3. The girl said that it was a wonderful place

4. Paco thinks zoos are cruel

5. Practice your English

6. Solved exercises

Solved exercise

Let's study the following examples:

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"I'm taking this cake to my grandma tomorrow", she said.

She said that she was taking that cake to her grandma the following day.

What changes have we made in the reported statement?

Important

Remember the changes we normally have to do with verbs (one step back):

DIRECT SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Present Perfect

Will

Can

Past Simple

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Would

Could

Self-Assessment activity

Transform the following statements into reported speech:

1. "I will buy you a present", she promised him.

She promised him that JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk JXUwMDNhJXUwMDE3JXUwMDBj JXUwMDMwJXUwMDAxJXUwMDA0 JXUwMDM5 .

2. "I saw the thief coming out of this shop", she said.

She said that JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 JXUwMDJiJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBk JXUwMDM3JXUwMDFhJXUwMDAx JXUwMDM3JXUwMDA5 JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1 JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDFm .

3. "I can run the marathon today", she said.

She said that JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk JXUwMDJhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDFi JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBk JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1 JXUwMDNjJXUwMDA1JXUwMDE4 .

4. "We're staying at home tonight", they told us.

They told us that JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDFj JXUwMDJmJXUwMDEyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE3 JXUwMDM5JXUwMDE1 JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4 JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDA5JXUwMDE1 .

5. "I have just arrived here", he said.

He said that JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBk JXUwMDMwJXUwMDA5JXUwMDA1 JXUwMDMyJXUwMDFmJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA3 .

6. "We live in London", he said.

He said that JXUwMDJjJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBkJXUwMDFj JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3 .

Further knowledge

Practice reported statements by doing these exercises:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Curiosity

Did you know that Alcatraz was once a prison?

Alcatraz Island, as you have learned in this topic, is located in the San Francisco Bay. It is also called 'The Rock', and has been used as a lighthouse, as a military fortification and as a prison. It has been such an important jail that many films and books have used it in their plots. Well-known criminals have been imprisoned in Alcatraz, such as Al Capone in 1934.

Nowadays, the island is a historic site open to the public.

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