EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND
1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested
2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted
3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied
4. “If only I had told him the truth!”
Jane regrets
5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m sorry”.
The boy apologized
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused
7. “No, no. I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on
8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented
10. “It’s nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked
11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought
12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass,” the safeguard said to the tourists.
The safeguard warned
14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge”, my mother told my sister.
My mother accused
15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter apologized

Question

EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND
1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested 
2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted
3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied
4. “If only I had told him the truth!”
Jane regrets
5.  “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m sorry”.
The boy apologized 
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused 
7.  “No, no. I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on 
8.  “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt 
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented 
10.  “It’s nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked 
11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought 
12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to 
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass,” the safeguard said to the tourists.
The safeguard warned 
14.  “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge”, my mother told my sister.
 My mother accused 
15.  “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
 Peter apologized

Accepted Answer

1. She suggested going for a swim then

2. He admitted being wrong

3. He denied saying that

4. Jane regrets not having told him the true

5. The boy apologized for having not finished the assignment yet

6. The man accused the boy of taking his bag

7. She insisted on sitting for the test

8. She dreamt of becoming a doctor

9. His mother prevented him from using the mobile phone

10. She thanked him for visiting her

11. The woman thought of buying the car which she liked

12. She looked forward to going to America soon

13. The safeguard warned the tourists not to walk on the grass

14. My mother accused my sister of having stolen the cake from the fridge

15. Peter apologized for having broken the glass

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