Reported speech exercises - Sentences
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What I told you
was
the truth, with one slight alteration.
(be)
If someone told you
therewas
food, they were lying.
(therewas)
Okay, so the priest said he
needed
to get right with his Creator.
(need)
What he told me
was
no more encouraging.
(be)
Last time we spoke, you said you
were
not too happy with your circumstances.
(be)
I explained that I
was
a reporter who covered military affairs and gave him my name.
(be)
She told that she
was
“ very, very shy ” before.
(be)
So, what I told him
was
the story about the lady with one in her bedside stand.
(be)
He said he
wanted
to bring his band over.
(want)
She said she
hated
the sound of his laugh.
(hate)
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