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Reported Speech Activity

The document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting 15 sentences that were originally direct speech. The summaries change the sentences into the past tense and third person to report what was said rather than using direct quotes. For example, "He told me he would meet me there the following week at the same time" or "She said nothing grew in her garden because it never got any sun."

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Reported Speech Activity

The document provides examples of reported speech by rewriting 15 sentences that were originally direct speech. The summaries change the sentences into the past tense and third person to report what was said rather than using direct quotes. For example, "He told me he would meet me there the following week at the same time" or "She said nothing grew in her garden because it never got any sun."

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REPORTED SPEECH ACTIVITY (II)

Rewrite the following sentences into Reported Speech.

1. “I´ll meet you here next week at the same time”, he said to me.
He told me he would meet me there the following week at the same time.
2. “Nothing grows in my garden”, she said, “it never gets any sun.
She said nothing grew in her garden because it never got any sun.
3. “I want you to take the car to the garage next Friday”, he said to his wife.
He told his wife he wanted her to take the car to the garage the following Friday.
4. “We like working on Sundays”, the workmen said, “because we get
double pay”.
The workmen said they liked working on Sundays because they got double pay.
5. “I still haven´t read these books”, she said.
She said she still hadn't read those books.
6. “I am going to cut the grass now”, said Bill to Annie.
Bill told Annie he was going to cut the grass at that moment.
7. “I have had gypsies on my land for two years”, said the farmer, “and they
have given nobody any trouble but now the Council have asked me to tell
them to move on”.
The farmer said he had had gypsies on his land for two years and that they
hadn’t given nobody any trouble but then the Council had asked him to tell them
to move on.
8. He told his friends: “I am quite a good cook and I do all my own washing
and mending too”.
He told his friends he was quite a good cook and that he did all his own
washing and mending too.
9. He said: “We are here today to reach consensus”.
He said they were there that day ro reach consensus.
10. Last week Julia said: “We will meet our new instructor tomorrow”.
Last week Julia said they were going to meet their new instructor the following
day.
11. “I watched a documentary about dolphins one year ago”, she said to me.
She told me she had watched a documentary about dolphins one year ago.
12. “All police officers have to report the duty for tonight”, the chief said.
The chief said that all police officers had to report the duty for that night.
13. Mrs White told us: “I will stay at home next weekend”.
Mrs White told us she was going to stay at home the following weekend.
14. I said to my father: “I don´t want to study abroad next year”.
I told my father that I didn’t want to study abroad the following year.
15. “Stephen is bringing some records to the party tomorrow”, she said.
She said that Stephen was bringing some records to the party the following day.

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