For the group 5cop! Do these grammar tasks into your copybooks!

People made these statements. Report them, using“said”.

a. “Mary works in a bank”, Jane said. _________________________________________________________________

 b. “I’m staying with some friends”, Jim said. _________________________________________________________________

 c. “I’ve never been to Russia”, Mike said. _________________________________________________________________

 d. “Tom can’t use a computer”, Ella said. _________________________________________________________________

 e. “Everybody must try to do their best”, Jill said. _________________________________________________________________

 f. “Jane may move to a new flat”, Rachel said. _________________________________________________________________

 g. “I’ll stay at home on Sunday”, Bill said. _________________________________________________________________

Change the following statements into the reported speech.

 a. “I have something to show you”, I said to her. _____________________________________________________________________

b. “I’m going away tomorrow”, he said. _____________________________________________________________________

 c. “I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had time to visit the Tower”, said Rupert. _____________________________________________________________________

 d. “I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready”, she replied. _____________________________________________________________________

 e. “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work”, they said. _____________________________________________________________________

 f. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said. _____________________________________________________________________

g. “I found an old Roman coin in the garden yesterday and I am going to take it to the museum this afternoon”, he said. _____________________________________________________________________for