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Reported Statements: Past Simple

Change the direct speech into reported speech.

1. "I went to the cinema yesterday."


She said

2. "Jane left the party early."


She told me

3. "I didn't go out at the weekend."


She said

4. "He didn't like chocolate as a child."


She said

5. "They visited Japan."


She said

6. "She didn't buy the dress."


He told me

7. "I travelled through India and Pakistan."


She told me

8. "He met his girlfriend in a café."


She said

9. "David didn't arrive until 10 o'clock."


She said

10. "We went to the park to have a picnic."


She told me

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11. "We ate Chinese food, then we walked home."
She told me

12. "She forgot to bring the CDs."


He told me

13. "I didn't like the food in the restaurant."


She said

14. "He didn't take a shower."


She said

15. "I worked until six."


She said

16. "We went to Paris for the weekend."


She said

17. "The plane left at seven."


She said

18. "I came to London in 2004."


She said

19. "Lucy didn't go to university."


She told me

20. "John never studied German."


She said

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Answers

1. She said she had been / went to the cinema yesterday.


2. She told me Jane had left / left the party early.
3. She said she hadn't gone / didn't go out at the weekend.
4. She said he hadn't liked / didn't like chocolate as a child.
5. She said they had visited / visited Japan.
6. He told me she hadn't bought / didn't buy the dress.
7. She told me she had travelled / travelled through India and Pakistan.
8. She said he had met / met his girlfriend in a café.
9. She said David hadn't arrived / didn't arrive until 10 o'clock.
10. She told me they had gone / went to the park to have a picnic.
11. She told me they had eaten / ate Chinese food, then they walked home.
12. He told me she had forgotten / forgot to bring the CDs.
13. She said she hadn't liked / didn't like the food in the restaurant.
14. She said he hadn't taken / didn't take a shower.
15. She said she had worked / worked until six.
16. She said they had gone / went to Paris for the weekend.
17. She said the plane had left / left at seven.
18. She said she had come / came to London in 2004.
19. She told me Lucy hadn't gone / didn't go to university.
20. She said John had never studied / never studied German.

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