Reported Speech

Choose the right option.

1. Brush it off when it gets dry.

    My mother told me to brush it off when it get dry.

    My mother told me to brush it off when it got dry.

2. Don't put your elbow on the table.

    My mother told me not to put my elbow on the table.

    My mother told me not to put her elbow on the table.

3. Look where you are going.

    The teacher warned me to look where I was going.

    The teacher asked me to look where I was going.

4. Mind the steps.

    My father warned me to watch the steps.

    My father warned me that I watch the steps.

5. Get your hair cut.

    Mary told John to get his hair cut.

    Mary told John to get her hair cut.

6. Go to bed and don't get up until you are called.

    His parents ordered him to go to bed and not to get up until he was called.

    His parents ordered him to go to bed and not to get up until I was called.

7. Eat up your dinner at once or I'll punish you.

    My mother told me to eat up my dinner at once or he will punish me.

    My mother told me to eat up my dinner at once or she would punish me.

8. Write your name clearly at the top and then take down these points as I call them out.

    The teacher instructed us to write our name clearly at the top and then take down those points as she called them out.

    The teacher instructed us to write our name clearly at the top and then take down these points as she called them out

9. Bring in the two accused men and take care they don't get away.

    The judge ordered him to bring in the two accused men and take care they didn't get away.

    The judge ordered him to bring in the two accused men and take care we didn't get away.

10. Don't spend all your money on food and drink. Save some for the future.

    My mother recommended me not to spend all my money on food and drink and to save some for the future.

    My mother recommended me not to spend all her money on food and drink and to save some for the future.