Share Reported Speech (say-tell)
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"Penguins can swim," the old man said.
The old man said penguins could swim.
"The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world," the guide told the tourists.
The guide told the tourists that the cheetah was the fastest animal in the world.
"I'm very hungry because I just ate one sandwich for lunch today." --> Mark told Sue that...
...he was very hungry because he had just eaten one sandwich for lunch that day.
"This is the best dinner I've ever had!" --> My grandpa said...
that was the best dinner he had ever had.
"Don't bite your nails!" --> My mum told me...
not to bite my nails.
"The progromme is on tonight." --> My sister said...
(that) the programme was on that night.
"The train is leoving now." --> The man told me...
(that) the train was leaving then.
"It's going to rain tomorrow". --> The TV announcer said...
it was going to rain the following day.
"You can recycle glass" --> The teacher told the students...
that they could recycle glass.
'There won't be many people on the beach,' --> The man told Dad....
there wouldn't be many people on the beach.
'I want some ice cream,' --> Gary said that...
he wanted some ice cream.
"There have been a lot of tourists in town today" --> The café owner told us...
there had been a lot of tourists that day.
"I've been painting my room" --> Mark said to me...
that he had been painting his room.
