- Change the following sentences into reported speech. First, write down the correct solutions and compare your answers with a neighbour. Then practice producing the reported speech (one partner reads out the direct speech, and the other produces the indirect speech (try to do this without looking at your answers).
She informed us (that) ______she had broken her leg whilst skiing ______________________________________________________________________
They asked me ______why I didn’t want to work for Siemens anymore ______________________________________________________________________
Matt wanted to know _______if I was going to college next year _____________________________________________________________________
Simon told me ____he couldn’t meet me on Sunday as he had promised ________________________________________________________________________
The nutritionist asked Laura ____what had been her favourite food as a child ____________________________________________________________________
The interviewer wanted to know ____how much I earned in my present job ________________________________________________________________
The seminar leader told ……us to take all our belongings with us when we left the room ….
Her cousin mentioned that they might go again to Italy this summer ___________________________________________________________________
Adapted from Cambridge English Grammar for CAE and Proficiency, Martin Hewings, 2009