Read these sentences and write them in reported speech. Write full words in your answers. Don't forget about full stops at the end of the sentences.
Use 'that' in positive sentences for reported speech.
1. “You will be paid twice a month,” her boss said
2. “ Go to your room and read this book”, mum said to Steve.
3. “Check the documents”, the boss said
- We use reported speech to communicate what someone else said. In this case, we need to change the sentence from direct speech ("You will be paid twice a month") to reported speech. We use the word "that" in positive sentences for reported speech. So, we add the word "that" and change the pronoun "you" to "she" to match the subject of the reported speech.
2. Mum told Steve to go to his room and read that book.
- In this sentence, we have two parts in direct speech: "Go to your room" and "read this book". To convert it to reported speech, we use the verb "told" and add the phrase "to go to his room and read that book" after it.
3. The boss told them to check the documents.
- Again, we use the verb "told" in reported speech. We also need to change the pronoun "you" (assuming it refers to multiple people) to "them" to reflect the subject in reported speech.