Reported Speech (Upper-Intermediate / B2) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 21 Public

Change the sentences from direct speech to reported speech.

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"I was working until ten o'clock last night." | She said...

She said she was working until ten o'clock the previous night / the night before.

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"We were planning to go out but then Joe started feeling sick." | She said...

She said they had been planning to go out but then Joe started / had started feeling sick.

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"We didn't stay in the hotel because it was too expensive." | He said...

He said they hadn't stayed in the hotel because it was too expensive.

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"Alison's living with her parents now." | Joe told me...

Joe told me Alison's living (or was living) with her parents now.

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"I'm meeting John in Berlin this summer." | Sasha told me she...

Sasha told me she is meeting John in Berlin this summer.

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"Flight 2317 to Bali will be departing from gate 5 in 20 minutes." | (Five minutes later, you tell your friend) The announcer said...

The announcer said that flight 2317 will (would) be departing from gate 5 in 15 minutes.

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"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" | She asked...

She asked me why I hadn't told her the truth.

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"Have you ever seen this film before?" | Katie asked...

Katie asked (me) if/whether I had ever seen the/that film before.

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"Don't stay out too late." | Dad told...

Dad told me not to stay out too late.

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"What should I buy for Peter?" | Zhenya asked me...

Zhenya asked me what to buy for Peter. (Zhenya asked me what she should buy for Peter. - correct but unlikely choice)

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"Should I tell her what happened?" | He wanted to know...

He wanted to know whether to tell her what had happened.

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"The concert starts at eight." | (reported at 6) He said...

He said the concert starts at eight.

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"The concert starts at eight." | (reported the next day) He said...

He said the concert started at eight.

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"I'm leaving in ten minutes." | She said...

She said she was leaving in ten minutes.

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"We've been living here for 5 years." | He said...

He said they'd been living there for 5 years.

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"It snowed heavily today." | The weather reporter said...

The weather reporter said it had snowed heavily that day.

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