TEU8L8 reported speech | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

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"I don't have time for chit-chat", Lucy said.

Lucy said that she didn't have tiwe for chit-chat.

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"I'm sorry about the way I treated you this morning" Sofia said.

Sofia said that she was sorry about the way she had treated Lucy that morning.

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“I guess I'm just trying to protect myself from being hurt, so I hurt first," said Sofia.

Sofia said that she guessed she was just trying to protect herself from being hurt, so she hurt first.

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"Were you hit by a lorry after you left here?" Lucy inquired.

Lucy inquired if/whether Sofia had been hit by a lorry after she had left there.

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Lucy asked sceptically, "Were you chased by an angry mob of waiters you hadn't tipped?"

Lucy asked sceptically if/whether Sofia had been chased by an angry mob of waiters she hadn't tipped.

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Sofia explained, "I'd like to buy you breakfast to make up for my rudeness."

Sofia explained that she'd like to buy Lucy breakfast to make up for her rudeness.

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"No, I wasn't pushed by an angry mob of waiters I hadn't tipped," Sofia commented.

Sofia commented that she hadn't been pushed by an angry mob of waiters she hadn't tipped.

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"Don't worry; the trains had all been stopped because of some problem at Paddington Station," Sofia told Lucy.

Sofia told Lucy not to worry; the trains had all been stopped because of some problem at Paddington Station.

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"Can you please just stay and chat for a little longer?" Sofia asked Lucy.

Sofia asked Lucy if she could please just stay and chat for a little longer.

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"I was thinking on my walk back here that everything happens for a reason, doesn't it?" Sofia admitted.

Sofia admitted that she had been thinking on her walk back there that everything happened for a reason, didn't it?

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"My friend Stephen has been nothing but kind to me," Sofia told Lucy.

Sofia told Lucy that her friend Stephen had been nothing but kind to her.

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"I definitely believe that every action has an equal reaction. I won't argue with Isaac Newton," Lucy agreed.

Lucy agreed that she definitely believed that every action had an equal reaction and that she wouldn't argue with Isaac Newton.

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"I'll refill my green tea and sit with you for a while," Lucy said.

Lucy said that she would refill her green tea and sit with Sofia for a while.

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"I may own Breakfast Nest, but that doesn't mean I get to sit back and read magazines all day!" Lucy exclaimed.

Lucy exclaimed that she might own Breakfast Nest, but that didn't mean she got to sit back and read magazines all day!

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"I can't believe I just said that out loud,"Sofia gasped.

Sofia gasped she couldn't believe she had just said that out loud.

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"Finally you admit you were rude!" Lucy laughed. ( to Sofia )

Lucy said laughing Sofia finally admited she had been rude.

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