Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

“Would you turn on the radio, please?”
He asked (me)
to pass him the salt. 
to turn on the radio.
Exercise 34. Report these requests. Make all the becessary changes.
Example: “Would you check the bill for me, please?” he asked me.

He asked me to check the bill for him.
1. “Would you pass me the suitcase, please?” she asked me.
2. “Will you take the children to school for me?” she asked my mother.
3. “Would you talk more quietly, please?” she asked the children.
4. “Would you move your car, please?” he asked the man.

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5. “Will you pass my cup, please?” Ted asked me.
6. “Would you check the oil for me, please?” he asked the mechanic.
7. “Would you turn the car engine off, please?” the policeman asked me.
8. “Would you do me a favour?” she asked her friend.
REVIEW OF REPORTED SPEECH
Exercise 35. Report these sentences. Make all the necessary changes.
1. “Did you enjoy the film?” I asked him.
2. “Switch off the TV,” she told me.
3. “My parents had gone to bed,” she said.
4. “Are you French?” they asked me.
5. “We’re going into town,” they said.
6. “Don’t touch the wire,” he warned me.
7. “I was on holiday in June,” he told her.
8. “We won’t be home late,” we told them.
9. “I’ve posted the letters,” I said.
10. “I haven’t got any money,” he told me.
11. “I passed my driving test last year,” he told his boss.
12. “I can’t type,” I told them.
13. “Where do you work?” I asked her.
14. “Have the passports ready, please,” the customs officer told us.
15. “I worked as a civil servant four years ago,” Jack told me.
16. “Will you join me for a drink?” he asked.
17. “I must go to the bank tomorrow,” he said.
18. “Had John done all the ironing by the time you came home?” my mother 
asked me.
19. “Will this car do 140 kilometres an hour?” I asked the mechanic.
20. “There’s a big match on TV next Monday,” he said.
21. “Would you like a lift into town?” Sam asked.
22. “They were here two months ago,” Tim’s mother said.
23. “I’m going to the cinema tonight,” he said.
24. “Has she been working here long?” the manager wanted to know.
25. “Shall I contact the manager?” she asked.
26. “I’m early, aren’t I?” she didn’t know.
27. “Will you post this for me on the way to work?” Kevin asked.
28. “Don’t be late, Jack,” Jack’s father told him.
29. “Don’t ever enter my study,” he told them.
30. “Would you sit down?” the interviewer asked.
31. “How are you?” he wanted to know.

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32. “Your letter arrived yesterday,” my brother told me.
33. “By the end of this week, they won’t have done this, will they?” I asked.
34. “I’ll tell her the news on Wednesday,” he said.
35. “Whose painting will win the competition?” he asked.
Exercise 36. Rewrite each sentence as direct speech.
Example: Thomas told Ian he would see him the following day. 
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Ian,” said Thomas.
1. Sally told her children their swimming things were not there.
2. Derek told me my letter had arrived the day before.
3. Peter told Leslie he hadn’t been at home that morning.
4. Martha told Phil to phone her the following day.
5. Jack told Paul he was leaving that afternoon.
6. Kate told Steve she would see him that evening.
7. Dave told Sarah he had lost his lighter the night before.
8. The police officer told Sam he couldn’t park there.
9. My mother asked me if I would stay for lunch.
10. David wanted to know where Carol had been.