Reported (Indirect) Offers, Suggestion and Advice Exercise 24

To report speaker’s words containing offers, suggestions or advice we use the following introductory verbs:

1. offer + to infinitive

2. suggest that somebody should + V

suggest that somebody + Verb/Verb₂

suggest + Ving (Gerund)

3. advise + to infinitive

Introductory Verb	Example
offer + to infinitive	“Would you like me to drive you home?” He offered to drive me home.
suggest that … should + V suggest that … + Verb/Verb2 suggest + Ving (Gerund)	“Let’s order a pizza”. He suggested that we should order a pizza. He suggested that we order/ordered a pizza. He suggested ordering a pizza.
advise smb + to infinitive	“You should talk about your problem”. He advised me to talk about my problem.

First write (choose) an appropriate introductory verb, than report the following situations.

1. You should go to a doctor.	advise ……………	He advised me to go to a doctor.
2. “I will buy you a present”.	………………	………………….
3. “You ought to tell her the news.”	………………	………………….
4. “Shall I help you?”	………………	………………….
5. “Let’s go out tonight”.	………………	………………….
6. “You’d better phone the police”.	………………	………………….
7. “Look! If I were you, I’d leave early”.	………………	………………….
8. “You should not drive so fast”.	………………	………………….
9. “He ought to see a lawyer”.	………………	………………….
10. “Shall I open the door?”	………………	………………….
11. “You’d better see a doctor”.	………………….	………………….
12. “I’ll give you a light home, if you like”.	………………….	………………….
13. “Let’s go for a swim”.	………………	………………….
14. “You should relax more”.	………………	………………….
15. “Let’s play chess”.	………………	………………….

Reported (Indirect) Exclamations Exercise 25

Turn the following into Reported Speech. Use the verbs given below.

explain thank wish say remark cry out in pain

give an exclamation of surprise/ horror/ disgust / delight etc.

Example:

• “It’s a tragedy!”

• He exclaimed that it was a tragedy.

1. “Wonderful!” he said, when the bank manager agreed to lend him the money.

2. “Ouch!” he said, as the nurse gave him the injection.

3. “Wow!” he said, when he first saw the Pyramids.

4. “Ugh!” she said, as stepped into the muddy puddle.

5. “What a sunny day it is!”

6. “How rude he is!” she said to me.

7. “What a nice gift!” he said.

8. “She is such a turkey!” (a foolish person; someone who does silly, absentminded things).

9. “Oh! The coffee is too hot!”

10. “You are as slow as a turtle!”

Exercise 26

Match exclamatory sentences in Direct Speech with their counterparts in Reported speech.

1. “What a lovely dress!” she said	The children exclaimed with delight that it was a dear little puppy.
2. “Heavens! He’s gone”.	b) She remarked that it was a lovely dress.
3. “Sorry! There are no more seats”.	He greeted me (said hello) and asked how I was.
4. “Ouch! My foot!”	They were surprised to find he had gone.
5. “Oh, the dear little puppy!”	e)The management regretted (was sorry to say) that there were no more seats.
6. “Oh, how disappointing!”	f) She said with a sight that it was disappointing.
7. “Oh! He’s gone”.	g)She cried out that she had hurt her foot.
8. “Hello! How are you?”	They were astonished to find he had gone.
9. “Help! Help me, the doctor”.	Peter thanked his wife for a wonderful dinner.
10.“Darling, it’s a wonderful dinner”.	The injured man begged the doctor to help him.