Question

IV. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech, beginning as shown.

1. I gave up smoking ten years ago. I used…………………………………………………………………

2. John used to go on bare foot when he was a little boy. John often went……………………………………………………….

3. He doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to. He used……………………………………………………………….

4. I walked to school in 20 minutes It took…………………………………………………………………

5. When I was a child, I was afraid of ghost. I used………………………………………………………………….

6. It took him an hour to solve that exercise He solved……………………………………………………………...

7. Kate took two aspirins and then she felt a lot better. After taking……………………………………………………………

Answer 1

1. I gave up smoking ten years ago. I used……to give up smoking ten years ago…………………………

2. John used to go on bare foot when he was a little boy. John often went…on bare foot when he was a little boy………….

3. He doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to. He used…to play tennis better than he does…………….

4. I walked to school in 20 minutes It took…me 20 minutes to walk to school………………………

5. When I was a child, I was afraid of ghost. I used…to be……afraid of ghost when I was a child….

6. It took him an hour to solve that exercise He solved…that exercise in an hour…………...

7. Kate took two aspirins and then she felt a lot better. After taking…two aspirins,she felt a lot better……………