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Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane Third Year Students Technological Streams 2003/2004 Structure Practice: DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH Exercise Three: Rewrite these sentences using reported speech. 1) "I live in an old house in the country," she told me. �She told me that she lived in an old house in the country.����������������������������������������������������� 2)�"I'm living with my parents," she said. �� � 3)�"I�ve just finished school," he said. �� � 4)�"I played football last week," he told us. �� � 5)�"I was having a bath when the lights went out," he told me. ��� � 6)�"It will be cold and wet tomorrow," the weather man said. �� � 7)�"I must go and have my hair done now," she said. ��� � 8)�"This is the last warning I�m going to give you," she said. ��� � 9)�"I still haven�t read these books," she admitted. �� � 10)�"I'll meet you here next week at the same time," he said. ���� � Exercise Four: Rewrite these sentences using direct speech. Complete the sentence. 1)�She said that she had seen the robber leave the bank. �She said, "." 2)�She told them to go to bed. �She told them, "!" 3)�He said he couldn�t get to sleep that night. �He said, "." 4)�He told her that he would phone her the next day. �He told her, "." 5)�She asked him if he could phone her that evening. �"?" she asked him. 6) They said they had to get up early the following morning. �"," they said. 7)�They said that they didn�t want to be late. �They said, "." 8)�She said she was going into town later that morning. �She said, "." 9)�He told them he had always wanted to play James Bond. �He told them, "." 10)�Pond said that he had been working at a tea company before he became a spy. �Pond said, "." Exercise Five: Rewrite these questions using reported speech. 1)�"Do you like ice cream?" my aunt asked me. �My aunt asked me if I liked ice cream.����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 2)�"Where are you from?" the man asked me. �� �. 3)�"Why don�t you take up the piano?" my mum asked us. ����. 4)�"Have you ever been to Disneyland?" she asked me. �� �. 5)�"When did you last go to the dentist?" the teacher asked me. �� . 6)�"Can you speak any other languages?" the woman asked us. �� �. 7)�"Must you leave so soon?" I asked the girl. ����. 8)�"Will we see some paintings by Picasso?" she asked me. �� �. 9)�"Why do you wear jeans all the time?" he asked her. �� �. 10)�"Did you enjoy the film?" she asked me. �� �. Exercise Six: Put the words in these indirect questions in the correct order. 1)�way railway Could me station? you tell the to the �Could you tell me the way to the railway station ������������������������������������������������������������ ? 2) her Would why you took her you mind telling book? �� �? 3)�who me if know tell painted picture? you that Can you �� �? 4)�where comes from? you know Endelberg Do �� �? 5)�the idea you time do any what is? have �� �? 6)�to Can get you to tell post me how the office? �� �? 7)�much Could England me a to how tell costs? you stamp �� �? 8)�the you name know of the Do painted man Guernica? who �� �? 9)�mind how you telling much you earn? Would me �� �? 10)�idea how you have painting is worth? any much this do �� �? � � �