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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 [ ] |
She told Kevin, "I didn't see you at the swimming pool yesterday".
She told Greg that [ ] hadn't seen [ ] at the swimming pool [ ].
Lora told Nick, "I will give you your book back next Sunday".
Lora told Nick [ ] would give [ ][ ] book back [ ] Sunday.
Lenny said, "My brother has been working as a dentist since last December".
Lenny said [ ] brother had been working as a dentist since [ ] December.
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 [ ].
Lena told me and my sister, "I will come round today to you".
Lena told me and my sister that [ ] would come round [ ] to [ ].
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 [ ][ ].
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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