Reported Speech examples - answers

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• He said to us, ‘You will regret your decision’.
• He said to us that we would regret our decision.


• They said, ‘You will never learn in this way’.
• They said we would never learn in this way.


• They told Bob, ‘You will win a prize’.
• They told Bob he would win a prize.


• He told me, ‘The television will always give prizes to attract viewers’.
• He told me the television would always give prizes to attract viewers.


• They said, ‘We are not late’.
• They said they were not late.


• He said, ‘I have heard all about it’.
• He said he had heard all about it.


• They said, ‘The doctor didn’t give us any prescription’.
• They said the doctor hadn’t given us any prescription.


• I told them, ‘I had no choice in the matter.’
• I told them I had had no choice in the matter.


• She said, ‘I told them to be ready’.
• She said she had told them to be ready.


• He said, ‘I am going to buy a new car’.
• He said he was going to buy a new car.