B2-C2 Reported Speech Practice | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

SHE: "Can I finish this faster if I multitask?" CHOOSE: claim / wonder / hope

She wondered if/whether she could finish that faster if she multitasked.

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HE: "I'm sorry I was rude to you earlier today" CHOOSE: apologise / admit / reveal

He apologised for being rude/for having been rude to me earlier that day.

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SOME SECRET AGENT: "I've been a double agent all this time" CHOOSE: grumble / reasure / reveal

He revealed he had been a double agent all that time.

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HE: "I shouldn't have been so rude to them earlier today" CHOOSE: regret / grumble / reveal

He regretted having been so rude to them earlier that day. / He regretted that he had been so rude to them earlier that day.

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seesaw

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gold

Win 50 points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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SHE: "I had never seen this man before" CHOOSE: admit / deny / hope

She denied having (ever) seen that man before / She denied that she had ever seen that man before.

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SHE: "I should have asked them to show me their identification" CHOOSE: regret / worry / claim

She regretted that she hadn't asked them to show her their identification / She regretted not asking/ not having asked them to show her their identification.

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HE: "Can you pass me the gravy, please?" tell / ask / order

He asked me if I could pass him the gravy. / He asked me to pass him the gravy.

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SHE: "You didn't need to apologise about what happened this morning, the past is in the past"

She said/ She told me I needn't have apologised about what had happened that morning and that the past was in the past.

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seesaw

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seesaw

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gift

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thief

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HE: "I didn't want to put too much pressure on them after all they've been through"

He said he hadn't wanted to put too much pressure on them after all they'd been through.

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SHE: "You should take up the guitar." CHOOSE: advise / emphasise / hope

She advised me to take up the guitar.

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HE: "I'm pretty sure you will have your parcel delivered at home tomorrow morning" CHOOSE: encourage / swear / believe

He believed we would have our parcel delivered at home the following morning.

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Martin Luther King Jr: "Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" CHOOSE: allege / believe / reveal

Martin Luther King believed hate could not drive out hate and that only love could do that

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HE: "What topic should I pick for my presentation?"

He asked which topic he should pick for his presentation / He asked which topic to pic for his presentation.

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seesaw

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star

Double points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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