He told her that she had to go to the dentist’s

11. He asked what time his friends had left the previous night

12. Charlie said that he didn’t know what Fred was doing

13. She said to me that she would tell Jim she had seen me

14. The driving instructor warned me not to drive too close to the car in front

15. She said that I could go and stay with her if I was in London

16. He asked us how long we had lived in Liverpool

17. My mother asked who had been singing just then

18. She asked me if I would like to have lunch with her

19. I told her that they would clean my shoes

20. His mother told him not to put sticky things in his pockets

BLOQUE 3: TURN THE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

1. The police told him where his parents were

2. He asked me if I could speak more slowly

3. I told John that she wouldn’t go before 6:00

4. I told them that I had really liked that concert two days before

5. He asked if Sarah had ever been to Siena

6. The teacher told the students that they were going to pass that exam

7. They asked if they had taken all the money

8. Mary told me that Michelle had gone out

9. The woman asked me what my name was

10. John told me that he didn’t like classical music very much

11. She asked me if I was doing anything at the weekend

12. Leticia asked Tim if he had already fed the cat

13. Andrew said that he really had to have a rest

14. Fanny said to her mother that that meat tasted funny

15. The pupil asked what time the meeting was

16. Kathleen asked me if there was any food in the house

17. Mary told Hugh yesterday that her cat understood everything

18. The teacher asked Carol if she would mind turning the music down

19. John said on Monday that it had been raining a lot

BLOQUE 4: TURN THE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

1. Sally explained that she hadn’t realized that it was so late

2. Bill said that he had forgotten to take his driving license

3. The girl asked the boy if she should buy a new car

4. Fran complained that it was too hot there

5. My father said that we had to paint the whole house by the following day

6. Helen asked how much the ring cost

7. Peter said not to worry about a few mistakes. He made mistakes all the time

8. She said it had been raining a lot that morning

9. He said to her that he loved her

10. The geology teacher said that they had found gold there

11. JK asked if the Pope was a Catholic

12. Pierre told me that Jenny couldn’t speak French

13. He told them that he had first met his wife in Seville

14. Mum ordered not to wear the boots at home

15. He said to the students that he wanted their homework handed in by the next day

16. Juan said that his mother made those cakes

17. Tina mentioned that Pete had phoned her the previous day

18. Mary asked if her brother was arriving there that day

19. Pete told Susan that he thought she should take a taxi

20. Jane told me that she would phone me that evening

BLOQUE 5: TURN THE SENTENCES INTO DIRECT SPEECH

1. Melissa said to me that Andrew was working

2. George asked where bears lived

3. Jan says every day that he is going to give up his job

4. Mark asked Amy if she wanted to go to a film

5. Tammy said that she was having dinner then

6. Bob explained that Helen wouldn’t be at the meeting that day

7. The police officer asked if anyone had tried to save her life

8.- The doctor said to the old lady that he would not operate on her
9.- The journalist asked if I thought scientists would decipher the mental map

10.- Betty asked me when I had arrived

11.- Betty asked Tom: ‘When did you arrive?’

12.- The doctor told me not to take another pill until the following day

13.- The journalist wondered if Africa could be saved

14.- The man wanted to know how he could get to the airport

15.- The doctor asked if there was anything in my past that I regretted

16.- She asked why they didn‘t that car

17.- Jenny said that she would be happy if she could be of any help.

18.- She asked him if he had gone to the museum the day before

19.- Linda ordered Steve to be careful with that knife

20.- Mary said that all her life she had had a temper and she had got into fights at school