GRAMMAR QUIZ7.

2● GROUP A

Name:  ________________________ 4 ‘I can’t go out this evening,’ Paul said.

Class:  ________________________ Paul said that

evening.

5 ‘I’m painting now, so I’ll call you later,’ I told Anna.

7.2 Reported Speech – statements
I told                                                                      
1 Read the conversations, then complete the Reported
later.
Speech with the correct words.
Helen I met your sister yesterday. I haven’t seen for /5
ages.

Mark She moved to London last year. She’s living in a /15

flat with some friends now.

Helen Yes. I’m going to visit her next month.

Mark She’ll like that.

Helen said that she (1)                           Mark’s sister

the day (2)                           . She added that she
(3)                           her for ages. Mark explained that
his sister (4)                           to London the year
(5)                           . He said that she
(6)                           in a flat with some friends now.
Helen (7)                           Mark that she
(8)                           to visit Mark’s sister the
(9)                           month. Mark said that his sister
(10)                       that.
/10

2 Complete the second sentence so that it has the

same meaning as the first.
1‘I want to buy a larger poster,’ Tim said.

Tim said that                                                                   

a larger poster.

2‘The painting has been here for generations,’ the woman

explained.

The woman explained that

for generations.

3‘My dad is going to turn the basement into a cinema,’ the

boy claimed.

The boy claimed that

the basement into a cinema.

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