REPORTED SPEECH, EXERCISE-2
Rewrite the sentences in reported
speech.
1. John said, ‘I love this city.’
2. “Be nice to others”, Priya
said.
3. “Don’t waste your money” he
said to the boys.
4. She said, “Everyone loves
her.”
5. She said, “He works in a
bank.”
6. Seema said, ‘I don’t have a
laptop.”
7. Kanika said, “I don’t go to
the gym very often.”
8. “We don’t travel much”, she
said.
9. He said, “We like working in
London.”
10. She said, “She never gets up early on Sunday.”
ANSWER:
1. John said that
he loved that city. (this->that; however it depends, therefore this will also
be correct.)
2. Priya told me to
be nice to others.
3. He advised the
boys not to waste their money. (advised, suggested, warned – can be correct)
4. She said that
everyone loved her.
5. She said he
worked in a bank.
6. Seema said that
she didn’t have a laptop.
7. Kanika said that
she didn’t go to the gym very often.
8. She said that
they didn’t travel much.
9. He said that
they liked working in London.
10. She said that
she never got up early on Sundays.
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