Reported Speech
A)Put the following into indirect speech.
1)'I have been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit to Tower,' said Rupert.
2)'The new underpass is being officially opened the day after tomorrow,' baid the BBC announcer.
3)'From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower,' he said.
4)'I have no idea what the time is but I'll dial 8081 and find out,' said his daughter.
5)'I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet,' said the small boy.
6)Ann said,'English man make good husband because they are nearly always willing to help in the house.'
7)Mary answered,'I like men to be useful but I don't like them to be too domesticated.I prefer them to keep out of the kitchen altogether.Mýan look silly in aprons anyway.'
8)Motoring report:The new Rolls Royce run so qietly that all you can hear is the ticking of the clock.
- Managing director of the Rolls Royce company:In that case we'll have to do something about the clock.
9)'I don't know what to do with all my plumbs.I suppose I'll have to domake jam.The trouble is that none of us eats jam,' she said.
10)'We like working on Sundays because we get double pay,' explained the builders.
11)I know exactly what they said,' the private detective explained to his client,'because I bugged their phone.'
12)I have a turkish bath occasionally,but It doesn't seem to make any difference to my weight,' she said.
13)'If it rains this afternoon it will be too wet to play the match tomorrow,'the captain said.
14)'I meant to plug in the electric kettle by mistake.I'm always doing silly things like that,'she told her guest.
15)'They couldn't open the safe on the spot so they carried it away withthem,'the night watchmen reported.
16)He said,'I got out of my boat,leaving tne engine running,but while Iwas standing on the fuay the gears suddenly engaged themselvesand the boat went straight out of the horbour with no one on board.'
17)'What was she wearing when you saw her last?the policeman asked me.
18)'Will you go on strike when the others do?the shop steward sked him.
19)'Have you gone completely mad?I asked.'Do you want to blow us all up?
20)'Would you mind if I looked inside your bag,Madam?'said the policeman.
21)'Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren't a pair?I asked him.
22)'Get the car off the road on to the verge if you have a puncture.Don't leave it on the road,' said my father.
23)'If you are taken prisoner,'said the officer,'give your name,,rank and number but refuse to answer any other questions,'
24)'When you hear the fire alarm,shut all windows and go down stairs as quickly as possible,'said the schoolmaster.
25)Before you allow anyone to use the Turkish bath remember to ask him if he has a weak heart,'said the senior attendant.
26)'What shall I do if he refuses to let me in?she asked.
-Write a note and push it under the door,'I said.
27)'When you have completed one section,go on to the neft,'the teachersaid.
28)'If someone fell at your feet foaming at the mount would you know what to do? said the instructor in Firs Aid.
29)'Why is your house so full of antigues?she asked.'Was your father a collector?
30)'Are you sorry for what you did?'the mother asked the little boy.