Exercise 6: Turn these sentences into reported speech.
1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”.
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2. They said, “We are learning English now”.
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3. “My friend is coming next week”, Tom said.
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4. “I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend,” he said.
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5. “We shall overcome this difficulty”, they said.
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6. “My father is a doctor here”, my friend said.
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7. “I am going on holiday tomorrow”, the boy said to his neighbor.
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8. “You will have to finish all these exercises before next week”, the teacher said to his students.
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9. “I came back here early yesterday,” she said.
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10. “I’ve broken the vase,” she said.
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11. “I will never see you again,” the boy said to the girl.
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12. He said to her, “You are my friend.”
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13. Johnny said to his mother, “I don’t know how to do this exercise.”
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14. “We are waiting for the school bus”, said the children.
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15. Mary said, “My father died a year ago”.
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Exercise 6: Turn these sentences into reported speech. 1. She said, “I can’t find my umbrella”. ???? 2. They said, “We are learning English now”. �
By Delilah
1.She said that she couldn’t find her umbrella
2.They said that they were learning English then
3.Tom said his friend was coming the next week
4.He said he would help his mum with homework that weekend
5.We said we should overcome that difficulty
6.My friend said her father was a doctor there
7.The boy told his neighbor that he was going on holiday the next day
8.The teacher said to his students that he would have to finish all these exercises before the next week
9.She said she had come back there early the previous day
10.She said she had broken the vase
11.The boy said to the girl that he would never see her again
12.He said to her that he was her friend
13.Johnny said to his mother that he didn’t know how to do that exercise
14.The children said that they were waiting for the school bus
15.Mary said that her father had died a year before