The document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 50 examples provided that change the perspective from first person to third person when moving from direct to indirect speech.
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Reported Speech
The document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting direct quotes as indirect speech. There are 50 examples provided that change the perspective from first person to third person when moving from direct to indirect speech.
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REPORTED SPEECH
1/ Robert said, “This film is very funny.”
→ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2/ “I’m starting a new job next week.” She said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 3/ “I got my exam results last week.” He told them. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 4/ “I can’t afford to buy this dress.” said Sally. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 5/ “I would buy a car if I had enough money.” He said to her. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 6/ Frank said, “That’s the house where I was born.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 7/ “That was a wonderful party.” Said Jill. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 8/ “Oranges grow in hot countries.” The teacher said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 9/ “A lot of people visit museums.” He said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 10/ “This is a very famous statue.” The tour guide told us. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 11/ “I don’t like that jacket.” Said Bob. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 12/ “I may be a little late this evening.” She said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 13/ “You’d better clean up this mess.” Mum said to Claire. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 14/ “I found this note under the sofa.” said Sue. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 15/ “I won’t be late again.” He said to us. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 16/ “If I finish work early, I’ll call you.” She said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 17/ “I’ve been training hard recently.” He told the reporters. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 18/ “Shall I make some tea?” said Zoe. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 19/ “We must go home now.” said the man to his children. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 20/ “Those are the boys who chased me.” Sarah said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 21/ “You should make a decision soon.” Andrew told her. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 22/ The instruction said, “The camera needs two batteries.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 23/ “I’ve finished the letters you asked me to write.” Jill said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 24/ “Pandas live in China.” The teacher said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 25/ “I have to tidy my bedroom now.” Toby said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 26/ “I should have bought her a present.” He said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 27/ “I’ll pick you up at eight o’clock.” She told me. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 28/ “You ought to go to the doctor’s.” She said to her son. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 29/ They said, “We’ve never travelled by plane before.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 30/ “We might go to the cinema tonight.” They said. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 31/ “Will you help me carry the box, please?” Dad asked. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 32/ “What time will you be home?” Mum asked me. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 33/ “Can you play guitar?” He asked her. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 34/ The boss asked me, “Have you finished those reports?” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 35/ “Why do you want to leave your job?” Pam asked me. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 36/ “How many films have you starred in?” She asked me. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 37/ “Have you visited many interesting places?” My dad asked my friend. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 38/ “Are you happy with your life?” My friend asked me. → ________________________________________________________________________________ 39/ The teacher said to the student, “Come and see me after the lesson.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 40/ He said, “Shall we go out for dinner? → ________________________________________________________________________________ 41/ Collin said to Dave, “Please hold this book for me.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 42/ He said to her, “Close the door, please.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 43/ Father said, “How about going to the beach?” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 44/ She said, “Let’s watch the game on TV.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 45/ He said to them, “Please, please don’t hurt me.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 46/ The policeman said to the thieves, “Put your hands up!” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 47/ The man said to the waiter, “Can you bring me some water, please?” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 48/ Jason said to his father, “Please, please let me go to the party.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 49/ The librarian said to the boys, “Don’t make so much noise.” → ________________________________________________________________________________ 50/ The chef said to me, “Put the cake in the oven.” → 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