E8_Reported speech

Complete the second sentences using the correct verb forms.

I said to her, “I can solve the sum.”

=> I said to her that I ​ (a)   the sum.

Complete the second sentences using the correct verb forms.

She said to her brother, “I won’t do this work.”

=> She told her brother that she ​ (a)   that work.

Complete the second sentences using the correct verb forms.

She told people, “I’m applying to Harvard.”

=> She told people she ​ (a)   to Harvard.

Choose the correct answer.
She said she had left all worries behind and devoted herself to the study of science some years ____.

• ago

• before

Choose the correct answer.
He said he’d been so busy ______ afternoon that he’d completely forgotten to call her.

• that

• this

Choose the correct answer.
He said that Emily was wearing a brown dress she’d bought _____.

• the previous day

• yesterday

Choose the correct answer.
The secretary said I could leave a note on her desk whenever she wasn’t _____.

• there

• here

Choose the correct answer.
He said that the Internet signal could _____ be transmitted by satellite.

• now

• then

Choose the correct answer.
Julia said that she didn’t like to stay at home and watch TV _____.

• today

• that day

Complete the reported speech sentences.

“We can spend part of our budget on research and development.”

=> They said that​ (a)   on research and development.