Exercise on Reported Speech - answers
- He said, ‘I have no time’.
 - He said he had no time.
 - She told us, ‘I cannot read without glasses’.
 - She told us she couldn’t read without glasses.
 - They said, ‘We are very happy to be here’.
 - They said they were very happy to be there.
 - Susan told her father, ‘We must leave at once’.
 - Susan told her father they had to leave at once.
 - She said ‘We cannot help your colleague’.
 - She said they couldn’t help their colleague.
 - They said ‘We always go to bed before midnight’.
 - They said they always went to bed before midnight.
 - She said, ‘I am going to write a letter’.
 - She said she was going to write a letter.
 - She said, ‘I always take tea without sugar.
 - She said she always took tea without sugar.
 - He said, ‘I never take a bath at night’.
 - He said he never took a bath at night.
 - He said, ‘I will invite all my friends to this party’.
 - He said he would invite all his friends to that party.
 
