Exercise 7 - Reported Speech:

1. The inspector asked the woman what she had been doing at 7 o'clock the previous evening.
2. The passenger told the taxi-driver to hurry up and added that he must be at the station on time.
3. Tom asked himself why he hadn’t thought of this before.
4. Father said that the taxi was coming now and asked if everyone was ready.

Exercise 8 - Reported Speech:

1. Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet.
2. He asked her why she was so late and said that he had been waiting for half an hour already.
3. She told him not to let them down and added that she would be very embarrassed if he went back on his words.
4. She told her husband that he’d better not drink too much, as he might lose control of the car and have a bad accident.
5. The boy asked his mother when they would have lunch because he was very hungry.
6. He said that he didn’t understand why she had refused to join them on the trip.
7. She told him that she was glad he had come and asked him to sit down.
8. Mr. Brown told his wife that he didn’t feel like going out that evening and suggested they ask the Browns to come over for a chat.
9. John said that it was raining too hard to go out and suggested they stay home that night and watch TV instead.
10. Tom asked me to ring up the station and find out when the train came in.

Exercise 9 - Reported Speech:

1. She told the boys to be careful and not to go too near the edge of the cliff.
2. My friend begged me to come and help him with the assignment.
3. My friend advised me that he wouldn’t buy that sort of raincoat if he were me.
4. The janitor asked if I would mind moving my bicycle as it was in the way.
5. I asked the librarian if I could take out another book.
6. My mother reminded me to leave the window open when I was using the gas stove.
7. My teacher told me to wear my school badge or they wouldn’t let me into the classroom.
8. My friend invited me to come over to his house for a slide show.
9. The policeman asked the drunken driver to show him his driver’s licence.
10. The host told the visitor to do come again next weekend.