4 GRAMMAR Reported speech Complete the answers with the words in brackets. 1 A: I didn't see you at Jane's party on Friday. B: But you told me it was on Saturday (be on Saturday). 2 A: Suzy has fallen in love with Mark. B: Oh, I thought… ＿ (hate him). She said so last month. 3 A: Mum and Dad are going to the cinema tonight. B: But they said ＿ (help me with my homework). 4 A: I played tennis here with Joe once. 5 A: Shall we both pay half? B: You told me ＿ (never come to this part of town before). B: Didn't you say ＿ (going to buy me dinner)? 6 A: I'll meet you after the game at 8 pm. B: But you said ＿ (finish before seven).

To solve this exercise on reported speech, we need to transform the direct speech into reported speech, maintaining the tense, pronouns, and time expressions correctly. 1. A: I didn't see you at Jane's party on Friday. B: But you told me it was on Saturday. (It was on Saturday) - Reported speech: B told A that it had been on Saturday. 2. A: Suzy has fallen in love with Mark. B: Oh, I thought... (hate him). She said so last month. - Reported speech: B said that she thought Suzy hated him, as she had said so last month. 3. A: Mum and Dad are going to the cinema tonight. B: But they said... (help me with my homework). - Reported speech: B was surprised as A had said that they were going to help with homework. 4. A: I played tennis here with Joe once. - No reported speech is needed here as there is no direct speech to report. 5. A: Shall we both pay half? B: You told me... (never come to this part of town before). B: Didn't you say... (going to buy me dinner)? - Reported speech: B reminded A that A had said he had never been to that part of town before and also questioned if he had mentioned buying dinner. 6. A: I'll meet you after the game at 8 pm. B: But you said... (finish before seven). - Reported speech: B pointed out that A had said it would finish before seven. By transforming the direct speech into reported speech, we accurately convey what was said in a conversation or situation.