Question

Put the following sentences into reported speech.

1. mother said, ''you have bought yourself a new hat.''
2. they say, "we are very late."
3. I want to speak to you, "the teacher said to his student."
4. "we have finished our work," the secretaries said.
5. mother told us, "he is ready to come with us."
6. "they do not know you," the women told me.
7. the director said, "I will answer the phone."
8. "you can do it if you try," he keeps telling us.
9. "I have been shopping all morning," she said.

Answer 1

1. Mother said that I had bought myself a new hat.
2. They say that they were very late.
3.The teacher said to his student that he wanted to speak to him.
4. The secretaries said that they had finished their work.
5. Mother told us that he was ready to come with us
6. The women told me that they didn't know me.
7.The director said that he would answer the phone.
8. He keeps telling us that i could do it if i tried
9.She said that she had been shopping all morning.

Answer 2

1. mother said that i had bought myself a new hat
2. they said we were very late
3. the teacher said that he wanted to speak to his student
4. the secretaries said that they had finished their work
5 mother told us that she was ready to come with us
6 the women told me that they didn't know me
7 the director said that he would answer the phone
8 he kept telling us that we could do it if we tried
9 she said that she had been shopping all morning