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Reported Speech from sentences in the Present Simple Tense

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“I live in New York”, she said.

She said that she lived in New York.

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“He works in a bank”, she told me.

She told me he worked in a bank.

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“Julie doesn’t like going out much”, Martin said.

Martin said that Julie didn’t like going out much.

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“I don’t have a computer”, he said.

He said he didn’t have a computer.

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“They never arrive on time”, she said.

She said that they never arrived on time.

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“We meet friends in London at the weekend”, Mark told me.

Mark told me that they met friends in London at the weekend.

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“David doesn’t have any children”, she said.

She said David didn’t have any children.

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“I don’t go to the gym very often”, my mom said.

My mom said that she didn’t go to the gym very often.

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“Lucy owns three flats in the city”, she said.

She said Lucy owned three flats in the city.

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“I never get up early on Sundays”, he said.

He said he never got up early on Sundays.

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“She meets her boyfriend at the cinema every Friday night”, he said.

He said that she met her boyfriend at the cinema every Friday night.

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“We don’t travel much”, Maria said.

Maria said they didn’t travel much.

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“John doesn’t live in Japan any more”, she said.

She said John didn’t live in Japan any more.

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“They work in Hong Kong”, Carla menitoned.

Carla mentioned that they worked in Hong Kong.

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“I have to work until seven or eight pm every night”, Pedro said.

Pedro said he had to work until seven or eight pm every night.

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“I don’t want to go to the theatre next weekend”, Mathias answered.

Mathias answered that he didn’t want to go to the theatre next weekend.

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