Direct and indirect speech

 Direct and indirect speech

1. My uncle said to us: ” I buy newspapers every day”.
   My uncle told to us that he buy newspapers every day.
2. “What do you think of the performance?” asked Peter.
   Peter asked what I thought of the performance.
3. “Where have you put my glasses?” my sister asked.
   My sister asked where I had put her glasses.
4. He said: ” Don’t make a noise”.
   He told me not to make a noise.
5. ” You needn’t write any more papers on the subjects” said the teacher.
   The teacher said that I needn’t write any more papers on the subjects.
   
6. She said to me: ” I shall go to the shopping when mother comes”.
   She told me that she would go shopping when her mother came.
7. ” Why has the 2:30 train been cancelled?” asked Ann.
   Ann asked why the 2:30 train had been cancelled.
8. ” Are there smoking compartments in this train?” I asked the conductor.
    I asked the conductor if there were smoking compartments in that train.
9. ” Don’t believe everything you hear”, Martha said to me.
   Martha told me not to believe everything I heard.
10. I said to him: ” Put on your hat if you don’t want to catch a cold”.
    I told him to put on his hat if he didn’t want to catch a cold.
11. ” Yesterday I saw an accident on my way to the University” he said
    He said that he had seen an accident on his way to the university the previous day.
12. ” Who has dropped this ten pond note?” I asked.
    I asked who had dropped that ten-pound note.
13. ” Are you interested in politics?” asked Bob.
    Bob asked if I was interested in politics.
14. ” Please, do as I say”, he asked me.
    He asked me to do as he said.
15. He asked me: ” Have you already translated the article?”.
    He asked me if I had already translated the article.

Homework– English in mind: What does
‘success’ mean?- retell the text