reported speech b1

Report this sentence correctly.

‘I can swim really fast.’

• He told that he could swim really fast.

• He said that he could swim really fast.

• He said me that he could swim really fast.

Report this sentence correctly.

‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

• He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.

Report this sentence correctly.

Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’

Five days later you say...

• Tom said he is going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• Lisa said she didn’t have a map.

• Karen said she was going to be late.

• James said he will help me.

Which words complete the sentence?

Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy

• the following day

• that day

• previous day

Paul: ‘I won’t be at the meeting tomorrow.’

Paul said that he ______ at the meeting the following day.

Me: ‘I’ve done it!’

I told you that I _____ .

Danny: ‘I’m going to be late’.

Danny told me that he_____ to be late.

George: “I can’t chat because I’m working”.

George said that he___ because he was working.

Hannah: “I want to go to the football match, but I don’t have enough money”.

Hannah said that she_____ to go to the football match, but she didn’t have enough money.