Question

Put these statements in the reported speech: 1. "mr. hampden, we've got trouble in the press room this morning," said ted fielding. 2. "i cleaned mr. wiles's car last night out of works' time," smith told lan hampden. 3. "an hour and a half will be subtracted from your pay this week. and i must warn you that if this happens again it will be a case of dismissal," the personnel manager told the worker. 4. "i don't think we have anything to say to each other," said jack green. 5. "shop stewards are allowed to collect union dues on the premises, but they can hold meetings in the factory or office block only with the permission of the management," said the manager. 6. "i decided to stay here no matter how difficult it was to meet expenses," caria told ted. 7. "caria knew that her children would have to eat waffles or nothing," said the interviewer. 8. "in economie theory, "labour" is any work undertaken in return for fixed payments," said the lecturer. 9. "when our family bought the house, we experienced some problems but managed to benefit from it", mark lorraine told his son. 10. "we shall have to find building sites and hire architects and subcon-tractors", mary farrar told her husband. 11. " you haven't given me quite enough. the bill is for $14 and you've paid me only $ 13," he pointed out. 12. "i’ve no idea what the time is but i’ll dial 100 and find out," said his daughter. 13. "we like working on sundays because we get double pay," explained the fitters. 14. the advertisement said, "if you answer the questions correctly, you may win $100." 15. "they couldn't open the safe on the spot so they carried it away with them," the night watchman reported. 16. "yesterday тоm and i went to look at a house that he was thinking of buying. it was rather a nice house and had a lovely garden but тоm decided against it because it was opposite a cemetery," said celia.

Answer 1

1. Ted Fielding told Mr. Hampden that they had got trouble in the press room that morning.
2. Smith told Ian Hampden that he had cleaned Mr. Wiles's car the previous night out of works' time.
3. The Personnel Manager told the worker that an hour and a half would be subtracted from his pay that week and he had to warn the worker that if that happened again it would be a case of dismissal.
4. Jack Green said that he didn't think they had anything to say to each other.
5. The Manager said that shop stewards were allowed to collect union dues on the premises, but they could hold meetings in the factory or office block only with the permission of the management.
6. Caria told Ted that she had decided to stay there no matter how difficult it had been to meet expenses.
7. The interviewer said that Caria had known that her children would have had to eat waffles or nothing.
8. The lecturer said that in economie theory, "labour" is any work undertaken in return for fixed payments.
9. Mark Lorraine told his son that when their family had bought the house, they had experienced some problems but had managed to benefit from it.
10. Mary Farrah told her husband that they would have to find building sites and hire architects and subcon-tractors.
11. He pointed out that I hadn't given him quite enough. The bill was for $14 and I had paid him only $ 13.
12. His daughter said that she had no idea what the time was but she would dial 100 and find out.
13. The fitters explained that they liked working on Sundays because they got double pay.
14. The advertisement said if you answered the questions correctly, you might win $100.
15. The night watchman reported they couldn't open the safe on the spot so they had carried it away with them.
16. Celia said that yesterday Тоm and she had gone to look at a house that he had been thinking of buying. It had been rather a nice house and had had a lovely garden but Тоm had decided against it because it had been opposite a cemetery.