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REPORTED SPEECH II

PAST TENSES

Rewrite the second sentence so that it means the same as the one given.

1-Tahar said, "I saw Majid yesterday."
   Tahar said that………………………………………………………                                         

2- "Kateb Yacine was a great Algerian writer" explained the teacher.
    The teacher explained that…………….. ……………………………

3-He told me "Alexander Graham Bell did not invent T V."
   He told me that……………. …………………………………………

4- "I started acting at the age of twelve" replied the actor.
    The actor replied that………………………………………………….

5- She insisted, "I knew what the problem was."
    She insisted that………………………………………………………

6- "The parcels were delivered last week" told him the postman.
     The postman told him that……………………………………………

7- “He invited me to come on a picnic with friends last weekend”, she said.
     She said that…………………………………………………………

8- "I expected you to tell me the truth but you did not" explained the father.
    The father explained that……………………………………………

9- "The President turned down an official invitation" El-Khabar wrote.
    El-Khabar wrote that…………………………………………………

10- Sami told us, “I had a job interview two weeks ago."
      Sami told us that……………………………………………...........

1- My friend told me  "we had installed Internet at home."
    My friend told me………………………….. …………………………

2- "I had learned English in London" said he.
    He said that ……………………………………………………………

3- The journalist wrote, " the Police had started the investigation."
    The journalist wrote……………….. …………………………………

4- “We had given up smoking" they said.
    They said that………………………………………………………

5- "I had e-mailed all the orders" she answered.
    She answered that……………………………………………………

1- "They were having a party when I arrived" he replied.
    He replied………………………………………………..……………

2- "I was getting ready when the light went out" Nadia said.
    Nadia said……………………………………………………………

3- "We were watching TV while they were surfing on the Internet" they told him.
    They told him…….…………………………………………………

4- Fodil said, “I was correcting the exams when someone knocked at the door."
    Fodil said that…………………………………………………………

5-  She told me, "I was looking for you."
     She told me that……………………………………………………

6-  “I was playing chess with Johnny in his home" he answered.
     He answered that………………………………………………

7-  Hamza complained, “ my neighbors were playing loud music all day."
     Hamza complained that………………………………………………

8-  “It was raining when the children left for school" answered my mother.
    My mother answered that………………………………………

9- “The birds were singing and the sun was shining. It was really lovely" Amel said.
Amel said that…………………………………………………………

10-  “I was wondering how we can find out" he said to us.
      He said to us that…………………………………………………

1- "Time pressure affected the news quality" the reporter wrote.
The reporter wrote that……………………………………………

2- Imene told us,  "we had prepared our meal."
Imene told us that…………………………………………………

3- "Romans built this castle many centuries ago" explained the tourist guide.
    The tourist guide explained that………………………………………

4- The pupils explained, "we were acting a play while our parents were watching us.”
    The pupils explained that….…………...……………………………

5- "I was painting my house at that time" Harry replied.
    Harry replied……………………………..…………………………

6-  Sarah admitted, “I was not listening to you."
     Sarah admitted that…………………………………………………

7-  “When I phoned, Mohamed was having a guitar lesson" explained Sabri.
     Sabri explained that…………………………………………………

8-  Manel said “I have only had the computer since last Friday."
     Manel said that………………………………………………………

9- “Ahlem felt so pleased because she’d done so much work"  he told me.
     He told me that………………………………………………………

10- “When my company went bankrupt, it had lost a lot of money" announced the manager.
      The manager announced that …………………………………