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Exercise Reported Speech

The document provides a series of examples demonstrating how to convert direct speech into reported speech. Each example includes a direct quote followed by its corresponding reported speech transformation. The content serves as a practical exercise for understanding the rules of reported speech.

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Exercise Reported Speech

The document provides a series of examples demonstrating how to convert direct speech into reported speech. Each example includes a direct quote followed by its corresponding reported speech transformation. The content serves as a practical exercise for understanding the rules of reported speech.

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Reported Statements Mixed Exercise

Change this direct speech into reported speech.

1. "He works in a bank"


She said he worked in a bank.

2. "We went out last night"


She told me they had gone out the night before .

3. "I'm coming!"
She said she was coming.

4. "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived"


She told me she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived .

5. "I'd never been there before"


She said she had never been there before .

6. "I didn't go to the party"


She told me she hadn’t gone to the party.

7. "Lucy'll come later"


She said Lucy would come later.

8. "He hasn't eaten breakfast"


She told me he hadn’t eaten breakfast.

9. "I can help you tomorrow"


She said she could help me the next day.

10. "You should go to bed early"


She told me I should go to bed early.

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11. "I don't like chocolate"
She told me she didn’t like chocolate.

12. "I won't see you tomorrow"


She said she wouldn’t see me the next day.

13. "She's living in Paris for a few months"


She said she was living in Paris for a few months.

14. "I visited my parents at the weekend"


She told me she had visited her parents at the weekend.

15. "She hasn't eaten sushi before"


She said she hadn’t eaten sushi before .

16. "I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to London"


She said she hadn’t travelled by underground before she came to London .

17. "They would help if they could"


She said they would help if they could .

18. "I'll do the washing-up later"


She told me she would do the washing-up later.

19. "He could read when he was three"


She said he could read when he was three .

20. "I was sleeping when Julie called"


She said she had been sleeping when Julie called .

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