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Reported speech exercise

December 31, 2012 - B1pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate direct or indirect speech forms.

Progress 0 of 9 answered
1I didn’t ask him ............... it.
Wrong!
2The officer asked us ............... our identity cards.
Wrong!
3She asked me if I ............... finished the work.
Wrong!
4The officer asked us ............... for duty on time.
Wrong!
5She asked me if she ............... leave.
Wrong!
6They asked me ............... doing there.
Wrong!
7He threatened ............... me if I didn’t obey his orders.
Wrong!
8She said that no one ............... the meeting last week.
Wrong!
9She told me ............... she was going.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/9

Answers

  1. I didn’t ask him to do it.
  2. The officer asked us to show our identity cards.
  3. She asked me if I had finished the work.
  4. The officer asked us to report for duty on time.
  5. She asked me if she could leave.
  6. They asked me what I was doing there.
  7. He threatened to kill me if I didn’t obey his orders.
  8. She said that no one had attended the meeting last week.
  9. She told me that she was going.
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