Xii. turn from direct speech into reported speech. 1. “don’t forget to post this letter”, she said to me. 2. my friend said to me: “we have been waiting for you for 20 minutes”. 3. jane said: “i am all right. nothing worries me”. 4. he asked me: “can you give me your pen? ” 5. she asked: “has he already come home after lessons? ” xiii. rewrite the following sentences in direct speech. 1. he told me that his son would arrive the next day. 2. david said he had broken his bicycle. 3. they told us they were busy: they were discussing a very important question. 4. tom said he had been working at school for three years. 5. susan asked ann when she would give her new telephone number.