1. ‘Do you read a daily newspaper? ' she asked.

2. ‘What's your favourite tv programme? ' she asked .

3. ‘Is satellite television growing? ' she asked.

4. ‘Where do most people listen to the radio in your

country?' she asked.

5. ‘Do you read a Sunday paper?' she asked .

6. ‘Have you watched any TV today?' she asked.

Exercise 64. Turn the following sentences into Indirect Speech:

1. 'I have something to show-you,' I said to her.

2. 'Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,' she said .

3. 'I'm going away tomorrow, mother,' he said.

4. 'I've been in London for a month but so far I haven't had time to visit the Tower,' said Rupert.

5. 'It isn't so foggy today as it was yesterday,' I remarked.

6. 'We have moved into our new flat. We don't like it nearly so much

as our last one,' said my aunt.

7. 'We have a lift but very often it doesn't work,' they said.

8. 'From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Eiffel Tower,' he

said.

9. 'I've no idea what the time is but I'll dial 8081 and find out,' said his

daughter.

10. He said, 'My wife has just been made a judge.' •

11. 'I'll come with you as soon as I am ready,' she replied.

12. 'I have a German lesson this afternoon and I haven't done my homework yet,' said the small boy.

13. 'If you let the iron get too hot you will scorch your clothes,' I warned

her.

14. 'You haven't given me quite enough. The bill is for £14 and you've

paid me only £13,' he pointed out.

15. Ann said, 'Englishmen make good husbands because they are nearly always willing to help in the house.'

16. Mary answered, 'I like men to be useful but I don 't like them to be too domesticated. I prefer them to keep out of the kitchen altogether. Men look silly in aprons anyway.'

17.'I don 't know what to do with all my plums. I suppose I'll have to make jam. The trouble is that none of us eats jam,' she said.

18.We like working on Sundays because we get double pay,' explained, the builders.

19.He said, 'I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing and mending too. '

20.'You can keep that one if you like, Joan ,' he said . 'I've got plenty of others.'

21 'I'm going fishing with mother this afternoon,' said the small boy, 'and we are going into the garden now to dig for worms. '

(Omit now).

22.'You've got my umbrella,' I said crossly. 'Yours is in your bedroom.

23. 'I know exactly what they said,' the private detective explained to his client, 'because I bugged their phone. '

24. 'I'll sit up till she comes in, but I hope she won't be late,' he said.

25. 'If you give me some wire, I'll hang that picture for you,' said my cousin .

26. 'I have a Turkish bath occasionally, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference to my weight,' she said.

27. 'This is quite a good model, madam. · I use one of these myself,' said the salesman.

28. 'My new house is supposed to be haunted, but so far I haven't seen any ghosts,' she said .

29. The advertisement said, 'If you answer the questions correctly you may win £100.'

30. 'If I press my ear against the wall, I will hear what the people in the next flat are saying,' he said .

Exercise 65. Turn these reported questions into direct questions. Use you.