Choose the correct words.

1. Sally told / told me that she had lost the catalogue.

2. This is confidential, please don’t say / tell anything about it.

3. This is confidential, please don’t say / tell anyone about it.

4. Chris said / said me he would have to leave early.

5. He promised me to return earlier. /He promised me that he would return earlier.

6. He suggested to give / that he should give her a call the next day.

7. I said / told them about presentation and they said / told they would come.

8. She said / asked if it was difficult for him.

9. “You see,’ told / said Steve. “ I always told / said you’d get a promotion.”

10. “Look,” I told to / said to her, “ why don’t you tell / say me what you mean?”

 

7. Match the actual words in sentences 1-12 with the reported statements a) – l)

1. ‘Well done! You’ve done it!’. a) He advised me to do it.

2. ‘Who me? No, I never did it.’ b) He apologized for not doing it.

3. ‘I’m really sorry I didn’t do it-I just forgot.’ c) He congratulated me on doing it.

4. ‘If I were you, I’d do it.’ d) He invited me to do it

5. ‘Would you like to do it?’ e) He denied doing it.

6. ‘Don’t forget to do it!’ f) He mentioned that he’d done it.

7. ‘Oh, I see that you’ve done it.’ g) He didn’t realize I’d done it.

8. ‘Oh, by the way, I’ve done it.’ h) He promised that he’d do it.

9. ‘Oh! I thought you hadn’t done it!’ i) He noticed that I’d done it.

10.‘I really wouldn’t do it. it could be a disaster. j) He refused to do it.

11.’I’ll do it, you can count on me.’ k) He reminded me to do it.

12.’No, I won’t do it.It’s out of the question.’ l) He warned me not to do it