G21.04.

501
Reported Speech
LEVEL 5
CEFR Level B2
Ex.1

Finish each sentence so that it means the same as the sentence before it.

1. "We're having problems understanding what to do."

They admitted that __________________________________________

2. "I won't eat my vegetables!"

She refused _______________________________________________

3. "The train has never been late before."

We pointed out that__________________________________________

4. "Please let me go to the disco!"

She begged her parents _______________________________________

5. "Where's my car?"
He wanted to know __________________________________________

6. "You'd better take an extra pen with you."

She advised him _____________________________________________

7. "I've just had my flat re-decorated."

He told us that______________________________________________

8. "Don't make such a fuss, daddy!"

The children told their father ____________________________________

9. "What are you going to do?"

I asked them ________________________________________________

10. I’ll do it if I have time."

He offered __________________________________________________

11. "Why did you look at me in such a strange way?"

She asked him________________________________________________

12. "Why don't you look for another job?"

She suggested to Arnold _______________________________________
G21.04.501
Reported Speech
LEVEL 5
CEFR Level B2
Ex.1

ANSWER KEY

1. they were having problems understanding what to do

2. to eat her vegetables
3. the train had never been late before
4. to let her go to the disco
5. where his car was
6. to take an extra pen with him.
7. he had just had his flat redecorated
8. not to make such a fuss
9. what they were going to do
10. to do it if he had time
11. why he had looked at her in such a strange way
12. that he should look for another job

SOURCE:
FIRST CERTIFICATE ORGANIZER