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Reported speech exercise

July 7, 2014 - pdf

Complete the following sentences using appropriate words or phrases.

1. I told him ………………… interfere with me.

Correct! Wrong!

2. She asked me ………………… at once.

Correct! Wrong!

3. I asked him if he …………………. finished the work.

Correct! Wrong!

4. The teacher asked us ………………… on time.

Correct! Wrong!

5. He asked if he …………………. leave early.

Correct! Wrong!

6. They asked me ………………….. joining them.

Correct! Wrong!

7. He …………………. me to come.

Correct! Wrong!

8. She said that she ………………. anything from him.

Correct! Wrong!

9. She told me …………………. she wasn’t coming.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

10. I asked him what ………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. I told him not to interfere with me.

2. She asked me to leave at once.

3. I asked him if he had finished the work.

4. The teacher asked us to be on time.

5. He asked if he could leave early.

6. They asked me if I was joining them.

7. He asked me to come.

8. She said that she hadn’t heard anything from him.

9. She told me that she wasn’t coming. / She told me why she wasn’t coming. (The meanings of these sentences are different.)

10. I asked him what his problem was.

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