Change into reported speech
1. “Please help me paint my flat,” Don said to his friends.
Don asked his friends to help him paint his flat..........................
2. “Be careful, Betty! The road is wet,” said Robert.
Robert told Betty to be careful because the road was wet.........
3. “Why is the sky blue?” asked the little child.
The child asked her parents why the sky was wet.....................
4. “Let´s eat lots of vegetables every day,” my mother said.
My mother suggested eating lots of vegetables every day........
5. “Did you go to the opera last night?” Jill asked.
Jill asked me if I went to the opera the previous day.................
6. The reporter said, “My photographer has been late three times this
week!”
The reporter said that his photographer had been late three times
that week...........................................................................................
Choose the correct time expression
1. “Let’s go to lunch next week.”
She suggested going to lunch the following week… .
a. the following week b.next week c. that week
2. “I am going to buy a new computer tomorrow.”
He said he was going to buy a new computer the next day… .
a. the day before b. the next day c.tomorrow
3. “We are eating now.”
She said they were eating then… .
a. now b. later c. then
4. “Did you call me last night?”
He asked whether I had called him the night before… .
a. the night before b. yesterday c. last night
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
1. “My parents are reading the paper.”
Mike said that his parents were reading the paper .
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2. “David will arrive soon.”
Bill said that Davie would arrive soon .
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3. “John forgot my birthday!”
Tessa said that John had forgotten her birthday.
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4. ”I’m not waiting for you.”
