Question

[phan hoang nguyen]

Put the following statements into indirect speech.

1 ‘We make £450 a week,’ said one of the men, ‘and send most of it home to our wives.’

2 We’ve been here for two and a half years,’ said the man who had spoken first, ‘and we’re going to stay another six months.’

3 ‘I’ve got a job on an oil-rig,’ said Paul.
‘That’ll be very hard work,’ I said.
‘I know it’ll be hard,’ he replied, ‘but I don’t mind hard work, and it’ll be a good experience
4 ‘The ice will soon be hard enough to skate on,’ said Тоm.
‘I’ll look for my skates when I get home,’ Ann said.
5 ‘I’m living with my parents at present,’ she said, ‘but I hope to have a flat of my own soon.’
6 ‘I’m leaving tomorrow,’ she said, ‘by the 4.30 from Victoria.’
‘We’ll come and see you off,’ we said.
7 ‘I’ve just bought a car,’ said Peter, ‘but it’s not insured yet so I can’t take you for a drive.’
8 ‘I’d like to speak to Susan,’ said Mary, ‘but I’m bathing the babies and they will drown if I leave them alone in the bath while I go to the phone.’9 Mary has just received a postcard from Ann, beginning, ‘I’m coming up to London next week. I hope you and Jack will meet me for lunch one