Reported speech / Indirect speech

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Exercise 1: Say or Tell in Reported Speech?

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Exercise 1: Say or Tell in Reported Speech?

Choose the correct verb — 'say', 'said', 'tell', or 'told' — to complete each sentence in reported speech. Remember: 'tell' requires an object (e.g., tell me, tell John), while 'say' does not (e.g., said that...).

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He me that he didn't have enough money.
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I the waiter the soup was cold.
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Everybody that I had been great.
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She I was her favourite student.
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Victor he would change the windows.
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I the doctor I didn't want to take any medicine.
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They didn't me anything.
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She she worked in a factory.
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Who you that they wouldn't come?
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They there was a problem.