Direct/Indirect Conversion: Flashcards
“In a perfect world, we would not have to worry about such things anymore”, Linda said to her friend.
A. We would not have to worry about such things anymore in a perfect world said Linda.
B. In a perfect world, we would not have to worry about such things anymore, Linda said.
C. Linda said her friend that in a perfect world, one would not have to worry about such things anymore.
D. Linda told her friend that, in a perfect world, they would not have to worry about such things anymore.
D. Linda told her friend that, in a perfect world, they would not have to worry about such things anymore.
My father exclaimed, “Tell your mother that the lawn mower is on fire!”
A. My father told me to tell my mother that the lawn mower was on fire.
B. Tell your mother that the lawn mower is on fire my father exclaimed to me.
C. My father exclaimed to me that I should tell my mother that the lawn mower is on fire.
D. “Tell your mother,” my father exclaimed. “That the lawn mower is on fire!”
A. My father told me to tell my mother that the lawn mower was on fire.
“Look at the monkey cracking nuts open with a rock”, the tourist whispered to her brother.
A. The tourist whispered, look at the monkey cracking nuts open with a rock.
B. Look at the monkey cracking nuts open with a rock the tourist whispered.
C. “Look at the monkey cracking nuts open”, with a rock the tourist whispered.
D. The tourist whispered to her brother to look at the monkey cracking nuts open with a rock.
D. The tourist whispered to her brother to look at the monkey cracking nuts open with a rock.
Bill’s new employer asked, “When can you begin working for us, Bill?”
A. Bill’s new employer asked when can you begin working for us, Bill?
B. Bill’s new employer asked Bill when he could begin working for them.
C. When you can begin working for us, Bill, said Bill’s new employer.
D. Bill’s new employer asked Bill when he could begin working for us.
B. Bill’s new employer asked Bill when he could begin working for them.
Boris told me that his wife did not let him eat anything that was bad for his heart.
A. Boris told me that “his wife does not let him eat anything that is bad for his heart.”
B. Boris said to me, “My wife does not let me eat anything that is bad for my heart.”
C. “His wife did not let him anything that is bad for his heart”, his wife said.
D. The wife of Boris said that “she does not let him eat anything that is bad for his heart.”
B. Boris said to me, “My wife does not let me eat anything that is bad for my heart.”
