Reported Speech - 3rd Grade (rules and exercises)

SAY and Tell have different rules about the indirect object:

Jonh said to Mary, "I love you."
John told Mary that he loved her.

When the Direct Speech relates a question, the sentence change to affirmative form, in the Indirect speech (Reported Speech).

He said, "Where is Paul?"
He asked where Paul was.

He said, "Is Paul here?"
He asked if Paul was there.



EXERCISES!!!

Put the sentences into reported speech.

1. Hamlet said to his mother, "Mama, what's a barbarian?"
2. Hamlet said to Helga, "Do we know any barbarians?"
3. My brother said to me, "Where are you going?"
4. The reporter asked to Jorge Amado, "What is your favorite city?"
5. My daughter said to me, "Papa, do you believe in ghosts?"
6. Jack said to my sister, "Do you know San Francisco?"
7. Hagar said to Helga, "Please don't make me do this again."
8. Helga said to Hagar, "Don't talk with your mouth full!"
9. "I must live in Rio", he said.
10. "I am all right", Marie said to her father.
11. "I have discovered the cure for this disease," the researcher said.
12. The doctor said to us, "We don't know what it is."
13. "Shut the door." Helga said to the dog.
14. "When did Picasso paint this picture?" we said to the guide.
15. "Can you finish this report by tomorrow?" the boss said to me.