Grammar - Reported speech - Transformations

"You took my pencil!" Mark said to Mandy. [OF] Mark ............... his pencil.

accused Mandy of taking / accused Mandy of having taken

"OK, it was me. I tore Mum's new dress," she said. [HAVING] She ............... Mum's new dress.

admitted (to) having torn

"You should go to the dentist Tine," he said. [ADVISED] He ............... to the dentist.

advised Tina to go

"He knows where the stolen paintings are," said Sue. [CLAIMED] Sue ............... the stolen paintings were.

claimed (that) he knew where

"I hate the English weather," said Celine. [ABOUT] Celine ............... the English weather.

complained about

"You never put the cap on the toothpaste, John," said Mary. [COMPLAINED] Mary ............... the cap on the toothpaste.

complained that John never

"I did not eat the biscuits," said Alex. [EATING] Alex ............... the biscuits.

denied eating / denied having eaten

"Call an ambulance immediately!" said Bob to the passer-by. [TO] Bob ............... an ambulance immediately.

asked the passer-by to call

"Please leave me alone," Clare said to them. [ASKED] Clare ............... alone.

asked them to leave her / asked to be left

Please, please, don't hurt me," she cried. [NOT] She ............... her.

begged him not to hurt

"I'm the best-looking boy in the class," said Greg. [THAT] Greg ............... the best-looking boy in the class.

boasted that he was

"Go ahead, join the expedition," he said to her. [ENCOURAGED] He ............... the expedition.

encouraged her to join

"It's a boy!" said the midwife. [EXCLAIMED] The midwife ............... a boy.

exclaimed that it was

"You must not touch these ornaments," said Lisa to us. [TO] Lisa ............... the ornaments.

forbade us to touch

"You may now kiss the bride," said the priest to David. [PERMISSION] The priest ............... the bride.

gave David permission to kiss

"Yes, I think you are right to complain," said Lorna to me. [AGREED] Lorna ............... to complain.

agreed that I was right

"Yes, I'll paint the bathroom," said Catherine. [AGREED] Catherine ............... the bathroom.

agreed to paint

"You may use my credit card," Jake said to me. [ME] Jake ............... his credit card.

allowed me to use

"I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, Jane," I said. [HURTING] I ............... her feelings.

apologised to Jane for hurting

"You must have another piece of apple pie, Laura," said Grandad. [ON] Grandad ............... piece of apple pie.

insisted on Laura having another

"Would you like to come to lunch next Friday?" Bill said to me. [INVITED] Bill ............... the following Friday.

invited me to lunch

"Would you like me to do the washing up?" said Dan. [OFFERED] Dan ............... the washing up.

offered to do

"I'll never let you down," Ian told Elisabeth. [PROMISED] Ian ............... Elisabeth down.

promised never to let

"No, I won't go to the party with you," said Lena. [REFUSED] Lena ............... the party with me.

refused to go to

"Don't forget to take your keys," said Dad. [ME] Dad ............... my keys.

reminded me to take

"Let's go out for dinner," said Amanda. [GOING] Amanda ............... for dinner.

suggested going out

"Go away or I'll lose my temper," he said to me. [HIS] He ............... if I didn't go away.

threatened to lose his temper

"Do give me the money!" she said to me. [URGED] She ............... the money.

urged me to give her

"Try to remember your books tomorrow," she said. [URGED] She ............... our books the next day.

urged us to remember

"Don't drive the car; the brakes aren't working," Dad said to me. [NOT] Dad ............... the car because the brakes weren't working.

warned me not to drive