Report these sentences. Make any necessary changes to verb tense, pronouns, etc I'll drop you from the team if you don't train harder, said the captain?

VI. Report these sentences. Make any necessary changes to verb tense, pronouns, etc.

1. 'We have found the missing girl,' said the police last night.

=> Last night, the police said (that) they had found the missing girl.

2. 'I'll drop you from the team if you don't train harder,' said the captain.

=> The captain threatened to drop me! us from the team if I / we didn`t train harder.

3. 'I'd buy the big tin if I were you,' said the grocer.

=> The grocer advised me to buy a big tin.

4. 'Here are the car keys. You'd better wait in the car,' he said to her.

=> He gave her the car keys and advised her to wait in the car.

5. 'Why didn't you tell me about that yesterday, Peter?' Jane asked.

=> Jane asked Peter why he hadn`t told/ didn`t tell her about that the day before.

6. 'Would you please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called?' she said.

=> She asked me to wait in the lounge till my flight number was called.

7. 'I gave you my textbook last week. I insist,' Tom said.

=> Tom insisted on giving me his textbook the week before.

8. 'Could you speak more slowly, please? 1 can't understand,' he said to me.

=> He asked me to speak more slowly because he couldn`t understand.

9. 'I hope you have a good journey,' he said, 'Don't forget to send a card when you arrive.'

=> He wished me a good jouney and reminded me to send a card when I arrived/ had arrived.

10. 'I'm sorry 1 didn't phone you earlier. I was very busy,' Jill said to me.

=> Jill apologized for not phoning me earlie`r and explained that he was/ had been very busy.

11. 'It's not true! I have never been arrested!' Larry said.

=> Larry denied ever having been arrested.

12. 'Why not decorate your baby's room?' Ann said, 'If you like, I'll help you do the decorating, Sue.'

=> Ann suggested decorating the baby`s room and offered to help Sue do the decorating.

13. 'You pressed the wrong button,' said the mechanic. 'Don't do it again. You might have a nasty accident.'

=> The mechanic pointed out that I had pressed the wrong button and warned me not to do it again or I might have a nasty accident.

14. 'Can you answer the phone? I'm having shower!' he said to his son.

=> He asked his son to answer the phone because he was having shower.

15. 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' I said to Jim. 'No, thanks. I must go now,' he said.

=> I offered Jim a cup of coffee but he refused and said that he had to go then.