7. Reported Speech Flashcards
(10 cards)
Change the following to indirect speech
He asks, “Have you been to the UK before?”
He asks if I had been to the UK before.
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Tanaka replied, “I have never been out of the country.”
Tanaka replied that he had never been out of the country.
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“I am going on holiday for two weeks,” Tanaka remarks.
Tanaka remarks that he is going on holiday for two weeks.
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He said, “Come back tomorrow in a week’s time for your visa. You must be on time.”
He said to come back in a week’s time for my visa and that I must be on time.
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Tanaka’s friend commented, “I’m so scared because the airport is so big it swallows people.”
Tanaka’s friend commented that he was so scared because the airport was so big it swallowed people.
Change the following sentence into the indirect speech.
“Albert and I are leaving for Cape Town today,” said Karin.
Karin said that she and Albert were leaving for Cape Town that day.
Change the following sentence into the indirect speech.
“Why can’t we write the test next week?” asked Nika.
Nika asked why they couldn’t write the test the following week.
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“Sarah, have you done the homework which I gave yesterday?” asked Ms Coetzer, the English teacher.
Ms Coetzer, the English teacher, asked Sarah if she had done the homework that she had given the previous day.
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The team all exclaimed, “Hoorah! We’ve won the trophy!”
The team all exclaimed with joy that they had won the trophy.
Change the following sentence into the indirect speech.
Sam’s mother exclaims, “What a mess! Tidy your room or you will forfeit a week’s pocket money!”
Sam’s mother exclaims in frustration that the room is a mess and says that he must tidy it or he will forfeit a week’s pocket money.
