Exercise 31 Look at these statements in reported speech and write down what the characters actually said.
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Exercise 29 Write reported questions.
Exercise 28 Write these direct statements in reported speech.
Exercise 27 Write these reported statements in direct speech.
1. He said it was raining.
2. She said she didn't have any money.
3. He said he liked watching television.
4. She said she would leave early.
5. He said he'd spoken to his mother the week before.
6. She said she hadn't understood the question.
1. ‘I'm late,' she said.
2. ‘I'm getting angry,' she said.
3. ‘She's gone,' he said.
4. ‘He's working abroad,' she said.
5. ‘I called her this morning,' he said.
6. ‘We'll pay for this,' she said.
1. ‘Who is he?' she asked.
2. ‘Why is she working so late?' he asked.
3. ‘Is she British?' he asked.
4. ‘What's her name?' he asked.
5. ‘What did she buy?' he asked.
6. ‘Will you have something to eat?' she asked.
7. ‘Have you got any money?' he asked me.
8. ‘How did you do this?' she asked.
Exercise 30 Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech using the reporting verbs below.
agree decide offer promise advise warn
1. ‘Would you like a lift?' he said.
2. ‘I know! I'll take the train,' she said.
3. ‘I'll ring when I get there,' he said.
4. ‘Don't drive so fast!' she said.
5. ‘Why don't you go and lie down?' she said.
6. ‘OK, I'll pay you ten pounds,' he said.
1. She said she liked him.
2. She said she was seeing him that evening.
3. She said she had never felt like that before.
4. He said he had enjoyed meeting her that night.
5. He said he would ring her the next day.
Exercise 32 Match the sentences in box A to their reported equivalents in box B.
A
She said:
a) I'll always think about you.'
b) ‘I've always thought about you'
c) ‘I'm always thinking about you.'
d) ‘I always think about you.'
e) ‘I always thought about you.'
f) ‘I was always thinking about you.'
B
She said …
1 she had always thought about him.
2 she had always been thinking about him.
3 she always thought about him.
4 she would always think about him.
5 she was always thinking about him.
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