Soal & Jawaban Reported speech (2)

 

In this exercise you have to write what you would say in these situation.

 

1.      Your friends says ‘I’m hungry’ so you go to a restaurant. When you get there he says ‘I don’t want to eat’. What do you say? You said (that) you were hungry.

2.      Tom tells you ‘Ann has gone away’. Later that day you meet her. What do you say? Tom told me (that) you had gone away.

3.      George said ‘I don’t smoke’. A few days later you see him smoking a cigarette. What do you say to him? You said (that) you didn’t smoke.

4.      You arranged to meet Jack. He said ‘I won’t be late’. At last he arrives – 20 minutes late. What do you say? You said (that) you wouldn’t be late. / You told me (that) you ...

5.      Sue said ‘I can’t come to the party tonight’. That night you see her at the party. What do you say to her? You said (that) you couldn’t come to the party tonight. / You told me (that) you ...

6.      Ann says ‘I’m working tomorrow evening’. Later that day she says ‘Let’s go out tomorrow evening’. What do you say? You said (that) you were working tomorrow evening. / You told me (that) you ...

 

Now you have to complete these sentences with said, told or talked.

 

7.      Jack told me that he was enjoying his new job.

8.      Tom said it was a nice restaurant but I didn’t like it much.

9.      The doctor said that I would have to rest for at least a week.

10.  Mrs Taylor told us she wouldn’t be able to come to the next meeting.

11.  Ann told Tom that she was going away.

12.  George couldn’t help me. He said to ask Jack.

13.  At the meeting the chairman talked about the problems facing the company.

14.  Jill told us all about her holiday in Australia.

Now you have to read a sentence and write a new sentence with the same meaning.

15.  ‘Eat more fruit and vegetables’, the doctor said. The doctor said to eat more fruit and vegetables.

16.  ‘Read the instructions before you switch on the machine’, he said to me. He told me to read the instructions before I switched on the machine.

17.  ‘Shut the door but don’t lock it’, she said to us. She told us to shut the door but not to lock it.

18.  ‘Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand’, he said to me. He asked me to speak more slowly because he couldn’t understand.

19.  ‘Don’t come before 6 o’clock’, I said to him. I told him not to come before 6 o’clock.