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Turn the following sentences into reported speech:

1. "They'll arrive tomorrow morning", the hotel porter said.


2. “Do you see what I see, Mary?” the young man said.
3. "The mirror is there so that you can see yourself when you are dancing", explained
the instructor to the pupil.
4. "Who wrote Farewell to Arms?" the teacher asked.
5. “Go and get me a paper, and come straight back”, he said.
6. ”Why don’t you go ahead and get the tickets, Tom?” our friend said.
7. "Don't say anything to him, please", she said.
8. Gihan exclaimed: “We have had too many prohibitions.”
9. Michael asked her: “Where did you find these trainers?
10. My aunt said: “Single men should drive slowly if they want to live longer.”
11. The spokesman said: “I can’t understand why billiards has been prohibited.”
12. The young lady said: “I did not make such a mistake.”
13. The film star said: “I fell in love last summer.”
14. Michael wondered: “Why do I do this every day?”
15. He asked: “Do you often play rugby?”
16. James said: “People have died here.”
17. “Buy me the paper if you’re going out”, Alice asked her brother.
18. Ashrita said: 'Meditation helps me to keep my mind clear and calm so that I can focus on the
task.'
19. She said: “We’ll go and get some food.”
20. The UFO enthusiast explained: “I’ve never known anything like it.”
21. The butcher exclaimed: “You can’t get these pies anywhere else in the universe!”
22. She said: “Don’t smoke if you want to save money.”
23. The Prime Minister said: “A new UN resolution will not be necessary.”
24. Ned Kelly said: 'My belief is that these burials are offerings to the gods of fertility.'
25. The director said: “We are very privileged to have nursed her.”
26. In 2001 the councillor said: “The city will launch a radical traffic plan next February.”
27. Prince Kretzulesco said: “I have been considering leaving Germany next year.”
28. John Majercak says: "I hope that we will all be more aware of the way we handle our waste."
29. Last week Julia said: “We will meet our new instructor tomorrow.”
30. Last year my doctor told me: "Take more exercise if you can't sleep well."
31. He said to his son: "Don't panic or get hysterical."
32. The old man said to the boy: "Don't speak to strangers."
ANSWERS

1. The hotel porter said they would arrive the following morning.
2. The young man asked Mary if she saw what he saw.
3. The instructor explained to the pupil that the mirror was there so he could see himself when he
was dancing.
4. The teacher asked who had written Farewell to Arms.
5. He told me to go and get him a paper, and come straight back.
6. Our friend suggested to Tom that he should go ahead and get the tickets.
7. She begged her not to say anything to him.
8. Gihan exclaimed that they had had too many prohibitions.
9. Michael asked her where she had found those trainers.
10. My aunt said that single men should drive slowly if they wanted to live longer.
11. The spokesman said he couldn’t understand why billiards had been prohibited.
12. The young lady said she had not made such a mistake.
13. The film star said he had fallen in love the previous summer.
14. Michael wondered why he did that every day.
15. He asked me if I often played rugby.
16. James said people had died there.
17. Alice asked her brother to buy her the paper if he was going out.
18. Ashrita said that meditation helped her to keep her mind clear and calm so that she could focus
on the task.
19. She said they would go and get some food.
20. The UFO enthusiast explained that he had never known anything like it.
21. The butcher exclaimed that I couldn’t get those pies anywhere else in the universe.
22. She told me not to smoke if I wanted to save money.
23. The Prime Minister said that a new UN resolution would not be necessary.
24. Ned Kelly said that his belief was that those burials were offerings to the gods of fertility.
25. The director said that they were very privileged to have nursed her.
26. In 2001 the councillor said that the city would launch a radical traffic plan the next February.
27. Prince Kretzulesco said that he had been considering leaving Germany the following year.
28. John Majercak says that he hopes that they will all be more aware of the way they handle their
waste.
29. Last week Julia said that they would meet their new instructor the following day.
30. Last year my doctor told me to take more exercise if I couldn't sleep well.
31. He told his son not to panic or get hysterical.
32. The old man told the boy not to speak to strangers.

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