Gateway B1 Unit 9 Grammar | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 10 Public

Reported speech: statements and questions

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‘All my stories are set here, in my home town,’ the author said.

The author said (that) all his/her stories were set there, in his/her home town.

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‘You have to look up the new words in this dictionary,’ the teacher said.

The teacher said (that) we had to look up the new words in that dictionary.

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‘I’ll tell you how the story ends if you don’t finish the book by tonight,’ he said.

He said (that) he would tell me how the story ended if I didn’t finish the book by that night.

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‘She’s presenting her Rome trilogy today,’ they said.

They said (that) she was presenting her war trilogy that day.

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‘I haven’t written children’s fi ction before, but I may start a book next year,’ she said.

She said (that) she hadn’t written children’s fiction before, but that she might start a book the following year.

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‘Have you filled in all the forms?’ the secretary asked me.

The secretary asked me if/whether I had filled in all the forms.

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‘Where were you born?’ the interviewer wanted to know.

The interviewer wanted to know where I was born.

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‘Why didn’t you enjoy the last Harry Potter novel?’ Tony asked James.

Tony asked James why he hadn’t enjoyed the last Harry Potter novel.

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‘Why don’t you like reading?’ Mum asked my sister.

Mum asked my sister why she didn’t like reading.

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‘Can I fl ick through the new books?’ I asked the librarian.

I asked the librarian if/whether I could flick through the new books.

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