SEQUENCE OF TENSES/ REPORTED SPEECH

Before doing the following exercises revise grammar material – N. A. Bonk, Unit 11: p. 243-265.

1. Rewrite each sentence in the Reported Speech. Change the pronouns where necessary.
e.g. Helen: I want to tell you something about my holiday in London.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that she wanted to tell me about her holiday in London.

1. Helen: I went to London in July.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

2. Helen: My parents went with me.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

3. Helen: We spent three days in London.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

4. Helen: London is a multicultural place.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said ……… .

5. Helen: I saw people of all colours.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

6. Helen: Me and my parents visited the Tower.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

7. Helen: One evening we went to see a musical.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said that ……… .

8. Helen: I love London.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said ……… .

9. Helen: The people are so nice there.

Gareth: What did she say?

You: She said ……… .

Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

e. g. She realized that nobody……… (will come/would come).

She realized that nobody would come.

1. We understood that she ……… (sees/saw) nothing.

2. He said he ……… (will arrive/would arrive) in some days.

3. My mother was sure I already ……… (have come/had come).

4. I didn't know they ……… (are/were) in the room.

5. We supposed the rain ……… (will stop/would stop) in some hours.

6. He said he never ……… (has been/had been) to London.

7. We wanted to know who ……… (is singing/was singing) in the next room.

8. I always thought he ……… (is/was) a brave man.

9. When I saw him, he ……… (is working/was working).

10. We know she always ……… (comes/came) in time.

11. They thought he ……… (will have finished/would have finished) his work by the evening.

12. She said she ……… (has/had) a terrible headache.

13. We supposed they ……… (will send/would send) us the documents.

14. He said he ……… (has not seen/had not seen) us for ages.

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Complete the dialogue using the correct word from the box.	\|	Write these sentences in reported speech, using the words in brackets.

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