University:
Alabama State University
Course:
ENG 303 | Advanced Grammar
Academic year:

2023
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493

Pages:

3
Author:

Shea Bartlett

MODEL 7 A.Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech. A. Change the following sentences to indirect speech. 1. I asked the clerk, "How much does this cost?" I asked the clerk how much that cost. 2. Mr. Smith asked me, "Where are you going?" Mr. Smith asked me where I was going. 3. Mary asked, "Are you going to eat in the cafeteria?" Mary asked if I was going to eat in the cafeteria. 4. John asked, "Did you mail that letter for me?" John asked if I had mailed that letter for him. 5. Mr. Smith asked me, "Where are you going on your vacation? Mr. Smith asked me where I was going on my vacation. 6. I asked her, "Do you like my new hat?" I asked her if she liked my new hat 7. He asked me, "How are you today?" A j He asked me how I was that day. 8. I asked the storekeeper, "What is the price of this tie?" I asked the storekeeper what the price of that tie was. 9. She asked me, "When will you get back from your trip?" She asked me when I would get back from my trip. 10. He asked her, "What time is it?" . He asked her what time it was. 11. The traveler asked, "How long does it take to get to Chicago? The traveler asked how long it took to get to Chicago. 12. Then he asked, "Does it, take longer to go by bus or by train? Then he asked if it took longer to go by bus or by train. 13. He asked me, "What time is it?" . He asked me what time it was. 14. He asked me, "How long have you studied English. He asked me how long I had studied English. B.Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech. 1. He said, "I will be here at noon." (He said that he would be here at noon.) 2. Mary said, "The train will probably arrive on time." Mary said that the train would probably arrive on time. 3. He said, "I have to finish this report by five o'clock." He said that he had to finish that report by five o'clock. 4. The doctor said, "Mr. Smith will improve quickly." The doctor said that Mr. Smith would improve quickly. 5. William said* to me, "I am leaving in the morning." William said to me that he was leaving in the morning. 6. The teacher said, "Everyone has to write a composition." The teacher said that everyone had to write a composition. 7. John said, "I saw that movie on Wednesday." John said that he had seen that movie on Wednesday. 8. Helen said, "I have read that book." Helen said that she had read that book. 9. Mary said to John, "I cannot go to the movie with you." Mary told John that she could not go to the movie with him. 10. John said, "I have finished studying my lesson." John said that he had finished studying his lesson. C. Choose the correct form. , 1. She asked me where (was I, I was) going. 2. I don‘t. know what (is his name, his name is). 3. Ask him what. time (is it, it is). 4. He wants to know where (she lives, does she live). 5. He asked me how much (did my car cost, my car cost). 6. I don't know where (did he put, he put) those magazines. 7. He wants to know where (do we have, we have) our English lesson. 8. I wonder what time (it is, is it). 9. Ask him how old (is he, he is). 10. He asked me how old (was I, I was).