Reported speech 1
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Reported speech 5
100

He said, "I like ice cream."

He said that he liked ice cream.

100

They said, "We are late for work."

They said that they were late for work.

100

My mum said, "The dog is hungry."

My mum said that the dog was hungry.

100

Lisa said, "I hate tests."

Lisa said that she hated tests.

100

Tom said, "Lucy has brown hair."

Tom said that Lucy had brown hair.

200

They said, "They don't like us".

They said that they didn't like us.

200

She said, "I'm meeting my cousin for dinner today."

She said that she was meeting her cousin for dinner that day.

200

My father said to us, "We're going to visit Aunt Lucy."

Father said to us that we were going to visit Aunt Lucy.

200

Mavis: 'The dog is running after the cat.'
Mavis said (that) ...

Mavis said (that) the dog was running after the cat.

200

Amy: 'The boys always wear jeans.'
Amy told me (that) the boys ..................jeans.

Amy told me (that) the boys always wore jeans.

300

She said, "I will wait for you."

She said that she would wait for me/us.

300

'He will come back tomorrow.'

She told me he ..................... day.

She told me he would come back the following day.

300

Peter said, "I will go shopping tomorrow."

Peter said that he would go shopping the next day.

300

He said "I'm not from England."

He said that he wasn't from England.

300

Peter: 'I really enjoy playing the piano.'
Peter said (that) ...

Peter said that he really enjoyed playing the piano.

400

Peter: 'Zara was reading a book in front of the fire.'

Peter told me ....

Peter told me that Zara had been reading a book in front of the fire.

400

The teacher said, "We have finished with this unit."

The teacher said that we had finished with that/the unit.

400

'Jill is studying a lot.'

She told me Jill .................. a lot

She told me Jill was studying a lot.

400

They said, "Our teacher can speak very fluently."

They said that their teacher could speak very fluently.

400

The weather forecaster said, "It will rain tomorrow".

The weather forecaster said that it would rain the following day.

500

'I have taken the train to Berlin.'

She told me she ............. the train to Berlin.

She told me she had taken the train to Berlin

500

Jim: 'We saw a clown in the street.'

Jim told me ...

Jim told me he had seen a clown in the street.

500

Jenny(She): 'I did a great course last year.'
Jenny said (that) ...

Jenny said that she had done a great course the previous year.

500

“She was at the cinema yesterday.'

She said she ............... before.

She said she had been at the cinema the day before.

500

Ernee said, "I was in a huge fight yesterday."

Ernee said that he had been in a huge fight the previous day.