Exercise on Reported Speech

Exercise 2 – Requests (negative)

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

1. "Don't touch it," she said to him.
   → She told him
2. "Don't do that again," he said to me.
   → He told me
3. "Don't talk to me like that," he said.
   → He told her
4. "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him.
   → She warned him
5. "Don't let him in," she said.
   → She told me
6. "Don't go out without me," he begged her.
   → He begged her
7. "Don't forget your bag," she told me.
   → She told me
8. "Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said.
   → The chemistry teacher told his students
9. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her.
   → He advised her
10. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said.
    → She told the boys