English in Valencia: reported speech gapfill exercise

Exercise: gapfill

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Reporting verbs

Wishes and regrets

Reported speech gapfill exercise

Fill in the gaps reporting the direct speech shown in red. Be careful with pronouns and adverbs as well as verb tenses! Do not use any short forms. There may be alternative ways of expressing adverbs, e.g. the next day, the following day, the day after, etc.

Click on the "c" button to check your answer. *Asterisks* will appear around the word or phrase if it is right. If it isn't right, the incorrect part of your answer will be replaced by lines. The number of lines corresponds to the number of letters AND spaces between words.

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(1) "I'm going to France next week."
He said that to France week.

(2) "They haven't spoken to their parents for six years."
She said that they to their parents for six years.

(3) "Sue doesn't want to go out with me."
He said that Sue to go out with .

(4) "You'll have to be here at 3 o'clock this afternoon."
She told me that I at 3 o'clock .

(5) "I moved into my flat three years ago."
I said that I into my flat three years .

(6) "If I hear anything I'll phone you."
He told me that if he anything he .

(7) "You can move into the flat as soon as you want."
She told that they into the flat as soon as .

(8) "You must bring me the money tomorrow."
He told us that the money .

(9) "I often go to the cinema."
She told us that she often to the cinema.

(10) "I'm going to do it now if you'll let me."
She told him that she if he .

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