Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.5 - Lookback for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

Answer

  1. Last week, an interviewer asked me what my biggest weakness was.
  2. The other day, a complete stranger walked up to me and asked what I had been doing lately.
  3. Once, I was trying on trousers and the shop assistant asked if I would like / wanted to try a bigger size.
  4. Every day, my flatmate asks me to do the dishes and then says he / she'll do them next time.
  5. At the end of a first date, the girl asked me when I wanted to get married.
  6. At 3a.m., my phone rang and the caller asked if I was sleeping.