REPORTED
SPEECH
A long time
ago…..
1. John
asked Mary: “Did you have a nice time last Sunday?”
2. James askedSamuel: “Samuel, do you know my
sister Sarah?”
3. Mr Smith
asked his daughters: “Where has Tom gone?”
4. I asked
Paul and Mary: “ what time did your parents leave yesterday?”
5. The
stranger asked me: “Is there a bank near here?”
6. Mr
Pocket asked you “ Do you have to pay the taxes?”
7. The
teacher asked Ann’s brother: “Has Ann received my letter?”
8. My
mother asked me: “When did you get home last night?”
9. I told my best friend: “ I have to go to this
supermarket today”
10. I asked
Sally: “ Sally, can you tell me the truth now?”
11. I
told my family . “ I want to travel to
Paris next summer but I can’t because I haven’t enough money”
13. Samuel told James: “ I am sorry James, but I
can’t help you today ”
14. Sally
and Ann told James “James, our sister
has bought a new flat in the city
centre”
15. Sarah said “My family flew from Barcelona to Menorca last month”
16. The
doctor said: “Stop smoking!”
17. The
doctor told her patient: “Don’t eat so much sugar! “
18. Samuel
told his mum: “ Jane was my best friend last year”
19.Sally
told her classmate: “I have to speak to Peter now”
20. Sally’s
father told Sally: “Sally, today it’s
the best day of my life”
21. The
writer said to me “ I wrote my last novel last year”
22. My
husband said to me “ I forgot this car key inside the car two days ago”
23. Sarah
said to her mother “ My best friends have lunch at half past twelve”
24. The writer told James: “ James, I will phone my editor today”
25. I told
John: “ I don’t want to meet you again”