Exercise 7. Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.
1. ‘I will never forget you, Sheila,’ said Fred
Fred told Sheila ________________________________________________________
2. ‘Our grandparents are thinking of moving to a village next year,’ the kids said.
The kids said ________________________________________________________
3. ‘Steve doesn’t know my surname,’ Emily said.
Emily said ________________________________________________________
4. ‘I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight,’ Sean said to Hannah last Saturday.
Last Saturday, Sean told Hannah ________________________________________________________
5. ‘We won’t be able to finish the work on time,’ the workers told their boss.
The workers told their boss ________________________________________________________
6. ‘I’ve never had any mysteries I couldn’t solve,’ the detective said.
The detective said ________________________________________________________
7. ‘I’m buying a present for myself today,’ Kelly said.
Kelly said ________________________________________________________
8. ‘We visited Exeter last week,’ Mr and Mrs. McCormick said.
Mr and Mrs. McCormick told us ________________________________________________________
9. ‘I doubt you'll be able to live in a remote mountain village for very long,’ Helen said to Luke.
Helen told Luke ________________________________________________________
10. ‘I’ve just seen an alien spacecraft,’ Mary said to reporters.
Mary told reporters ________________________________________________________
1. Fred told Sheila that he would never forget her.
2. The kids said that their grandparents were thinking of moving to a village the next year.
3. Emily said that Steve didn't know her surname.
4. Last Saturday, Sean told Hannah that he couldn't go to the cinema with her that night.
5. The workers told their boss that they wouldn't be able to finish the work on time.
6. The detective said that he ( or she ) had never had any mysteries he ( or she ) couldn't solve.
7. Kelly said that she was buying a present for herself that day.
8. Mr and Mrs. McCormick told us that they had visited Exeter the previous week.
9. Helen told Luke that he doubted she would be able to live in a remote mountain village for very long.
10. Mary told reporters that she had just seen an alien spacecraft.