Exercise: Convert the following direct speech sentences into indirect speech.
1. She said, “I am very tired.”
2. He said, “I will call you tomorrow.”
3. They said, “We have completed the project.”
4. John said, “I was watching a movie last night.”
5. She said, “I can solve this problem.”
6. He said, “I may go to the party.”
7. The teacher said, “The Earth revolves around the Sun.”
8. He said, “I have been waiting for you for an hour.”
9. She said, “I must submit my assignment by tomorrow.”
10. He said, “I had already finished my homework.”
11. She said, “I will help you with your work.”
12. He said, “I don’t like spicy food.”
13. The doctor said, “You should take your medicine on time.”
14. They said, “We were playing football.”
15. He said, “I cannot attend the meeting.”
16. She said, “I will be traveling next week.”
17. He said, “I did not see him at the party.”
18. She said, “I have lost my keys.”
19. They said, “We had gone to the market.”
20. He said, “I might visit my grandparents.”
21. She said, “I used to play the piano.”
22. He said, “I should complete my work before the deadline.”
23. She said, “I am going to bake a cake.”
24. They said, “We will be attending the wedding.”
25. He said, “I don’t know the answer.”
26. She said, “I love reading novels.”
27. He said, “I had been working all day.”
28. She said, “I need some rest.”
29. He said, “I could swim when I was five.”
30. She said, “I am not feeling well.”
31. He said, “I have never been to Paris.”
32. She said, “I saw a shooting star last night.”
33. He said, “I will always support you.”
34. She said, “I was studying when you called.”
35. They said, “We can finish this task by evening.”
36. He said, “I had met her before.”
37. She said, “I won’t be able to come.”
38. He said, “I feel happy today.”
39. She said, “I may take a break from work.”
40. They said, “We should respect our elders.”
41. He said, “I ought to call my mother.”
42. She said, “I did my homework.”
43. He said, “I will never forget this moment.”
44. She said, “I don’t like coffee.”
45. They said, “We are planning a surprise for you.”
46. He said, “I would like to visit Japan.”
47. She said, “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
48. He said, “I haven’t eaten anything since morning.”
49. She said, “I am thinking about changing my job.”
50. He said, “I must work hard to succeed.”
Answers:
1. She said that she was very tired.
2. He said that he would call me the next day.
3. They said that they had completed the project.
4. John said that he had been watching a movie the previous night.
5. She said that she could solve that problem.
6. He said that he might go to the party.
7. The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun. (No change - universal truth)
8. He said that he had been waiting for me for an hour.
9. She said that she had to submit her assignment by the next day.
10. He said that he had already finished his homework.
11. She said that she would help me with my work.
12. He said that he didn’t like spicy food.
13. The doctor said that I should take my medicine on time.
14. They said that they had been playing football.
15. He said that he could not attend the meeting.
16. She said that she would be traveling the following week.
17. He said that he had not seen him at the party.
18. She said that she had lost her keys.
19. They said that they had gone to the market.
20. He said that he might visit his grandparents.
21. She said that she used to play the piano.
22. He said that he should complete his work before the deadline.
23. She said that she was going to bake a cake.
24. They said that they would be attending the wedding.
25. He said that he didn’t know the answer.
26. She said that she loved reading novels.
27. He said that he had been working all day.
28. She said that she needed some rest.
29. He said that he could swim when he was five.
30. She said that she was not feeling well.
31. He said that he had never been to Paris.
32. She said that she had seen a shooting star the previous night.
33. He said that he would always support me.
34. She said that she had been studying when I called.
35. They said that they could finish that task by evening.
36. He said that he had met her before.
37. She said that she wouldn’t be able to come.
38. He said that he felt happy that day.
39. She said that she might take a break from work.
40. They said that we should respect our elders.
41. He said that he ought to call his mother.
42. She said that she had done her homework.
43. He said that he would never forget that moment.
44. She said that she didn’t like coffee.
45. They said that they were planning a surprise for me.
46. He said that he would like to visit Japan.
47. She said that she hadn’t meant to hurt me.
48. He said that he hadn’t eaten anything since morning.
49. She said that she was thinking about changing her job.
50. He said that he had to work hard to succeed.
