'Don't talk in the library.'
The librarian told us not to talk in the library...........................
1'I'd take some food for the journey.'
My mother .........................................
2.'Please have your tickets ready.'
The clerk ...........................................
3.'Don't go in the sea - it's dangerous.'
The lifeguard .............................................
4. 'It's best if you take the first train that arrives.'
The guard .....................................................
5. 'Pick your rubbish up!'
The police officer ..............................................
Exercise 80. Put the following sentences into indirect speech.Remember that the person addressed is often not mentioned in a direct command:
He said, ‘Go away’
He told me /us/them/Ann/etc. to go away.
1 'Switch off the TV,' he said to her.
2 'Shut the door, Tom,' she said.
3 'Lend me your pen for a moment,' I said to Mary.
4 'Don't hurry,' I said.
5 'Don't touch that switch, Mary,' I said.
6 'Please fill in this form,' the secretary said.
7 'Don't believe everything you hear,' he warned .me.
8 ‘Don't watch late-night horror movies,' I warned them.
9 'Open the safe!' the raiders ordered the bank clerk.
10 'Please do as I say,' he begged me.
11 'Help your mother, Peter,' Mr Pitt said.
12 'Don't make too much noise, children,' ·he said.
13 'Do whatever you like,' she said to us.
14 'Don't miss your train,' she warned them.
15 'Read it before you sign it,' he said to his client.
16 'Do sing it again,' he said.
17 'Don't put your hands near the bars,' the zoo keeper warned us.
18 'Buy a new car,' I advised him.
19 'Don't drive too fast,' she begged him.
20 'Don 't lean your bicycles against my windows, boys,' said the shopkeeper.