Change into Reported Speech.

1. John (to his sister): Buy three envelopes for me. 2. Richard (to his younger brother): Don’t play in the street. 3. Kate (to her friend): Let me have the August number of the magazine, please. 4. Steve (to his mother): We have received a registered letter from Moscow. 5. Rose: I hope I shall be back in an hour. 6. Roger: I have never been in mountains. 7. Jack: I’m expecting a letter from my pen-friend. 8. Mother to her children: Don’t turn off the gas! 9. Man: I had to buy the newspaper at a stand. 10. Woman (to the shop-assistant): Have you weighed and rapped up the chicken?

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1. John told his sister to buy three envelopes for him.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "told" and changing the pronoun "to" to "for".

2. Richard told his younger brother not to play in the street.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "told" and changing the negative command "Don't" to "not".

3. Kate asked her friend to let her have the August number of the magazine.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "asked" and changing the pronoun "me" to "her" and "please" to "let her have".

4. Steve told his mother that they had received a registered letter from Moscow.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "told" and changing the pronoun "we" to "they" and "from" to "that".

5. Rose said that she hoped she would be back in an hour.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" and changing the pronoun "I" to "she" and "shall" to "would".

6. Roger said that he had never been in the mountains.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" and keeping the past perfect tense "had never been".

7. Jack said that he was expecting a letter from his pen-friend.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" and keeping the present continuous tense "was expecting".

8. The mother told her children not to turn off the gas.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "told" and changing the negative command "Don't" to "not".

9. The man said that he had had to buy the newspaper at a stand.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" and keeping the past perfect tense "had had".

10. The woman asked the shop-assistant if he had weighed and wrapped up the chicken.
Explanation: We change the sentence to reported speech by using the reporting verb "asked" and using the conjunction "if" to introduce the reported question.