Exercise on Reported Speech

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question.

1. He said, "I like this song."
   → He said 
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
   → She asked me 
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
   → She said 
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
   → They asked me 
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
   → He said 
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
   → She told the boys 
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
   → She asked him 
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
   → He said 
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
   → He wanted to know 
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
    → The stuntman advised the audience 

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