Share 3b2 unit 8 extra practice
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‘I prefer fantasy to science fiction,’ he said (turn into reported speech)
he said he preferred fantasy to science fiction
‘You have to look up the new words in the dictionary,’ the teacher said. (turn into reported speech)
had to look up the new words in the dictionary
‘I won’t tell you how the story ends,’ he said (turn into reported speech)
wouldn’t tell us how the story ended
‘She’s writing a trilogy on Rome,’ they said. (turn into reported speech)
had been writing a trilogy on Rome
‘I have never written children’s fiction,’ she said. (turn into reported speech)
had never written children’s fiction
She --- she didn’t expect her novels to be successful. (said or told)
said
Mrs Williams --- her students to get a world atlas by the end of next week. (said or told)
told
He --- that the charity campaign had raised two million pounds. (said or told)
said
Who --- you that you would never write a novel? (said or told)
told
When I --- that I had never read Shakespeare, all my classmates started to laugh. (said or told)
said
They asked if we have filled in // had filled in all the forms
had filled in
The interviewer wanted to know where the author was born // was the author born.
the author was born/had been born
Tony asked me why // if I hadn’t enjoyed the latest Harry Potter novel.
why
He said he had read the book two months before // ago
before
Mum asked why didn’t I like // I didn’t like reading.
i didn't like
I asked the librarian why // if I could flick through the new books
if
