EXERCISE 1
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech
1-He was studying yesterday. She said
2-I will go to the party. He told me
3-Mary can't stand mean people. He said
4-I must call my sister tomorrow. He said
5-I don't like coffee. She told me
6-Please, do me a favour. She asked
7-What shall I do about it? He asked
8-I have forgotten his number. She said
9-May I sit here? She asked if
| 10-I have been waiting for ages. She said
11-Tim works in an office. He told me
|12-I have been to Paris twice. She said
| 13-My husband is in Poland. She told me
14-I won't do the shopping tomorrow. He said
| 15-Neil has already seen this film. She said,
16-Gloria is sitting in her room now. He said
| 17-I don't go to parties. She told
| 18-I have been working in the garden. She said
EXERCISE 2 Choose the correct option.
EXERCISE 3 Change the time reference.
Sometimes more than one answer is correct.
When I saw/seen Mary at the office this/that
morning, she wasn't looking very well. In fact she
had looked/looked a bit tired. I tell/asked her
what the matter is/was with her but she
wouldn't tell/say me. I wanted/had been
wanting to know what was going on so I
ask/asked Phil but he didn't/wasn't know,
either. Two hours later, at about ten o'clock, we
met/were meeting at the canteen to have a
cup of coffee. But Mary didn't/wasn't order
anything to drink. I knew she loved coffee so that
was quite strange. When I asked her why she
wasn't/didn't want anything to drink she said
she didn't have/wasn't having her wallet. Her
husband had been taking/had taken it. I
said/asked her how she was coming/
1-Sally is leaving today.
He said Sally was leaving
2-He visited London last week.
He said he had visited London_
3-We had an argument last night.
He said they'd had an argument
4-I'm not eating now.
He said he wasn't eating
5-Jimmy is coming next week.
He said Jimmy was coming
6-I forgot my key yesterday.
He said he'd forgotten his key_
7-1ll call you tomorrow.
He said he would call me
8-1 don't live here anymore.
had come to work and she said that as she
He said he didn't live
Lanymore.
didn't have any money at all she come/came on
foot. So that's why she is/was so tired! She
lived in a nearby town which was ten kilometers
away! No wonder why she is/was exhausted!
9-I'm meeting Phil tonight.
She said she was meeting Phil
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