Exercise. 1. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.
A. Katie 1) told Dave that she had met a set of twins at a party. “They looked exactly the same,” she 2) ________________. “I couldn’t 3) ______________ the difference between them.” “I’ve got a twin brother, too,” 4) ______________ Dave. “Are you 5) ______________ me the truth?” asked Katie. “6)_______________ me his name.” “His name is Stephen,” Dave 7)______________ her. “I’ll take you to meet him tomorrow.”
B. “You never listen to me,” Tara 1) ________________ Jim. “I 2) _______________ good morning to you three times today and you didn’t answer,” she 3) _______________. “To
4) _________________ you the truth, it makes me really angry. Why don’t you listen to me?” “Oh, hello Tara,” said Jim. “Did you just 5) ________________ something?”
C. “Claire 1) ______________ me that she and John are getting married,” 2) ________________ Sue. “She 3) ________________ that they’re going to have a big wedding with lots of guests.” “That will be expensive,” 4) _________________ Tom. “I thought John 5) ______________ that they couldn’t afford a big wedding.” “Well, that’s what Claire 6) _______________ me,
7) _______________ Sue. “I don’t think she would 8) _________________ a lie.”
Exercise. 2. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
1. He said, “I’m going to the station.”
He said (that) he was going to the station.
2. Tina said, “You should exercise regularly.”
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3. They said, “We had booked the room before we left.”
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4. Tom said, “This meal is delicious.”
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5. “I’ve written you a letter,” she said to her friend.
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6. “We’ve decided to spend our holidays in Jordan,” they told us.
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7. Jill said, “I’ll go to the bank tomorrow.”
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8. She said to him, “We’ve been invited to a wedding.”
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9. She told me, “You must leave early tomorrow.”
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10. “They’ve gone out for the evening,” Jessie said to me.
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11. They said, “We may visit Joe tonight.”
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12. She said, “I can meet you on Tuesday.”
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13. Keith said, “There is a letter for you on the table.”
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14. “We won’t be visiting Tom this evening,” Sam told us.
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15. Eric said, “They had been talking on the phone for an hour before I interrupted them.”
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16. “I haven’t spoken to Mary since last week,” Gloria said.
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17. “They delivered the letters this morning,” she said.
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18. He said, “I’d like to buy this jumper.”
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19. “They aren’t going on holiday this year,” he said.
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20. Jane said, “I haven’t finished my homework yet.”
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21. “I’m going to bed early tonight,” Caroline said.
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22. “My mother is coming to visit us,” I said.
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23. “We don’t want to watch a film tonight,” the children said.
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24. “He’s playing in the garden now,” his mother said.
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25. She said, “You must do your homework now.”
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