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Name: School ID:

Mara de Jess Ros Reyes 2707247
Miriam Saraley Prez Jardines 2640104
David de Jess Montelongo Padilla 2690712
Heriberto Gonzalez Cortez 2709850
Josue Osiel Hernndez Hernndez 2709842
Course name: Teacher Name:
Advanced English II Maria Claudia Ibarguengoitia Tena
Module: Activity:
Module 3. Succeeding at work Topic 13: Telecommunications.
Date: April 20th, 2017
Bibliography:
Powell, M. (2014). In company 3.0. Students Book. Thailand: Macmillan Press.

Title: Topic 13: Telecommunications.

Instructions: rewrite the following in reported speech.

1 Martin said, "I am ill."

Martin said that he was ill.

2 Martin said, "I've just bought a house."

Martin said that he'd just bought a house.

3 Martin said, "I'm going on holiday tomorrow."

Martin said that he was going on holiday the next day.

4 Martin said, "I can call her."

Martin said that he could call her.

5 Martin said, "John doesn't have time tomorrow."

Martin said that John didn't have time the next day.

6 Martin said, "It'll be tough."

Martin said that it would be tough, but it wasn't.

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7 Martin said, "I've been looking for you."

Martin told me that he had been looking for me.

8 Martin said, "I won't be there."

Martin said he wouldn't be there, but he was.

Exercise 2
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a
request, a statement or a question.
1. He said, "I like this song."
He said that he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
She said that she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
He said that he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.