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Now practise the direct and the indirect speech from Mihai Zdrenghea, Anca Greere, A Practical
English Grammar (with exercises), Cluj, Clusium, 1997:
EXERCISE P.497-1 / DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Give short answers to the following questions:
1. Can you drive a lorry?
2. Have you met my wife?
3. Are you enjoying yourself?
4. Will you come with us to the cinema?
5. Have you been to the Opera recently?
6. Did you meet my brother yesterday?
7. May I smoke here?
8. Are you reading?
9. Has Tom gone home?
10. Did you eat it all?
EXERCISE P.497-2 / DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Give short answers to the following questions:
1. Who used to live in this old house?
2. How many of you ought to write another assignment?
3. Wholl come with me to the theatre?
4. Which is better, this one or that one?
5. Who can answer my question?
6. Which of you knows how to make Irish stew?
7. Who opened the window?