Question

Change these to indirect speech:

1. I saw him once before in London. (I knew)

2. Shakespeare didn't speak French. (The professor said)

3. He died two years ago. (When I got there, I found out)

4. Three thousand years ago there were tigers in England. (It said on this TV programme)

5. Somebody threw a bomb at the Prime Minister. (It said on this morning's news)

6. The ancient Romans suffered from lead poisoning. (I read in a magazine)

Answer 1

1.  (I knew that I had seen him once before in London.

2.  (The professor said that Shakespeare didn't speak French.

3. (When I got there, I found out that he had died two years before.

4. (It was said on this TV programme that three thousand years ago there were tigers in England.

5. It was said on this morning's news that somebody threw a bomb at the Prime Minister.

6.  (I read in a magazine that the ancient Romans had suffered from lead poisoning.