Exercise 3. Turn the following sentences into reported speech

2. Tom said, ‘This meal is delicious.'

3. 'I've written you a letter,' she said to her friend.

4. 'We've decided to spend our holidays in Jordan,' they told us.

5. Jill said, 'I'll go to the bank tomorrow.'

6. She said to him, ‘We've been invited to a wedding.'

7. 'They've gone out for the evening,' Jessie said to me.

8. Keith said, 'There is a letter for you on the table.'

9. 'We won't be visiting Tom this evening,' Sam told us.

10. Eric said, 'They had been talking on the phone for an hour before I interrupted them.'

11. 'I haven't spoken to Mary since last week,' Gloria said.

12. 'They delivered the letters this morning,' she said.

13. He said, 'I'd like to buy this jumper.'

14. 'They aren't going on holiday this year,' he said.

15. Jane said, 'I haven't finished my homework yet.'

16. I'm going to bed early tonight,' Caroline said.

17. 'My mother is coming to visit us,' I said.

18. 'We don't want to watch a film tonight,' the children said.

19. 'He's playing in the garden now,' his mother said.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.

A

Katie (1) ...told... Dave that she had met a set of twins at a party. They looked exactly the same,' she (2)____ ‘I couldn't (3) ____ the difference between them.’ I've got a twin brother too,' (4) ____ Dave. 'Are you (5)____ me the truth?' asked Katie. '(6)____ me his name.' 'His name is Stephen,' Dave (7)____ her. 'I'll take you to meet him tomorrow.'

В

'You never listen to me,' Тага (1) ____ Jim. ‘I (2) ____ good morning to you three times today and you didn’t answer,' she (3) ____ ‘To (4) ____ you the truth, it makes me really angry. Why don’t you listen to me?’ ‘Oh, hello Таrа,' said Jim. ‘Did you just (5)____ something?’

C

'Claire (1) ____ me that she and John are getting married,' (2) ____ Sue. 'She (3)____ that they're going to have a big wedding with lots of guests.’ ‘That will be expensive,’ (4) ____ Tom. ‘I thought John (5) ____ that they couldn’t afford a big wedding.’ ‘'Well that’s what Claire (6)____ me,' (7) ____ Sue. 'I don't think she would (8) ____ a lie.'