Reported speech
Correct the mistakes

Reported speech: exercise 3 - correct the mistakes

Find and correct the mistakes in the reported speech.

"I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah.
Sarah said she was not going to tolerate this any more.

Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that any more.

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"I am not going to tolerate this any more," said Sarah. Sarah said she was not going to tolerate this any more. Sarah said she was not going to tolerate any more.

"You have always been my friend," said Joe. Joe said I was always his friend. Joe said I his friend.

"We never eat meat," claimed Bill. Bill claimed that they had never eaten meat. Bill claimed that they meat.

"I will talk to Sam soon," she told me on Sunday. She told me on Sunday she will talk to Sam soon. She told me on Sunday she to Sam soon.

"Mary used to exercise every day," he said. He said Mary had used to exercise every day. He said Mary to exercise every day.

"I wish I was twenty years younger," said Linda. Linda said she wished she had been twenty years younger. Linda said she twenty years younger.

"Answer the phone!" he told me. He told me I answered the phone. He told me the phone.

"Where is Alex?" she asked me. She asked me where was Alex. She asked me where .

"Don't shout at me anymore," he told me. He told me I didn't shout at him anymore. He told me at him anymore.

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Direct and indirect speech exercises and grammar rules.

For intermediate and advanced learners of English.

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