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Reported Speech Exercises and Answers

The document contains 20 quotes reported in both direct and indirect speech. The quotes are about various plans, claims, and past events. They are reported using techniques for changing direct speech into indirect speech such as changing pronouns, adverbs of time, and switching from past to past perfect tense verbs.

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Reported Speech Exercises and Answers

The document contains 20 quotes reported in both direct and indirect speech. The quotes are about various plans, claims, and past events. They are reported using techniques for changing direct speech into indirect speech such as changing pronouns, adverbs of time, and switching from past to past perfect tense verbs.

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  • Direct Speech Examples
  • Reported Speech Conversion

REPORTED SPEECH

1. "I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah.

2. "You have always been my friend," said Joe.

3. "We never eat meat," claimed Bill.

4. "I will talk to Sam soon," she told me on Sunday.

5. "Mary used to exercise every day," he said.

6. "I wish I was twenty years younger," said Linda.

7. "I will answer the phone!" he told me.

8. "I got the message while I was waiting at the bus stop."

9. "I invited him last week."

10. "We must go skiing in winter."


11. "I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah.
Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that any more.
12. "You have always been my friend," said Joe.
Joe said I had always been his friend.
13. "We never eat meat," claimed Bill.
Bill claimed that they never ate meat.
14. "I will talk to Sam soon," she told me on Sunday.
She told me on Sunday she would talk to Sam soon.
15. "Mary used to exercise every day," he said.
He said Mary had used to exercise every day.
16. "I wish I was twenty years younger," said Linda.
Linda said she wished she had been twenty years younger.
17. "I will answer the phone!" he told me.
He told me he would answer the phone.
18. "I got the message while I was waiting at the bus stop."
He told me that he got the message while he was waiting at the bus stop.
19. "I invited him last week."
She told me that she had invited him the previous week.
20. "We must go skiing in winter."
He said that they must go skiing in winter.

REPORTED SPEECH 1. "I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah. 2. "You have always been my friend," said Jo
11. "I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah. Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that any more. 12.

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