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Reported Speech Rewritng Test.

The document contains 36 sentences in reported speech. The assistant summarizes: The document changes a series of direct quotes into reported speech using past tense verbs. It covers a variety of situations including plans, requests, complaints, promises and warnings. All direct quotes are accurately changed to reported speech following the guidelines provided.

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Reported Speech Rewritng Test.

The document contains 36 sentences in reported speech. The assistant summarizes: The document changes a series of direct quotes into reported speech using past tense verbs. It covers a variety of situations including plans, requests, complaints, promises and warnings. All direct quotes are accurately changed to reported speech following the guidelines provided.

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Mai Rodas
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Put the following sentences into reported speech. Use the introducing verbs in the past.

1. Ill be arriving tomorrow, Laura said. 19. Dont leave the lights on.
Laura .. The landlady ..
2. Where is the C.D. I lent you? 20. Remember to write to your granny.
He... Her parents ...
3. Carol, dont make so much noise, 21. Ugh! Theres a fly in my soup. Waiter!
Carols mother He .
4. When did Mary buy her new car? 22. Ill never smoke again.
Peter .. She ..
5. Would you like a piece of cake, John? 23. You took $1,000 from the safe!
I .. The manager
6. No, I didnt tear your new dress. 24. I wont tidy up my room.
My little sister My brother ....
7. Look, why dont we go by plane? My 25. Are you going to Rome next week?
dad They
8. If were you Id have a healthy diet. 26. Im sorry I crashed your car, daddy.
The doctor I
9. Mary and Paul are getting married 27. Ill kick you if you dont give your new
today. ball.
She.. The bullies
10. What time is it? 28. I must go out to post a letter.
The woman She ..
11. Could you take the children to school 29. Dont go near the water, children.
for me? The mother ..
Pauls wife .. 30. Would you like to dance with me,
12. You see, I didnt write my essay Sara?
because I didnt have a pen. John......
The student .. 31. I may go to Greece next summer.
13. Whose address are you looking up? ..
I 32. Have you seen The Impossible?
14. I met him two weeks ago My friend ..
She .. 33. I can see you this Sunday because Im
15. Yes, I pressed the wrong button not working.
The technician Martina
16. Could you tell me your name again, 34. How difficult the exercise is!
please? The student ..
The teacher .. 35. Will I ever visit London again?
17. Do you play rugby? I ..
The P.E. teacher .. 36. O.K., Ill give you a lift home when I
18. Please, please let me go to Roses finish my reports.
party. Mr. Mills
I ..
Key

1. Laura told me that she would be arriving the day after.


2. He asked me where the C.D. he had lent me was.
3. Carols mother told her not to make so much noise.
4. Peter asked me when Mary had bought her new car.
5. I offered John a piece of cake.
6. My little sister denied tearing/ having torn my new dress .
7. My dad suggested going by plane.
8. The doctor advised me to have a healthy diet.
9. She told us that Mary and Paul were getting married that day.
10. The woman asked me what time it was.
11. Pauls wife asked him to take the children to school.
12. The student explained that he hadnt written his essay because he hadnt got a pen.
13. I asked him whose address he was looking up.
14. She said she had met him two weeks before.
15. The technician admitted pressing/having pressed /that he had pressed the wrong button.
16. The teacher asked to tell her my name again.
17. The P.E. teacher asked me if/whether I played rugby.
18. I begged my parents to let me go to Roses party.
19. The landlady told us not to leave the lights on.
20. Her parents reminded her to write to her granny.
21. He complained about his soup.
22. She promised never to smoke again.
23. The manager accused him of taking/having taken $1,000 from the safe.
24. My brother refused to tidy his room.
25. They wanted to know if I was going to be in Rome the following week.
26. I apologized for crashing my dads car.
27. The bullies threatened to kick me if I didnt give them my new ball.
28. She said that she had to go out to post a letter.
29. The mother warned her children not to go near the water.
30. John invited Sara to dance with him
31. She said she might go to Greece the following summer.
32. My friend asked if I had seen The Impossible.
33. Martina told me that she could see me that Sunday because she wasnt working.
34. The student exclaimed that the exercise was very difficult.
35. I wondered if I would ever visit London again.
36. Mr. Mills agreed to give me a lift home when he finished his reports.

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