Reported speech 1 Rewrite the following statements in reported speech. Example 'I like apple', John said. John said (that) he liked apple. 1 'I'm going to watch television', he said to his mother.    He told his mother (that) he was going to watch television. 2 'I've bought a new car', she said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 3 'I can't think of anything to write', said the boy to his teacher.    _______________________________________________________________________ 4 'I must get some new glasses', he said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 5 'I may sell my bicycle', she said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 6 'I can't understand what she says', my friend told me.    _______________________________________________________________________ 7 'I will love you forever', Romeo told Juliet.    _______________________________________________________________________ 8 'I don't like the weather in this city', he said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 9 'I can swim', John said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 10 'I will be a man', John said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 2 Now use the date changes. Example 1 'I am going today', Peter said.    Peter said (that) he was going that day. 2 'The Silvas are arriving tonight', he told his wife.    _______________________________________________________________________ 3 'I will call you tomorrow', he told me.    _______________________________________________________________________ 4 'I arrived yesterday', he said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 5 'I was here three months ago', he told his children.    _______________________________________________________________________ 6 'I bought this pair of shoes last week', he said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 7 'I'm going away next week', she said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 8 'They will arrive this morning', she told her husband.    _______________________________________________________________________ 9 'We moved to Bristol three years ago', said the woman.    _______________________________________________________________________ 10 'I'll come at eight tomorrow', she said    _______________________________________________________________________ 11 'We're driving the car to France next summer', they said.    _______________________________________________________________________ 3 Sally went to see a landlady called Mrs Mawby about a flat. Now she is telling her friend,    Paul,  about it. Report the sentences. Example 'The rent is $50 a week.' The landlady said the rent was $ 50 a week. 1 'It's a quiet flat, and the neighbours are nice."    Mrs Mawby said __________________________________________________________________ 2 'The rent includes gas and electricity.'     1 Online exercises 2 Online exercises 3 Online exercises home