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Reported Statements Mixed Exercise: Change This Direct Speech Into Reported Speech

The document provides examples of direct speech and the corresponding reported speech. It contains 20 examples where direct statements are changed to reported statements by modifying pronouns, adverbs of time and verbs. The summaries provide the reported version of the direct statements according to standard rules of reported speech.

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Reported Statements Mixed Exercise: Change This Direct Speech Into Reported Speech

The document provides examples of direct speech and the corresponding reported speech. It contains 20 examples where direct statements are changed to reported statements by modifying pronouns, adverbs of time and verbs. The summaries provide the reported version of the direct statements according to standard rules of reported speech.

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Reported Statements Mixed Exercise

Change this direct speech into reported speech:


1. “He works in a bank”
She said (that) he worked in a bank.
2. “We went out last night”
She told me they had gone out the previous night / the night before.
3. “I’m coming!”
She said she was coming.
4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
She told me she had been waiting for the bus when he had arrived.
5. “I’d never been there before”
She said she would never been there before.
6. “I didn’t go to the party”
She told me she had not gone to the party.
7. “Lucy’ll come later”
She said Lucy would come/go later.
8. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”
She told me he hadn’t eaten breakfast.
9. “I can help you tomorrow”
She said she could help me the following day.
10. “You should go to bed early”
She told me
11. “I don’t like chocolate”
She told me
12. “I won’t see you tomorrow”
She said
13. “She’s living in Paris for a few months”
She said
14. “I visited my parents at the weekend”
She told me

15. “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”


She said

16. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London”


She said

17. “They would help if they could”


She said

18. “I’ll do the washing-up later”


She told me

19. “He could read when he was three”


She said

20. “I was sleeping when Julie called”


She said
Reported statements: Answers

1. She said (that) he worked in a bank.


2. She told me (that) they went (had gone) out last night (the night before).
3. She said (that) she was coming.
4. She told me (that) she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.
5. She said (that) she had never been there before.
6. She told me (that) she didn't go (hadn't gone) to the party.
7. She said (that) Lucy would come later.
8. She told me (that) he hadn't eaten breakfast.
9. She said (that) she could help me tomorrow.
10. She told me (that) I should go to bed early.
11. She told me (that) she didn't like chocolate.
12. She said (that) she wouldn't see me tomorrow.
13. She said (that) she was living in Paris for a few months.
14. She told me (that) she visited (had visited) her parents at the weekend.
15. She said (that) she hadn't eaten sushi before.
16. She said (that) she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London.
17. She said (that) they would help if they could.
18. She told me (that) she would do the washing-up later.
19. She said (that) he could read when he was three.
20. She said (that) she had been sleeping when Julie called.

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