BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS

BACCALAUREATE EXAM EXERCISES

CORRECTION

I- REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS

REWRITE THE SENTENCES CHANGING THEM FROM DIRECT TO REPORTED SPEECH

1. .... he hoped to have time for reading the following week.

2. ....she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

3. ... he was going to visit his parents the following month.

4. ... his friend Brahim had found a new job in the IT business.

5. ....he had already written that paragraph four times.

6.. ...he couldn't continue to depend on his parents.

7. ... he would not stop until that factory was shut down.

8…..he didn’t think so.

9. .. .he would play cards after two days.

10. ..she had gone to bed early the previous night.

11. .. Jawad that he had to change that sentence into reported speech.

12… they couldn't come to the party the following Saturday.

13. .. .his parents were fine and he really got on well with them.

14. ... he couldn't come to my birthday party because he was going away for that weekend;

15. .. officer that was her first visit to Lebanon.

16. ...they wanted to leave at once.

17. .. .he didn't like his new flat.

18......if I didn't take any exercises, I wouldn't be healthy.

19. ...she had bought herself a lovely new dress.

20....he thought it was from Spain.