INTERMEDIATE-ENGLISH FILE- UNIT 8B -GRAMMAR BANK- REPORTED SPEECH: SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS

Question 1

&#x27;I need to see Sarah this weekend.&#x27; George said that ______.

Accepted Answer

he needed to see Sarah that weekend

Question 2

Where did you eat?&#x27; Sam asked me ______.

Accepted Answer

where I had eaten

Question 3

&#x27;May I smoke in this room?&#x27; Micky asked me ______.

Accepted Answer

if he might smoke in that room

Question 4

&#x27;Please, sit here.&#x27; She ______.

Accepted Answer

asked me to sit there

Question 5

&#x27;I must leave early today.&#x27; He said that he______ early that day.

Accepted Answer

had to leave

Question 6

&#x27;I&#x27;ve been ill for a couple of weeks.&#x27; He told me He ______ a couple of weeks.

Accepted Answer

had been ill

Question 7

I worked in a bank. He said that he______ in a bank.

Accepted Answer

worked, had worked

Question 8

&#x27;I can&#x27;t do it without your help.&#x27; She said she _____ it without my help.

Accepted Answer

couldn&#x27;t do

Question 9

&#x27;I was at the doctor all morning.&#x27; She told me that she ______at the doctor all morning.

Accepted Answer

had been

Question 10

&#x27;The meeting may start early.&#x27; He told us that the meeting _______early.

Accepted Answer

might start

Question 11

&#x27;Get out!&#x27; She told me ________

Accepted Answer

to get out

Question 12

&#x27;I&#x27;m reading now.&#x27; Sally told me ______.

Accepted Answer

that she was reading at that moment

Question 13

&#x27;Where are you going tomorrow?&#x27; Sandra asked me ______.

Accepted Answer

where I was going the following day

Question 14

&#x27;Have you signed the contract?&#x27; Suzan ______ .

Accepted Answer

asked me whether I had signed the contract

Question 15

&#x27;I haven&#x27;t seen Barbara since last year.&#x27; Brendan told me ______.

Accepted Answer

he hadn&#x27;t seen Barbara since the year before

Question 16

&#x27;I&#x27;ll lend you the money .&#x27; He told me he ______ me the money.

Accepted Answer

would lend

Question 17

&#x27;You should talk to Jim.&#x27; She said that I _______ to Jim.

Accepted Answer

should talk

Question 18

&#x27;Can you give me a hand with the boxes?&#x27; Peter asked me ______ with the boxes.

Accepted Answer

whether I could give him a hand

Question 19

&#x27;I am working today.&#x27; She told us She _______

Accepted Answer

was working that day.

Questions 19