EXERCISES - SIMPLE PAST DIRECT SPEECH 1) " I bought a new car." 2)"Tony did it", she said. REPORTED SPEECH 1)Hesaidhe Anew car. 2) Shesaid Tony It. 3)Peter said that heIn 3) Peter : "I worked in the garden." the garden. 4) She asked me , " Did you study English yesterday?" 5)"I lived here in 2002." Sheaskedmeiff English the day before. 5)She said that she. here in 2002. 6)He told his wife that they 6) He said to his wife, "We didn't clean the kitchen properly this morning." 7) She asked, "Did you buy the lap top for me?" 8)" Why did you tell a lie?" .. The kitchen properly that morning. Sheaskedmeiff the lap top for her. 8) I askedhim why .Alie. 9)Hesaidhe Agood 9)" I saw a good film yesterday." ilm the daybefore. 10) " I enjoyed my holiday in 10) HesaidthatheHis the States", David said. holiday in the States.

1)He said he had bought a new car.

2) She said Tony had done it.

3)Peter said that he had worked in the garden.

4) She asked me if I had studied English the day before.

5)She said that she had lived here in 2002.

6)He told his wife that they hadn´t cleaned the kitchen properly that morning.

7) She asked me if I had bought the laptop for her.

8) I asked him why he had told a lie.

9)He said he had seen a good film the day before.

10) He said that he had enjoyed his holiday in the States.

Explanation:

The equivalent in reported speech for a phrase in simple past should be in past perfect. For example:

"I bought a new car" is a simple past direct speech sentence. to rephrase it as reported speech the verb "bought" should be changed to the past perfect conjugation:

He said he had bought a new car.

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