Exercise I: Change the following sentences from Direct to ReportedSpeech.1. The Judge said to them, ‘Call the accused in the court’. _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ‘Tony, are you ready for the race?’, the instructor asked. _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Reshma said to Priya, ‘Why are you sketching on the wall?’ _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ‘We shall go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night’, the guide said_________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The traffic police told the man, ‘Do not park your vehicle here.’_________________________________________________________________________________II. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks meaningfully.1. Ravi asked, “How long has peter had his sports car?”He wanted to know how long Peter ___________________________his sports car.2. The captain asked: “When will we get to the coast, guide?”The captain asked the guide when ___________________________to the coast.3. The teacher asked:” Who were they travelling with yesterday?”The teacher asked who they ___________________________with the day before.4. The fireman asked: “When is the fire engine going to be ready?”The fireman asked when the fire engine ___________________________to be ready.5. They wanted to know: “Why weren’t we allowed to park here last month?”They wanted to know why they ___________________________ to park there theprevious month.

Now choose one of these to complete each of the sentences below. Use reported speech.1. Will was taking a long time to get ready, so I told him to hurry up .2. Sarah was driving too fast, so I asked ........ .3. Sue was nervous about the situation. I told ....... .4. I couldn’t move the piano alone, so I ......... .5. The security guard looked at me suspiciously and ......... .6. The man started asking me personal questions, so I ........ .7. Carl was in love with Maria, so he .......... .8. I didn’t want to delay Helen, so I ........... .

Read the following sentences and change them into reported speech.Mimi said, “I have been writing this letter.”I said, “Sam’s driving the car.”My uncle said, “I am cooking lunch.”My brother said, “I had already eaten.”The old lady said to the girl, “Where do you come from?”Jon said, “I like to play rugby.”My mother said, “I get up early every morning.”The maths teacher said, “Three divided by three is one.”Mohit said, “Switzerland is a very beautiful country.”Ruben said, “It is very cold outside.”The teacher said, “The French Revolution took place in 1789.”Uma said, “I saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo.”Luke said, “I can do this homework.”Aswini said to her mother, “I have passed the test”.Daphne said to Antony, “I will go to London tomorrow.”The boy said, “My father is sleeping.”The traffic police said to us, “Where are you going?”The man shouted, “Let me go.”Shivina said, “Alas! I am lost.”“I know her contact number,” said Helena.Stefen said, “My granny is making pasta.”Raj said to Simran, “Have you ever been to the National Museum?”Anish said to Sid, “Please lend me the book.”The teacher said to the parents, “Shelly is working very hard.”Joshua said, “I have completed my assignment.”I said to Alka, “How long will you stay here?”The child told his dad, “I want an ice cream.”Meera said, “I am not feeling well.”The teacher said to Vivek, “Draw the diagram of the plant’s parts.”Irin said, “I am playing the piano.”My mother said to me, “Help me carry this bag.”Rahul said, “My sister is very helpful.”The news reporter said, “The flight will be delayed by a few hours due to heavy rains.”Urmi said to her mother, “I want a slice of pizza.”I said to Daniel, “Are you reading this book?”

Fill in the blanks in the following sentence: The ___________ for the defence was asked to approach the bench during the tense trial of a ___________ killer.Select from the following words: council / counsel / serial / cereal. Separate your answers with a comma.

"If I were you, I'd call him", he told me. Reported speech: he advised me ______ him.have calledto callcallingcall

While testifying as a witness you are asked to tell the court what happened. You tell the court that you were standing at the corner of the intersection, when you heard a loud bang. You then saw two cars had hit each other. While you were waiting for the police to arrive on scene another witness said they saw the blue pickup truck run the red light and hit the white car. This would be an example of __________________________? Group of answer choices Opinion evidence Bad Character evidence A Res Gestae statement Hearsay evidence