Exercise on Reported Speech

Exercise 1 – Requests (positive)

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some sentences.

1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
   → The teacher told Joe
2. "Be patient," she said to him.
   → She told him
3. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
   → Her father told her
4. "Hurry up," she said to us.
   → She told us
5. "Give me the key," he told her.
   → He asked her
6. "Play it again, Sam," she said.
   → She asked Sam
7. "Sit down, Caron" he said.
   → He asked Caron
8. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.
   → The receptionist asked the guest
9. "Take off your shoes," she told us.
   → She told us
10. "Mind your own business," she told him.
    → She told him