Level 4 Ch 10 - Reported Speech - Present & Past.

Level 4 Unit 10 Reported speech - Present and Past

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Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble.
"I saw three films last week."
John said he three films the week before.

"I have seen two films already this week."
He said he two films already that week.

"Please don't open the window."
John asked me the window

"Don't put your feet on the table"
You're always telling me my feet on the table!

"Get me a coffee without sugar please?"
He asked me him a coffee.

"I had caviar for breakfast yesterday."
I saw John last week and he told me he caviar for breakfast the day before.

"I've had two job interviews this morning."
He told me he two job interviews that morning.

I have been able to drive for ten years.
In June he told us he to drive for ten years.

"What is this? I have never had to show identity papers before!"
Peter complained, telling the policeman that he never to show identity papers before.

"The British do not have to carry identity cards yet."
He stated that the British to carry identity cards yet.

"John has just told me a really funny story about a banana"
Mary said John just her a funny story."

"You can't smoke in bars in France any more."
John has just told me you in bars in France any more.

"I couldn't repair the car myself so I took it to a garage."
John told me he to repair the car and that he had taken it to a garage

"Because I've just passed my driving test!"
I asked John why he was so happy. He told me he just his driving test.

"When I was a boy you had to work hard at school."
Granddad always says that when he was a boy kids a lot harder at school than they do now.

"We can see the new Johnny Depp film tonight if you like. I've never seen any of his fims."
Would you believe it. Anne says she never any Johnny Depp films!

I had never eaten snails when I came to France.
He said he never snails when he came to France.

I was lying in a hospital bed when I first met my wife.
He told us that he in a hospital bed when he first met his wife.

I've been lying here for hours, waiting for a doctor.
He told us he there for hours, waiting for a doctor.

"We started picking grapes last Monday so now we've been picking for exactly a week."
The students told us they picking grapes the previous Monday and that therefore they for a week when we met them.