To transform the sentences into reported speech we must remove the quotation marks and change the verb tenses, pronouns and adverbs as necessary.
- My friend John said that he had cooked a delicious dinner the night before.
- The children told me that they played in the garden every evening.
- Helen said that the laptop was too expensive.
- Bob told me that he wanted to apply for a new job.
- The students said that they had passed the test the week before.
- Debbie told me that she was painting the ceiling then.
- Lewis said that he had won the competition the month before.
- Mary said that she never stayed at that hotel.
- Bob and Billy often say that they are interested in philosophy.
What is reported speech?
As the name suggests, reported speech consists of reporting what someone said. Some changes must be made when we report something. Let's use one of the sentences in the question as example.
Let's report the sentence 'The students said "We passed the test last week".' First, we must remove the quotation marks. Now, this is something the students once said, not something they often say. Therefore, we must change verbs and adverbs to show that this was said in the past.
- Passed (simple past) --> had passed (past perfect)
- Last week - the week before
Besides that, we must change the pronoun "we". Since we are talking about the students, we must use the third-person plural "they". Therefore, we have:
- The students said that they had passed the test the week before.
With the information above in mind, we can conclude that the answers provided above are correct.
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