Rewrite each of the following statements in reported/quoted speech
beginning with: (a) He says…… (b) He said
Example: “I have lost your camera.”
(a)
He says he has lost my camera.
(b)
He said he had lost my camera.
1. “My friend fell over the cliff.”
(a)
(b)
2. “Everybody seems to think the story is true.”
(a)
(b)
3. “I say a lot of people run down the street.”
(a)
(b)
4. “Ramon and I have been friends for a long time.”
(a)
(b)
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1.
(a) He says his friend fall over the cliff.
(b) He said his friend fell over the cliff.
2.
(a) He says everybody seems to think the story is true.
(b) He said everybody seemed to think the story was true.
3.
(a) He says he sees a lot of people run down the street.
(b) He said he saw a lot of people ran down the street.
4.
(a) He says he and Ramon have been friends for a long time.
(b) He said he and Ramon had been friends for a long time.
Explanation:
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