Indirect Speech - not imperatives

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

The TV reporter said, "The landslide is one of the worst in history."

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

The TV reporter said, "It caused the destruction of half the houses in the town."

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

My sister called and said, "There is no electricity because of the hurricane."

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

The newspaper said, "There will be a typhoon in the next thirty-six hours."

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

The paper said, "The drought of 1999 was the worst natural disaster of the twentieth century."

Directions: Change each statement to indirect speech.

After the great snowstorm in 1888, a New York newspaper reported, "The blizzard of ´88 caused more damage than any previous storm."