English Practice exercises reported-direct speech: P4-06G

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Put the sentences below into direct speech

DIRECT SPEECH		REPORTED SPEECH
verb tense	Complete this columnq	verb tense	example sentence
present simple		past simple	Pavlos explained that he came from Greece.
present continuous		past continuous	The bus driver announced that he was waiting for everyone to sit down.
past simple		past perfect simple	Robert mentioned that he had lived in Germany for five years.
past continuous		past perfect continuous	The security guard told us that he had been standing outside the club when the fight started.
present perfect simple		past perfect simple	Jackie’s mother admitted that she had never been to France.
future: am / is / are going to		was/were going to	Corrie insisted that she was going to get the job.
future: will		would	My brother predicted that he would be married with three children by the time he was thirty.