1. Write these sentences in indirect speech, changing words where necessary.

Pete and Sue are getting married tomorrow, she said.

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My parents are arriving tomorrow, she said.
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Well see her next summer they said.
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Im meeting them at four oclock today, he said.
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I can see you tomorrow, she said.
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2. Change the following statements into the reported speech.
a. I have something to show you, I said to her.
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b. Im going away tomorrow, he said.
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c. Ive been in London for a month but I havent had time to visit the Tower, said Rupert.
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d. Ill come with you as soon as Im ready, she replied.
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e. We have a lift but very often it doesnt work, they said.
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3. Change the following statements into the reported speech.
1. The spokesman said: I cant understand why billiards has been prohibited.
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2. Gihan exclaimed: We have had too many prohibitions.
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3. The young lady said: I did not make such a mistake.
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4. She said: Well go and get some food.

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5. Winston Churchill said: I wake up at six every day
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6. A company representative said: This probably wont happen.
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7. A farmer said: If the situation goes on like this, we will lose the consumers confidence for ever.
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8. He added: We need someone who will realise that celibacy has to be a personal choice.
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9. She said: I think the amount of immigrants right now is OK, but I dont think we need any more.
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10. He said: In Japan paper-folding was valued for its decorative function.
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4. Report on the finidings of both authors. Paraphrase.
''Unfortunately, little research has been conducted with people living in poverty to determine
the effects of severe material deprivation on subjective well-being. Diener states in his
article on slums in Calcutta.
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Stokes (1962) wrote: ''Assuming that slums do have a function in the development of the city,
we intend in this paper to see how this function evolves and show its direct relation to the
growth of the city.''
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ANSWER KEY
1. Write these sentences in indirect speech, changing words where necessary.
She said that Pete and Sue were getting married the next/following day.
She said that her parents were arriving the next/following day.
They said they would see her the following summer.
He said he was meeting them at four oclock that day.
She told me she could see me the next/folliwing day.
2. Change the following statements into the reported speech.
a. I told her I had something to show her.
b. He said he was going away the next/following day.
c. Rupert said (that)he had been in London for a month but (that) he hadn't had time to visit the Tower.
d. She replied (she told me )she would come with me/us as soon as she was ready.
e. They said (that) they have a lift but (that) it doesn't work very often./
They said they had a lift but it didn't work very often.
3. Change the following statements into the reported speech.
1.The spokesman said that he couldnt understand why billiards had been prohibited.
2. Gihan exclaimed that they had too many prohibitions.
3. The young lady said that she had not made such a mistake.
4. She said that that they would go and get some food.
5. Winston Churchill said that he woke up at six every day.
6. A company representative said that probably wouldnt happen.
7. A farmer said that if the situation went on like that they would lose the consumers confidence for
ever.
8. He added that they needed someone who would realise that celibacy had to be a personal choice.
9. She said that she thought the amount of immigrants at that moment was OK, but she didnt think
they needed any more.

10. He said that in Japan paper-folding had been valued for its decorative function.
4. Report on the finidings of both authors.
There is more than one correct solution to this task, here are some examples:
Diener reported that insufficient amount of studies on life in slums of Calcutta had been carried out to
provide substantial information on effects of extreme poverty on life quality of individuals.
/Diener reports that insufficient studies on life in slums of Calcutta have been carried out to provide
substantial information on effects of extreme poverty on life quality of individuals. /
Stokes (1962) assumed that slums had had a function in the development of the city, and
wrote an article on how that function developed and grew together with the city itself.
/Stokes (1962) had set to investigate the role and influence of slums in the expansion of related cities./
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