GRAMMAR QUIZ 8.

5 ● GROUP B

Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________

8.5 Reported speech

1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first.
0 Graham said, ‘I’m from the UK.’
Graham said he was from the UK.
1 ‘I work in advertising,’ Ann said.
Ann said she in advertising.
2 ‘I can’t go to the cinema later,’ said Jack.
Jack said he go to the cinema later.
3 ‘We’re staying in a hotel near the beach,’ said Rosie.
Rosie said in a hotel near the beach.
4 ‘I’m not going to work tomorrow,’ Martin told his friend.
Martin told his friend to work the following
day.
5 ‘I’ve never been to New York,’ Jane said to her boss.
Jane told never been to New York.
6 ‘I don’t want to go swimming,’ complained Tim.
Tim complained that he to go swimming.
7 ‘I didn’t meet my friends last night,’ said Ralph.
Ralph said his friends the night before.
8 ‘I drove into town this morning,’ said Monica.
Monica said she ______________ into town that morning.
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2 Rewrite the sentences using reported speech.

0 ‘I’ve never been to London,’ said Maria.
Maria said she had never been to London.
1 ‘I’ve just come back from France,’ said Sarah.
Sarah said she .
2 ‘I’m going home,’ said Lucy.
Lucy said she .
3 ‘It was wet on our holiday,’ said Mike.
Mike said it .
4 ‘I don’t enjoy playing tennis,’ said Roger.
Roger said he .
5 ‘Tim and I are going skiing,’ said Adam.
Adam said he and Tim .
6 ‘I’m not studying,’ said Marta.
Marta said she .
7 ‘I can paint quite well,’ said Helen.
Helen said she .
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