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The key answer of exercise 47.1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Unit 47 - Reported speech 1 for the textbook English Grammar in Use with authors Raymond Murphy from Cambridge University Press

Question

You talked to some friends of yours (Paul, Tom, Anna etc.). Read what they said on the left (direct speech). Later (the same day) you tell another friend what they said (reported speech). Complete the sentences.

Answer

  1. he was feeling ill.
  2. (that) it was too far.
  3. (that) she didn't want to go.
  4. (that) he would let me know next week.
  5. (that) he hadn't seen her for a while.
  6. (that) I could borrow hers.
  7. (that) she wasn't enjoying it very much.
  8. (that) he sold it a few months ago. / (that) he had sold it a few months ago.
  9. (that) she didn't know.
  10. (that) there were twenty students in her class.