Reported / Indirect Speech

Fill in gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.

" I saw Helen in the city centre today", Paul ...      Louise.

I ...      good afternoon to him and I noticed that he'd had his hair cut.

Katie ...      David that she had met a set of twins at the party.

" Claire ...       me that she and Josh are getting married", ...       Sue.

He      to me that he had been working at the bank for 5 years.

Tom ...       me they wouldn't lend me any money.

" I like Shakespear's plays alot", she ...       to us.

Fill in the gaps with the correct pronoun or possessive adjective.

1.James said, "My boss wants me to go to London tomorrow."

James said     boss wanted     to go to London the next day.

2. Mary said " I'm waiting for my son to come out of school."

Mary said that     was waiting for     son to come out of school.

3.John said " I'd like to take you out for dinner"

John said    'd like to take    out for dinner.

4. Julie said to me " I need you to help me with the shopping' .

Julia told me that     needed    to help     with the shopping.

Complete each second sentence using the words given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words.

1 "We'll be travelling around Europe next month", said Jerry. following

Jerry said that ....                                be travelling round Europe.

2 " I had Tom and Eva over for dinner last night", said Helen. before

Helen said that ....                          had Tom and Eva over for dinner.

3 "Everything was different yesterday", said Ben. been

Ben said everything ...                            before.

4 "We're flying home next week", said Arthur. the

Arthur said they ....                                week.

5 "I went snowboarding last year', Kelly said. year

Kelly said she .....                                before.