B2-C2 Reported Speech Practice | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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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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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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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HE: "I have a gambling problem" CHOOSE: report / admit / confess

He admitted/confessed he had a gambling problem / He admitted to/confessed to having a gambling problem.

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monster

Reset all scores!

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shark

Other team loses 20 points!

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gift

Win 10 points!

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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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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The Prime Minister: "We will have created a million new jobs by the end of this year" CHOOSE: order / wonder / announce

The Prime Minister announced that they would have created a million new jobs by the end of this/that year.

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monster

Reset all scores!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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baam

Lose 15 points!

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trap

No points!

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star

Double points!

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fairy

Take points!

baam

Lose 25 points!

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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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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 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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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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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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HE: "I'm innocent!" CHOOSE: allege / admitted / denied

He alleged he was innocent.

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SHE: "Can I see your manager?"

She asked if/whether she could see my manager / She asked to see the manager.

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