12B GRAMMAR  reported (or indirect) speech

a Look at the pictures. Change the direct speech to reported speech.

1 2 3 4 It’ll be
I can’t see I don’t like I’ve tidied expensive.
anything. the music. my room.

5 6 I lost 7 8
I love I’ve found
I’m not going the match. your keys.
to the party. you.

1 She said that she couldn’t see anything. 5 She said that .
2 He told her that . 6 He told his wife that .
3 He told his father that . 7 He told her that .
4 The man said that . 8 She said that .

b Look at the pictures. Change the reported speech to direct speech.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

1 She said that she wasn’t very hungry.
‘I’m not very hungry.’
2 The nurse told the man that it wouldn’t hurt.
3 He told the police that it was his mother’s car.
4 She said that she had finished her homework.
5 He told the instructor that he couldn’t swim.
6 He told her that he would always love her.
7 They said that they wanted to check out.
8 He told the woman that he was lost.

ACTIVATION

Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures in a and b.
Use reported speech to say what each speaker said.

  She said that she couldn’t say anything.

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