Reported speech 1

Rewrite the sentences.

When we use reported speech, we are usually talking about the past. So verbs usually change to the past in reported speech.

But there are sometimes when what we report has happened in the simple past; in that case it can remain in simple past or change into past perfect.

For example:

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Juan- What's wrong? Lucy- I'm worried.	Juan- Lucy told me she was worried.
Tony- I'm going to buy a new car.	Francisco- Tony said he was going to buy a new car.
Juan- Lucy has run a marathon.	Tony- Juan said (that) Lucy had run a marathon.
Tom said "I woke up feeling sick and so I stayed in bed."	Tom said (that) he woke (or had woken) up feeling sick and so he stayed (or had stayed) in bed.

DIRECT SPEECH VERB TENSE	REPORTED SPEECH VERB TENSE
Simple Present	Simple Past
Simple Past	Simple Past or Past Perfect
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
Past Perfect	Past Perfect
Can	Could
Could	Could
Will	Would

Imagine this situation: yesterday you ran into a friends of yours, Andrea. Andrea told you a lot of things. Here are some of the things she said to you:

1. I'm thinking of moving to Chile.	8. I hardly ever go to the movies lately.
2. My husband is in the bank right now.	9. I work 50 hours a week.
3. Carlos and Cris are moving together.	10. I'll tell Claudia we have talked.
4. I haven't seen Pablo for a while.	11. Your sister can stay with me when she comes to Toronto.
5. I've been taking cooking lessons.	12. Carlos had a surgery last month, but now he is better.
6. Susana has adopted another dog. Now she has 5 dogs.	13. I saw Jack at a party a few months ago, and he seemed fine.
7. I don't know anything about Francisco	14. I had gotten married.

Later that day you tell another friend what Andrea said. Use reported speech to complete the sentences.

Andrea said that she Cloze (1): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDEy Cloze (2): Cloze (3): JXUwMDM3JXUwMDA5 Cloze (4): Cloze (5): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFi Cloze (6): .
Andrea said that her Cloze (7): Cloze (8): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDEy Cloze (9): JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3 Cloze (10): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBk Cloze (11): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDAzJXUwMDBmJXUwMDA1 in that moment.
Andrea said that Carlos and Cris Cloze (12): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDEyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE3 Cloze (13): Cloze (14): .
Andrea said that Cloze (15): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (16): Cloze (17): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi Cloze (18): Cloze (19): JXUwMDNlJXUwMDA5JXUwMDFk Cloze (20): JXUwMDM5 Cloze (21): .
Andrea said that Cloze (22): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (23): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (24): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi Cloze (25): Cloze (26): Cloze (27): .
Andrea said that Susana Cloze (28): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (29): Cloze (30): Cloze (31): JXUwMDNjJXUwMDBiJXUwMDA4 , and Cloze (32): JXUwMDM2JXUwMDAxJXUwMDE4 Cloze (33): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (34): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 5 dogs.
She said that Cloze (35): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (36): Cloze (37): JXUwMDMzJXUwMDA1JXUwMDAxJXUwMDE4 Cloze (38): Cloze (39): Cloze (40): .
She said that Cloze (41): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (42): Cloze (43): JXUwMDNkJXUwMDEzJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE3 Cloze (44): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDEyJXUwMDBiJXUwMDFh Cloze (45): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFi Cloze (46): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBk Cloze (47): Cloze (48): .
She said that she Cloze (49): Cloze (50): JXUwMDZkJXUwMDA1 Cloze (51): Cloze (52): JXUwMDM5 Cloze (53): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDEyJXUwMDAwJXUwMDBl .
Andrea said that she Cloze (54): Cloze (55): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDExJXUwMDA5JXUwMDAw Cloze (56): we Cloze (57): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (58): .
She said that my sister Cloze (59): Cloze (60): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDE4 Cloze (61): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDFlJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFj Cloze (62): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDBkJXUwMDE3 Cloze (63): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDFmJXUwMDBkJXUwMDBi Cloze (64): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk Cloze (65): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDAyJXUwMDBjJXUwMDA4 Cloze (66): JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFi Toronto.
She said that Carlos Cloze (67): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (68): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (69): JXUwMDM5 Cloze (70): Cloze (71): JXUwMDM0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDEyJXUwMDA3 Cloze (72): , Cloze (73): JXUwMDNhJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAx he Cloze (74): JXUwMDJmJXUwMDE2JXUwMDEy better.
She said that she Cloze (75): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (76): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi Cloze (77): JXUwMDEyJXUwMDNmJXUwMDE0JXUwMDBm Cloze (78): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDE1 Cloze (79): JXUwMDM5 Cloze (80): Cloze (81): JXUwMDM5 Cloze (82): JXUwMDNlJXUwMDAzJXUwMDEy Cloze (83): Cloze (84): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDA2JXUwMDA4 , Cloze (85): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBh Cloze (86): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDBk Cloze (87): fine.
Andrea said that she Cloze (88): JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 Cloze (89): Cloze (90): .

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