Direct v Indirect Speech
Quiz
Rewrite the sentences using indirect speech to express requests.
'Don't call me after 10.00 pm,' Henry asked me.
Henry asked me ...... .
'Don't let Sarah wander around alone at night,' her mother said.
Sarah's mother requested us ...... .
'Don't speak to strangers in the streets,' my parents told me when I was young.
My parents told me ...... when I was young.
'Help me move the chair to the other side of the room,' the nanny said.
The nanny asked me ...... .
The doctor told us, 'Get her some flowers next time.'
The doctor asked us ...... .
'Try again, Laura,' her teacher said encouragingly.
Laura's teacher encouraged her ...... .
'Study a little harder!' Jane's grandfather said.
Jane's grandfather encouraged ...... .
'Don't give up!' the climber shouted.
The climber encouraged me ...... .
'Please, don't shoot me in the leg!' the scared man shouted.
The scared man begged the attacker ...... .
'Take your child and leave for good,' my grandmother said.
My grandmother implored me ...... .