Wednesday 19 September 2018
Change this direct speech into reported speech:
1. “He works in a bank”
She said ______________________________________________________
2. “We went out last night”
She told me ______________________________________________________
3. “I’m coming!”
She said ______________________________________________________
4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
She told me ______________________________________________________
5. “ I’d never been there before”
She said ______________________________________________________
6. “I didn’t go to the party”
She told me ______________________________________________________
7. “Lucy’ll come later”
She said ______________________________________________________
8. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”
She told me ______________________________________________________
9. “I can help you tomorrow”
She said ___________________________________________________________
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10. “You should go to bed early”
She told me ______________________________________________________
11. “I don’t like chocolate”
She told me ______________________________________________________
12. “I won’t see you tomorrow”
She said ______________________________________________________
13. “She’s living in Paris for a few months”
She said _____________________________________________________
14. “I visited my parents at the weekend”
She told me ______________________________________________________
15. “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”
She said ______________________________________________________
16. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London”
She said ______________________________________________________
17. “They would help if they could”
She said ______________________________________________________
18. “I’ll do the washing-up later”
She told me ______________________________________________________
19. “He could read when he was three”
She said ______________________________________________________
20. “I was sleeping when Julie called”
She said ______________________________________________________
