[Grade 9] Reported Speech Extra | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The teacher tells us: “You should learn harder and harder.”

The teacher told us to learn harder and harder.// The teacher told us that we should learn harder and harder.

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My mother says that: “We are having a party tomorrow.”

My mother said that they/we were having a party the following day.

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I say to him: “Our teacher will come on time.”

I said to him that our teacher would come on time.

10

She said the doctor had written her a prescription.

She says: "The doctor has written/had written/wrote me a prescription."

25

Tom invited me to his birthday party.

Tom: "Would you like to come to my party?"

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The doctor told me that I could leave the hospital that day.

The doctor tells me: "You can leave the hospital today."

15

The film director said that she was willing to work then.

The film director says: "I am willing to work now."

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My mother told me that she was sad then.

My mother tells me: "I am sad now."

10

One of my friends said that she liked learning English with her teacher.

One of my friends says: "I like learning English with my teacher."

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“Bring it back if it doesn’t fit”, I said to her. --> I told___

I told her to bring it back if it didn't fit.

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“Where are you going?” he asked her.

He asked her where she were going.

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“Don’t try to open it now,” she said to us. --> She told___

She told us not to try to open it then.

20

“He’s not at home”, she said.

She said that he was not at home.

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“Is it going to be a fine day today?” I asked her.

I asked her if/whether it was going to be a fine day that day.

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“Don’t stay out late, Ann” Tom said. --> Tom told___

Tom told Ann not to stay out late.

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“Which way did they go?” he asked.

He asked which way they had gone.

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