REPORTED SPEECH - LESSON 2

Please rewrite the sentences by taking into account the directions given in class about Reported Speech.
1 My name is Carol Sanders. I live in England now, but when I was younger,

2 I lived in Hong Kong. My father was a businessman there and

3 My mother worked as a secretary. We lived in Hong Kong for seven years.

4 I was happy at school, with lots of friends, and we had a good time. I liked

5 Pop music - The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Jake Rosso were my favourites.

6 Jake Rosso was my favourite singer. He died in a car accident the year I left school

7 But I listened to his Pop records all the time. I had hundreds of

8 Pictures and photos of him on my bedroom wall. Then one day in winter when

9 I was seventeen, things began to go wrong for me. My father went

10 To Australia on business. I loved him very much and didn't like him going away

11 "Come home quickly", I always said to him. He was in Australia for two weeks.

12 Then, on the day of his journey home, an airplane from Sydney crashed into

13 The sea just South of Hong Kong. Everybody on the plane died.

14 I heard about the plane crash on television. At first, I didn't think

15 About my father. Then, I remembered he was flying back from

16 From Sydney on that day. "Oh, no!" I cried.

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 REPORTED SPEECH - LESSON 2

Please rewrite the sentences by taking into account the directions given in class about Reported Speech.
1 My name is Carol Sanders. I live in England now, but when I was younger,
Her name is / was Carol Sanders. She lives / lived in England now / then, but when she was younger

2 I lived in Hong Kong. My father was a businessman there and

She lived / had lived in Hong Kong. Her father was / had been a businessman there and
3 My mother worked as a secretary. We lived in Hong Kong for seven years.
Her mother worked / had worked as a secretary. They lived / had lived in Hong Kong for seven years.

4 I was happy at school, with lots of friends, and we had a good time. I liked
She was / had been happy at school, with lots of friends, and they had / had had a good time. She liked

5 Pop music - The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Jake Rosso were my favourites.
Pop music - The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Jake Rosso were her favourites.

6 Jake Rosso was my favourite singer. He died in a car accident the year I left school
Jake Rosso was her favourite singer. He died / had died in a car accident the year she left / had left
school

7 But I listened to his Pop records all the time. I had hundreds of
But she listened / had listened to his Pop records all the time. She had / had had hundreds of

8 Pictures and photos of him on my bedroom wall. Then one day in winter when
Pictures and photos of him on her bedroom wall. Then, one day in winter when

9 I was seventeen, things began to go wrong for me. My father went

She was seventeen, things began / had begun to go wrong for her. Her father went / had gone

10 To Australia on business. I loved him very much and didn't like him going away
To Australia on business. She loved / had loved him very much and didn't like / hadn't like him going
away.
11 "Come home quickly", I always said to him. He was in Australia for two weeks.
"Come home quickly", She always said to him. He was / had been in Australia for two weeks.
12 Then, on the day of his journey home, an airplane from Sydney crashed into
Then, on the day of his journey home, an airplane from Sydney crashed / had crashed into
13 The sea just South of Hong Kong. Everybody on the plane died.
The sea just South of Hong Kong. Everybody on the plane died / had died.
14 I heard about the plane crash on television. At first, I didn't think
She heard / had heard about the plane crash on television. At first, she didn't think / hadn't though

15 About my father. Then, I remembered he was flying back from

About her father. Then, she remembered / had remembered he was / had been flying back from

16 From Sydney on that day. "Oh, no!" I cried.

From Sydney on that day. "Oh, no!" She cried.