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Type the correct words.

We usually change the following words in reported speech.

Direct speech	Indirect speech
This	[ ]
These	Those
[ ]	There

We usually change time expressions in reported speech.

Direct speech	Indirect speech
Today	[ ]day
[ ]	That night
Now	Then
Yesterday	The day [ ]
[ ]	The next (following) day
Next week	[ ]following week
Last year	The [ ]year
A year ago	A year [ ]

Revision Type the correct words.

1. She told Kevin, "I didn't see you at the swimming pool yesterday".

   She told Greg that [ ] hadn't seen [ ] at the swimming pool [ ].

2. Lora told Nick, "I will give you your book back next Sunday".

   Lora told Nick [ ] would give [ ][ ] book back [ ] Sunday.

3. Lenny said, "My brother has been working as a dentist since last December".

   Lenny said [ ] brother had been working as a dentist since [ ] December.

4. Mary said to me, "I can't come to your party as I am working tomorrow".

   Mary said to me [ ] couldn't come to [ ] party as [ ] was working [ ].

5. Lena told me and my sister, "I will come round today to you".

   Lena told me and my sister that [ ] would come round [ ] to [ ].

6. I said to Jack and Jane, "I'm not going to meet you tonight".

   I said to Jack and Jane that I was not going to meet [ ][ ].

7. The parents told their children, "We left home two hours ago; you've had to finish cleaning up".

   The parents told their children that [ ] had left home two hours [ ]; [ ] had had to finish cleaning up.

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