Question

Use of English 9 Choose the correct item. What were the speaker's exact words? 1 A: What's Alice making for dinner tonight? B: I don't know. She told me she had planned/plans something special. "I have planned something special." 2 A: "Did you call the restaurant to make reservations? 3 B: "Yes, but they said they hadn't had/ didn't have any free tables. 3 A: Carrie is starting her own business! B: Sue told Mike she was opening/has been opening her own seafood restaurant the following month. 4 A: Let's bake Brian a chocolate cake for his birthday. B: We can't. His sister told me he didn't eat/ isn't eating sugary foods at all. urbelor Turn the sentences into reported speech.​

Answer 1

1. A: What's Alice making for dinner tonight?

B: I don't know. She told me she had planned something special.

Reported speech: B said he didn't know what Alice was making for dinner that night, but she had told him she had planned something special.

2. A: "Did you call the restaurant to make reservations?"

B: "Yes, but they said they didn't have any free tables."

Reported speech: B said they had called the restaurant to make reservations, but they were told that the restaurant didn't have any free tables.

3. A: "Carrie is starting her own business!"

B: Sue told Mike she was opening her own seafood restaurant the following month.

Reported speech: A said that Carrie was starting her own business and B added that Sue had told Mike she was opening her own seafood restaurant the following month.

4. A: "Let's bake Brian a chocolate cake for his birthday."

B: "We can't. His sister told me he isn't eating sugary foods at all."

Reported speech: A suggested baking Brian a chocolate cake for his birthday, but B replied that they couldn't because Brian's sister had told him that he wasn't eating sugary foods at all.

Answer 2

1 A: "What's Alice making for dinner tonight?" B: I don't know. She told me she had planned something special.

Reported speech: B said that he didn't know what Alice was making for dinner that night. She had told him that she had planned something special.

2 A: "Did you call the restaurant to make reservations?" B: "Yes, but they said they didn't have any free tables."

Reported speech: B confirmed that he had called the restaurant to make reservations. However, they had informed him that they didn't have any free tables.

3 A: "Carrie is starting her own business!" B: Sue told Mike she was opening her own seafood restaurant the following month.

Reported speech: B informed Mike that Sue said Carrie was starting her own business. Sue specifically mentioned that she was opening her own seafood restaurant the following month.

4 A: "Let's bake Brian a chocolate cake for his birthday." B: "We can't. His sister told me he doesn't eat sugary foods at all."

Reported speech: B mentioned that they couldn't bake Brian a chocolate cake for his birthday because his sister had told him that Brian doesn't eat sugary foods at all.