Question

3. Change the statements into reported speech .
`I'm a policeman .
He said ( that) he was a policeman .
1. 'We're not stayng in a hostel ' . They said ...
2. 'I'm a vegetarian and i don't eat meat. ' She said ...
3. 'The boys went home at ten o'clock . They said ...
4. 'I've lost my purse . ' Nicola said ...
5. 'I can't read the writing on the board . 'The boy said...
6. 'We'll phone on Saturday." They said..
7. 'The eggs are delivered fresh every morning . ' She said ...
8. 'I didn't work the early shift on Sunday . ' Tom said ...


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Answer 1

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Change the statements into reported speech

Treceți enunțurile la vorbirea indirectă

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Model

”I'm a policeman” he said.

He said (that) he was a policeman.

1. ”We're not staying in a hostel”. They said...

They said (that) they were not staying in a hotel.

2. ”I'm a vegetarian and I don't eat meat.” She said...

She said (that) she was a vegetarian and she didn't eat meat.

3. ”The boys went home at ten o'clock.” They said...

They said that the boys had gone home at then o'clock.

4. ”I've lost my purse.” Nicola said...

Nicola said (that) she had lost her purse.

5. ”I can't read the writing on the board.” The boy said...

They boy said (that) he couldn't read the writing on the board.

6. ”We'll phone on Saturday." They said...

They said (that) they would phone on Saturday.

7. ”The eggs are delivered fresh every morning.” She said...

She said (that) the eggs were delivered fresh every morning.

8. ”I didn't work the early shift on Sunday.” Tom said...

Tom said (that) he hadn't worked the early shift on Saturday.

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Observaţii:

• Vorbirea indirectă (reported/indirect speech) se foloseşte pentru a vorbi despre trecut, de aceea vom schimba timpurile verbelor folosite în vorbirea directă de către interlocutor.
• În vorbirea indirectă, folosim verbe precum "a spune", "a zice", "a relata", "a întreba".
• În vorbirea indirectă nu mai folosim ghilimelele.

He said "I know the truth". (direct speech)

He said (that) he knew the truth. (indirect speech)