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Mr Jones: "I am warning you, you need to study for the test otherwise you will fail"
Mr Jones said that he was warning us (and/that) we needed to study for the test otherwise we would fail
Mr Jones: "I have been a vegetarian for five years."
Mr Jones said that he had been a vegetarian for five years
Jane: "I am sorry but I can’t come to your birthday party because I am going away for the weekend.”
Jane said she was sorry but she couldn't come to my birthday party because she was going away for the weekend
He said:” Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” (He said that…)
He said that the next day at five o'clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow
Mr Jones: "Technology drives me crazy and i hate it!"
Mr Jones said that technology drove him crazy and (that) he hated it.
Dave: "I want to eat something but there is nothing in my fridge."
Dave said he wanted to eat something but there was nothing in his fridge.
What things must you change when you put direct speech into reported speech? (name 2 of the 3 things you must do)
1. Change pronouns. 2. Change verbs into past. 3. Put the he/she said at the beginning. 4.time and place words
Rupert: "I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had time to visit the Tower."
Rupert said that he had been in London for a month but he hadn’t had time to visit the Tower
Sally: "I have already read that book 4 times, it is boring, however the book I am reading now is great, I will leave it here for you.""
Sally said that she had already read that book 4 times and it was boring, however the book she was reading then was great and she would leave it there for me.
Dave:” I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.” (Dave said that …)
Dave said that he had been outside the classroom during the break but he had seen a group of his colleagues inside the room
Bob: "you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Will you marry me?"
Bob said I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen and would I marry him?
Mr Jones: "Please make sure you have your books ready when the bell goes"
Mr Jones asked us to make sure we had our books ready when the bell went
Kevin: "If I know the answer I will tell you"
Kevin said that if he knew the answer he would tell me
Mr Jones: "next week we will start the new book."
Mr Jones said that next week we would start the new book
Dave: “I have found an old Roman coin in the garden and I am going to take it to the museum"
Dave said that he had found an old Roman coin in the garden and he was going to take it to the museum.
Mr Jones: "i think the exam is very easy and you will have no problems."
Mr Jones said that he thought the exam was very easy and we would have no problems.
