Direct v Indirect Speech
Quiz
Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech to express indirect commands, requests, and advice.
'Get me another beer!' the drunkard said.
The drunkard ordered the waitress ...... .
'Stop treating me like a child, Dad!' George's grown up daughter said.
George's grown up daughter told her father ...... .
'Don't take the dog out for a walk now, guys,' I said.
I warned the guys ...... .
'Don't kill the puppies, Lucy!' Sarah said.
Sarah implored ...... .
'Get my coat, please, Helen,' her nephew asked.
Helen's cousin asked ...... .
The captors said, 'Make us some breakfast!'
The captors urged him ...... .
'Come and see us tomorrow, Alan,' Bertha said.
Bertha invited us ...... .
'You'd better start pounding the pavement, Kirsten!' her sister said.
Kirsten's sister advised her ...... .
'Hurry up, John!' the guide shouted.
The guide urged John ...... .
'Don't move an inch, Robert!' the doctor said.
The doctor ordered me ...... .