REPORTED SPEECH

(An exercise for Advanced students.)

1. His mother said to them: "Tom went to the stadium an hour ago." (GONE)

2. Jim said to us: "I am going to be abroad this week."

(THAT)

3. She said to us:"Had he already gone at six?" (ASKED)

4. He said: "We didn't eat fish two days ago."

(BEFORE)

5. Jane said to Ann: "Will your mother celebrate her birthday next weekend?"

6. My parents said to my brother and me: "Call us next time!"

(IF)

(THEM)

7. Tom said to his mother: "I spent all my pocket money at the weekend." (HAD)

8. Our teacher said to us: "Don't make mistakes in the exams tomorrow!" (TO)

9. She said to her brother: "Who were you talking to yesterday?" (DAY)

10.

My friends said to me: "Our father will go to London tomorrow." (WOULD)

ANSWERS
His mother told them that Tom had gone to the stadium an hour before.
Jim told us that he was going to be abroad that week.
She asked us if he had already gone at six.
He said that they hadn't eaten fish two days before.
Jane asked Ann if her mother would celebrate her birthday the following weekend.
My parents told my brother and me to call them the next time.
Tom told his mother that he had spent all his pocket money at the weekend.
Our teacher told us not to make mistakes in the exams the next day.
She asked her brother who he had been talking to the day before.
My friends told me that their father would go to London the next day.