Cover of the textbook On Screen B2 - Workbook & Grammar

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Grammar Bank 8 for the textbook On Screen B2 - Workbook & Grammar with authors Virginia Evans and Jenny Dooley from Express Publishing

Question

Turn the following sentences into reported speech.

Answer

  1. The rescuer said that they would have to wait until the flood waters receded.
  2. Naomi said (that) it had been five degrees below zero the day before / the previous day.
  3. Vicky said (that) it was raining really hard.
  4. The children said (that) they had been having their lesson when they had felt the ground shake.
  5. Amanda told Ethan that it had not stopped snowing since the day before / the previous day.
  6. The mayor said it looked like they would need to evacuate the village.
  7. James and Lilly said (that) they would be flying to Scotland the following week.