Reported Speech Exercise - answers

  • My brother is in hospital.
  • Bob said that his brother was in hospital.

  • I haven’t seen Bob for 5 days.
  • Bob said that he hadn’t seen Bob for 5 days.

  • I’ve been playing football a lot recently.
  • Bob said that he had been playing football a lot recently.

  • I don’ t know what Chris is doing.
  • Bob said that he didn’t know what Chris was doing.

  • I hardly ever go to a swimming pool these days.
  • Bob said that he hardly ever went to a swimming pool those days.

  • I work 10 hours a day.
  • Bob said that he worked 10 hours a day.

  • She has had a baby.
  • Bob said that she had had a baby.

  • I’ll tell Tom I saw you.
  • Bob said that he would tell Tom he had seen me.

  • Bob had an accident last week.
  • Bob said that Bob had had an accident the previous week.

  • Tom and Susan are getting married next month.
  • Bob said that Tom and Susan were getting married the following month.