Subject

English III

Title of the paper

Reported speech present simple

Author’s name (with ID)

Santiago Ocampo Naranjo
622893

Jorge Borrero

Colombia, May 2020

Reported speech present simple

Direct speech Reported speech

Simple present Simple past

"I always drink coffee", she said She said that she always drank coffee.

Rewrite the following sentences into reported speech

1. ¨I usually get up at 5:00 a.m.¨, he said that he usually got up at 5:00 a.m.

2. ¨We buy a new car”, they said that they bought a new car

3. ¨she never eats fast food”, she said that she never ate fast food

4. ¨They play football”, she said that they played football

5. ¨the bus is so old”, he said that the bus was so old

6. ¨she feels in love”, they said that she felt in love

7. ¨They study a lot”, she said that they studied a lot

8. ¨she cleans the house”, he said that she cleaned the house

9. ¨They practice basketball”, they said that they practiced basketball

10. ¨Caroline is depressed”, they said that Caroline had been depressed

11. ¨Joseph gives up his job”, she said that Joseph gave up his job

12. ¨The children go to school”, they said that the children went to school