Exercise on Reported Speech

Mixed Exercise 2

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the tenses or not.

1. "I was very tired," she said.
   → She said
2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
   → She told Ben
3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
   → She says
4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
   → He wondered
5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
   → He said
6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
   → She asks Peter
7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
   → She asked me
8. He said, "Don't go too far."
   → He advised her
9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
   → He wanted to know
10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
    → He asks us