Question

Put the following sentences into indirect speech , introducing them with a verb in the past tense:
1. I promise not to make so much noise.
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2. Joanna is ill.
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3. You cannot go around with this attitude.
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4. I know what I want to do when I retire.
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5. I like the idea very much.
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6. I feel that if there can be a great change in the
country it will sweep the world.
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7. Intelligent beings created these canals.
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8. I bought this novel yesterday.
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9. I have been there twice.
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10. I tried to understand this article, but I failed.
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11. Practically everyone has heard this story; as for
myself, I didn’t like it.
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12. You ought to become a doctor, because you have a
call for that.
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13. My husband and I have spent a nice summer there.
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14. I will lock the door at one minute past ten.
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15. Cowards die many times before their deaths.
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16. At least, if I don’t go out with him, nothing can go
wrong.
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17. It won’t hurt with an injection, but it may hurt a
little afterwards.
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18. When I get back, I’ll give you the money I
borrowed from you last week.
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19. You must not forget these rules; you have to work
more than you have worked so far.
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20. I think that pushing the car from behind will start
it; the engine should keep going once it’s started.

Answer 1

1. She promised not to make such noise
2. He told me that Joanna was ill.
3. My mother warned me that I couldn’t go around with that attitude.
4. He claimed that he knew that he wanted to do after he retired.
5. You said that you liked the idea very much.
6. She claimed that if there would be a great change in the country, it would sweep the world.
7. They said intelligent beings have created these canals.
8. You told me that you have bought the novel the other day.
9. She claimed that she had been there twice.
10. He said that he has tried to understand the article, but he has failed.
11. She admitted that she did not like the story that everyone has heard.
12. They advised me to become a doctor as I have call for that.
13. She said that her and her husband had spent a nice summer there.
14. You told me that you would lock the door at that time.
15. He claims that cowards die many times before their deaths.
16. She said that if she didn’t go out with him, nothing could go wrong.
17. The doctor claimed that it wouldn’t hurt with an injection, but it might hurt a little afterwards.
18. He said that he would give you the money he has borrowed the week before when he got back.
19. She warned me that I must not forget the rules and that I had to work more than I had worked so far.
20. You believed that pushing the car from behind would start the engine and that is should have kept going once it had started.
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