The key answer of exercise 4
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8D - Reported speech (2) for the textbook Solutions Pre-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Tim Falla and Paul A. Davies from Oxford University Press
Question
Read the dialogue. Then write it as reported speech. Remember to change pronouns and time references if necessary.
Answer
... had seen a robbery in the shopping centre.
Freya said (that) she’d heard about it on the news.
Joe said (that) he had been there. He said (that) he had taken lots of photos of the robbers on his phone.
Freya said (that) he’d probably get a reward.
Joe said (that) he wouldn’t get a reward because he couldn’t show the photos to the police.
Freya said (that) she didn’t understand.
Joe said (that), the day before, he’d been the victim of another crime. He said (that) a thief had stolen his phone on the bus.