Reported Speech XII
"Of course, darling, I love you!"
I assured ________
1. I assured her/him that I love/loved her/him.
1. I assured her/him about my love/my feeling for her/him.
Can one trust such a man?
Is ______
Is such a man to be trusted?
He drives very slowely.
He's a ______
He's a slow driver.
I heard a voice in the corridor and I knew it was Mary.
On hearing ________
On hearing a voice in the corridor, I knew it was Mary.
I was writing this letter all evening.
I spent _______
1. I spent all evening writing this letter.
2. I spent the whole evening on writing this letter.
"I couldn't call you earlier because I didn't have a token."
I told ________
I told her/him I had not been able to call him/her earlier because I hadn't had a token.
The best dancer will be awarded a prize.
A prize _______
A prize will be awarded to the best dancer.
There are very few flowers in your garden.
There aren't ______
There aren't many flowers in your garden.
When are you leaving?
At _______
At what time are you leaving?
We aren't rich enough to go to Florida.
We are _______
We are too poor to go to Florida.
"What'll you do, poor thing, if the train is late?"
My mother worried _______
My mother worries what I'd do if the train was late.
A famous composer is thought to have lived in this house in 1778.
It _______
It is thought that a famous composer lived in this house in 1778.
I can't play tennis. I can't play football.
I can't play _____
I can't play (either) tennis or football.
They went to live in Germany seven years ago.
They have ______
They have been living/have lived in Germany for seven years.
My daughter's clothes cost her a lot of money.
My daughter _______
My daughter spends/spent a lot of money on (her) clothes.
"If the train is late I must go by bus."
I replied ______
I replied that if the train was/were late I would have to go by bus.
We weren't told when to expect an answer.
No one ______
1. No one told us when to expect an answer.
2. No one told us when we could expect and answer.
I want two things for my children: peace and health.
All ______
All I want for my children are peace and health.
I tried the new shirt on and found it was too large.
When _______
When I tried the new shirt on, I found it was too large.
My car is working well.
The car is in _______
The car is in good/(good) working order.
"At my school, we couldn't wear jeans."
Talking about her childhood she said _____
Talking about her childhood she said that at her school they hadn't been allowed to wear jeans.
They say they last saw my car in front of the church.
My car ______
1. My car was last ween in front of the church.
2. My car is said to have been last seen in front of the church.
It's hard to please our teacher.
Our teacher _______
Our teacher is hard to please.
I've been studying Italian for three years now, and next year will make it four.
By next ______
By next year I shall/will have been studying Italian for four years.
My name heads the list of the best students.
My name is at ______
1. My name is at the head of the list of the best students.
2. My name is at the top of the list of the bet students.