V. Change the sentences into the reported speech. 1. “We have moved into our new flat. We don’t like it nearly so much as our last one,” said my aunt. 2. “It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday,” he remarked. 3. “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window,” he said. 4. “It’s time we began training for our next match,” the coach said to them. 5. “I wrote to him the day before yesterday. I wonder why he hasn’t rung up,” she said. 6. “My wife wants to take a job but I’d rather she concentrated on our home,” he said. 7. “I wish you’d seen it,” I said to her. 8. “I don’t know what your father will say when he sees what a mess your puppies have made of this five-pound note,” 9. “Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,” she said. 10. “My father forbids me to see this man again,” she said to me.

V. Change the sentences into the reported speech.

1. “We have moved into our new flat. We don’t like it nearly so much as our last one,” said my aunt.

My aunt said that they had moved into their new flat, they didn't like it nearly so much as their last one

2. “It isn’t so foggy today as it was yesterday,” he remarked.

He remarked it wasn't so foggy that day as it had been the day before

3. “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window,” he said.

He said that he couldn't get into the house because he had lost his key, so he had had to break a window

4. “It’s time we began training for our next match,” the coach said to them

The coach said to them that it was time they began training for their next match

5. “I wrote to him the day before yesterday. I wonder why he hasn’t rung up,” she said.

She said that she had written to him two days before, she wondered why he hadn't rung up

6. “My wife wants to take a job but I’d rather she concentrated on our home,” he said.

He said that his wife wanted to take a job but he'd rather she concentrated on their home

7. “I wish you’d seen it,” I said to her.

I said to her that I wish she'd seen it

8. “I don’t know what your father will say when he sees what a mess your puppies have made of this five-pound note,”

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9. “Nothing grows in my garden. It never gets any sun,” she said.

She said that nothing grew in her garden, it never got any sun

10. “My father forbids me to see this man again,” she said to me.

She said to me that her father forbad her to see the man again