Use Reported Speech
l. She said: "I like oranges better than
bananas." 2. The music teacher said (to me): "You play the piece very
well." 3. "Are you busy now?" he asked. 4. The dean said:
"I want to have a word with you." 5. "Do you always have
ice-cream for dessert?" she asked. 6. "We'll have enough time to
finish the work," the workers said. 7. The teacher asked: "How long
will it take you to prepare your talk?" 8. My mother asked: "Why are
you so sad?" 9. "Shall I open the window?" the student asked.
10. The boy said: "I'll never smoke again." 11. The librarian said:
"There are a lot of English books in our library." 12. "Do you
know why he is absent?" the teacher asked.

l. She said: "I like oranges better than bananas." She said that she liked oranges better than bananas2. The music teacher said (to me): "You play the piece very well." The music teacher said that I played the piece very well3. "Are you busy now?" he asked. He asked if I was busy then4. The dean said: "I want to have a word with you." The dean said he wanted to have a word with me5. "Do you always have ice-cream for dessert?" she asked. She asked if I always had  ice-cream for dessert6. "We'll have enough time to finish the work," the workers said. The workers said that they would have enough time to finish the work7. The teacher asked: "How long will it take you to prepare your talk?" The teacher asked  how long it would take me to prepare me talk 8. My mother asked: "Why are you so sad?" My mother asked why I was so sad9. "Shall I open the window?" the student asked.The student asked if he would open the window10. The boy said: "I'll never smoke again."The boy said that he would never smoke again 11. The librarian said: "There are a lot of English books in our library." The librarian said that there were a lot of English books in their library12. "Do you know why he is absent?" the teacher asked.The teacher asked if I knew why he was absent