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Reported Speech Exercise 4

The document is an exercise on reported speech that provides 10 examples of direct quotes and asks the reader to select the correct option to change the quote into reported speech based on the context provided such as the day or time. The goal is to practice changing direct quotes into reported speech by selecting the appropriate changes to words like today, tomorrow, now based on the new context provided in the reported quote.

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Reported Speech Exercise 4

The document is an exercise on reported speech that provides 10 examples of direct quotes and asks the reader to select the correct option to change the quote into reported speech based on the context provided such as the day or time. The goal is to practice changing direct quotes into reported speech by selecting the appropriate changes to words like today, tomorrow, now based on the new context provided in the reported quote.

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Reported speech: exercise 4

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Exercise 4

Use one of the options to complete the sentences in the reported speech.

On Monday: "We will set off tomorrow."


A week later: They said they would set off .................................................................................
a) tomorrow b) the next day

In the morning: "I'm going to meet Greg tomorrow."


In the evening: Marion said she was going to meet Greg ............................................................
a) tomorrow b) the following day

"I don't want to put this shelf here."


Mark told me in the bedroom he didn't want to put .....................................................................
a) that shelf there b) this shelf there

On 1 June: "I invited him last week."


On 10 June: She told me that she had invited him .......................................................................
a) the previous week b) last week

On Thursday: "We went to see our grandma last week."


On Friday: They said they had gone to see their grandma ...........................................................
a) the previous week b) last week

At school: "We are writing a test today."


After school: Jim told me they were writing a test ......................................................................
a) today b) that day

"I will resign today."


Last Friday Tina announced that she would resign .......................................................
a) today b) that day

"I entered the university the day before yesterday."


Yesterday Peter said he had entered the university ......................................................................
a) two days before b) in two days' time

"I got my driving licence two years ago."


Betty told me today she had got her driving licence ....................................................................
a) two years ago b) in two years' time

Yesterday: "I'll manage to finish the project the day after tomorrow."
Today: Bob promised he would manage to finish the project ...........................................
a) in two days' time b) the day after tomorrow

"We can do it now."


My mum said we could do it ........................................................................................................
a) now b) then

ESL worksheets on e-grammar.org

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