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    Indirect Speech-Exercise

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    The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in past tense. It shows how to change direct quotes into indirect speech by backshifting tense and pronouns when reporting what someone said. Some examples are changed from present to past tense, first to third person, and changing adverbs like "tomorrow" to reflect the different context of reported versus direct speech.

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    The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in past tense. It shows how to change direct quotes into indirect speech by backshifting tense and pronouns when reporting what someone said. Some examples are changed from present to past tense, first to third person, and changing adverbs like "tomorrow" to reflect the different context of reported versus direct speech.

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    Indirect Speech-Exercise

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    The document provides examples of reported speech by completing sentences in past tense. It shows how to change direct quotes into indirect speech by backshifting tense and pronouns when reporting what someone said. Some examples are changed from present to past tense, first to third person, and changing adverbs like "tomorrow" to reflect the different context of reported versus direct speech.

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    Exercise

    Complete the sentences in reported speech. Use past tense and pay attention to
    backshift.

    a) Mr. Miller said, ‘I can't come to the meeting on Saturday.’


    Mr. Miller said (that) he couldn’t come to the meeting on Saturday.

    b) Mary said, ‘I'm feeling ill.’

    Mary said (that) she was feeling ill.

    c) Your brother said, ‘I like chocolate.’


    Your brother said (that) he liked chocolate.

    d) Your uncle asked, ‘May I leave?’


    Your uncle asked if she might leave.

    e) My brother said, ‘I'm going to learn to cook.’


    My brother said (that) he was going to learn to cook.

    f) He said, ‘I'll learn English online tomorrow.’


    He said (that) he would learn English online the following day.

    g) My cousin said, ‘I'm not enjoying my job very much recently.’


    My cousin said (that) he was not enjoying his job very much recently.

    h) My parents said, ‘We'll phone you when we get back.’


    My parents said (that) they would phone me when we got back.

    i) Susan said, ‘You don't know what Bob is doing.’


    Susan said (that) you didn´t know what Bob was doing.

    j) Mr. Smith asked, ‘What shall we do next?’


    Mr. Smith asked what we should do next.

    k) She said, ‘I'll tell dad I saw you.’


    She said (that) she would tell dad that she had seen you.

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