[xhuliana]

Rewrite these sentences into reported speech.

1-where did you get these dress?
2-who did these dress belong to?
3-where do you buy your clothes?
4-how long have you been collecting these clothes?
5-what will you wear at the party?
6-why are you decorating the house?
7-what style do you like?
8-do you always get what you want?
9-do you have to pay a lot for a new item?
10-have you got to wear them all the time?
11-did you like the silver cigarette case?
12-will your husband come to the party?
13-can you afford all these dresses?
14-are you the only one who puts on other people's clothes?
15-where you so found of clothes when you were a child?

[xhuliana]

Help me please

[Wondergirl]

I'm not sure what you are supposed to do. Are you supposed to put them into correct English? (They are very poor English now.)

Please explain further and do one or two as an example.

[xhuliana]

They are correct but i have to put them into reported speech. For example: where did you get that dress?
He asked me where did i got that dress. Please i need them because tomorrow we have exam. I want to learn how to do them.

[Wondergirl]

I'm still not sure what you need. (Please do not type in caps. That means you are shouting at me.)

Are you supposed to use quotation marks?

Many of the sentences are NOT correct English.

[xhuliana]

I am sorry I am not shouting at you I will never do so. The caps were on. I don't know how to explain it really ,I just need them to be in the reported speech.

[Wondergirl]

I do not know what your teacher means by "reported speech."

[Wondergirl]

How about this:

1- He asked me, "Where did you get that dress?"

[xhuliana]

Direct speech: “I speak English.”

Reported speech: He says that he speaks English.

Reported speech: He said that he spoke English.

If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker's exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. The structure is a little different depending on whether you want to transform a statement, question or request.

[xhuliana]

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

Direct speech: “I like ice cream”
Reported speech: She says she likes ice cream

[xhuliana]

I report something that a friend tells me .

[xhuliana]

1. She asked where I got this dress.

2. She asked to whom the dress belonged.

[Wondergirl]

I'm a native English speaker and have never been taught that, especially to change the subject from first person to second or third or change the tense.

Your examples are clear enough, so it sounds like you understand the assignment. My only problem is that some of your assignment sentences are poor.

[xhuliana]

Okay thanks for the help anyway. All the best

[Wondergirl]

You're going to use the poorly written assignment sentences?

[xhuliana]

What else can I do ? I live in Albania and our teacher gave us these sentences ,to rewrite them into reported speech

[Wondergirl]

Here are the assignment sentences in correct English:

1-where did you get these dresses?
2-to whom did these dresses belong?
3-where do you buy your clothes?
4-how long have you been buying these clothes?
5-what will you wear to the party?
6-why are you decorating the house?
7-what style do you like?
8-do you always get what you want?
9-do you have to pay a lot for a new item?
10-do you wear them all the time?
11-did you like the silver cigarette case?
12-will your husband come to the party?
13-can you afford all these dresses?
14-are you the only one who wears other people's clothes?
15-were you so fond of clothes when you were a child?

[Wondergirl]

Reported speech --

1-She wondered where I got these dresses.
2-She asked me to whom these dresses belong.
3-Grandmother inquired where I buy my clothes.
4-She then ranted to me about how long I have been buying these clothes.

[xhuliana]

Its weird but you gave me the solution of the sentence. You made them into reported speech.

[Wondergirl]

I only corrected the English. I did not make them reported speech.