Exercise 1:Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some sentences.

1.     "Stop talking" the teacher said.

àThe teacher told me..........................................................

2.     "Be patient," she said

àShe told me ..........................................................

3.     "Go to your room," her father said

à Her father told me ..........................................................

4.     "Hurry up," she said.

à  She told us ..........................................................

5.     "Give me the key," he told me.

à He told me ..........................................................

6.     "Play it again" she said.

à She asked me ..........................................................

7.     "Sit down" he said.

àHe asked me..........................................................

8.     "Fill in the form" the receptionist said.

à The receptionist asked me..........................................................

9.     "Take off your shoes," she told us.

à She told us ..........................................................

10.                    "Mind your own business," she told him.

à She told me..........................................................

11.                    "Don't touch it," she said to him.

à She told him ..........................................................

12.                    "Don't do that again," he said to me.

à He told me ..........................................................

13.                    "Don't talk to me like that," he said.

à He told her ..........................................................

14.                    "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him.

à She warned him ..........................................................

15.                    "Don't let him in," she said.