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Finish the sentences using Reported speech.

 1. Emily: "My teacher will go to London next month.


Emily said that .
2. Helen: "I was writing a letter when you came yesterday."
Helen told me that .
3. Rob: "My father flew to Paris last week."
Rob said that .
4. Mick: "I'm going to read a magazine this week."
Mick told me that .
5. Jane: "I'll do my best in the exams tomorrow."
Jane told me that . CHECK
6. Andrew: "We didn't eat chicken two days ago."
Andrew said to me that .
7. Alice: "I spent all my pocket money last Tuesday."
Alice complained that .
8. David: "John had already left at seven.”
David said that

K E Y :

1.Emily said that her teacher would go to London the following


month.
2. Helen told me that she had been writing writing a letter when I
had come the day before.
3. Rob said that his father had flown to Paris the week before.
4. Mick told me that he was going to read a magazine that week.
5. Jane told me that she would do her best in the exam the next day.
6. Andrew said to me that they hadn’t eaten chicken two days
before.
7. Alice complained that she had spent all her pocket money the
previous Monday.
8. David said that John had already left at seven.
Finish the sentences using Reported speech.
 1. Teacher: "Do your homework."
The teacher told me.. .

2. Andrew: "Clean the blue bike."


Andrew told me …
3. Jessica: "Write a letter."
Jessica told me …
4. Nelly: "Help Peter's sister."
Nelly told me …
5. Anna: "Open the window."
Anna told me … CHECK
6. Ben: "Come home at 8."
Ben told me …
7. Tom: "Dance with me."
Tom told me …
8. Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station."
Sabine told me …
KEY:

1. The teacher told me to do my homework.


2. Andrew told me to clean the blue bike.
3. Jessica told me to write a letter.
4. Nelly told me to help Peter’s sister.
5. Anna told me to open the window.
6. Ben told me to come home at 8.
7. Tom told me to dance with him.
8. Sabine told me to meet her at the station.
check
1. Yesterday Mandy asked me if I was reading that book then.
2. Yesterday Jason asked me who had given me the book the day before.
3. Yesterday Robert asked me if I was leaving the following Friday.
4. Yesterday Daniel asked me if I thought it would rain the next day.
5. Yesterday Jennifer asked me where we played football.
6. Yesterday Nancy asked me why I hadn’t gone to New York the previous
summer.
7. Yesterday Barbara asked me if I had to do the homework that week.
8. Yesterday Linda asked me if Max had flown to London two weeks
before.
Slide 3

Tenses
Direct speech REPORTED SPEECH

Present Past
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Past Tense Past Perfect
Past Perfect Past Perfect
Future ( will) Future in the past (would)

More changes….
Now Then
Last . .before
Today That day
Ago . .before
Tomorrow The next day Slide 5
this that
yesterday The day before

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