Close Up Unit 10 Grammar page 125

Close Up Unit 10 Grammar

Reported Speech

'I went to a great concert last week,' Kathy said.

The pronoun - I

The verb - went

The time expression - last week

Multiple Choice

Complete the rules:

We use reported speech to tell someone what another person said. The main verb usually moves back one tense into the_______.

• future

• past

Don't worry about these. Today just focus on tell and say

Multiple Choice

We can use the verbs say and tell to report speech. When we use ______ , we follow it with an object.

• say

• tell

Multiple Choice

My uncle _____ that Conquest was the best film he'd ever seen.

• told

• said

Multiple Choice

I couldn't believe it when my drama teacher said that ____ had acted on Broadway.

• she

• I

Multiple Choice

We told our parents that we would go to the opera with them the ______.

• last week

• next day

Multiple Choice

David said he had given Jenny his music book the day _______.

• before

• yesterday

Multiple Choice

The director said he was busy ________.

• at the moment

• at that moment

Multiple Choice

The director said he was busy ________.

• at the moment

• at that moment

Multiple Choice

Mrs Hill said her son's friend had scratched _______ violin.

• her

• its

Multiple Choice

Tina told me that _______ thought the song lyrics to Mamma Mia were great.

• you

• I

Multiple Choice

I ________ Jodie that she had an audition on Thursday afternoon.

• told

• said

Changing direct speech

Pronouns