CONDITIONAL SENTENCES IN REPORTED SPEECH (GRADE 11- BASIC)

Exercise 1. Sentence Completion

Change the following conditional sentences into reported speech.
1. If I had any money, Id buy you a drink,she said to me.

2. If I catch the plane, Ill be home by five, said he.

3. You should stay in bed if you feel unwell, my mother said.

4. What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar, Tom? Anne
asked.

5. If Id had my mobile yesterday, I could have contacted you, Matthew said.

6. If I were you, Id stop smoking, she said to her brother.

7. If you happen to be in our area, drop in and see us, they said.

8. If the baby is a girl, what will they call her? he wondered.

9. If I dont practise my English, I wont get any better, she said.

10. If you press this switch, the computer comes on, he said to his students.

11. I would have been in bad trouble if Jane hadnt helped me, he said.
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12. If you have time, wash the floor, he said.

13. If the door is locked, what shall I do? she asked.

14. If we had a calculator, we could work this out a lot quicker, they said.

15. If you dont apologize, Ill never speak to you again, he said.

Expected answers:
1. She told me that if she had any money, she would buy me a drink.
2. He said that if he caught the plane, he would be home by five.
3. My mother told me that I should stay in bed if I felt unwell.
4. Anne asked David what he would do if he were having a problem with
grammar.
5. Matthew told me that if she had had her mobile the day before, she could have
contacted me.
6. She told her brother that if she were him, she would stop smoking.
7. They told me to drop in and see them If I happened to be in their area.
8. He wondered if the baby was a girl what they would call her.
9. She said that If she didnt practise her English, she wouldnt get any better.
10. He told his students that if they pressed that switch, the computer came on.
11. He said that he would have been in bad trouble if Jane hadnt helped him.
12. He told me to wash the floor if I had time.
13. She asked me what she would do if the door was locked.
14. They said that if they had a calculator, they could work that out a lot quicker.
15. He told me that if I didnt apologize, he would never speak to me again.