Level 4 Unit 10 Reported speech - Present and Past
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"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.
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