Some exercises for indirect speech...
INDIRECT SPEECH:
- backshift of tenses! (I go --> you went, etc.)
Task1:
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH "SAY" OR "TELL" (IN THE CORRECT FORM). USE ONLY ONE WORD EACH TIME!
1 Ann said goodbye to me and left.
2 ____ us about your holiday!
3 Don't just stand there! ____ something!
4 I wonder where Sue is. She ____ she would be here at 8 o`clock.
5 Jack ____ me that he was fed up with his job.
6 The doctor ____ that I should rest for at least a week.
7 Don't ____ anybody what I ____ . It's a secret just between us.
8 "Did she ____ you what happened?" - "No, she didn't ____ anything to me!"
9 George couldn't help me He ____ me to ask Kate.
10 George couldn't help me. He ____ to ask Kate.
Task2:
SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING TO YOU WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE. WRITE A SUITABLE ANSWER BEGINNING "I THOUGHT YOU SAID..."
1 A: That restaurant is expensive.
B: Is it? I thought you said it was cheap?
2 A: Ann is coming to the party tonight.
B: Is she? I thought ......
3 A: Ann likes Paul.
B: Does she? I thought you said.....
4 A: I know lots of people.
B: ...
5 A: I'll be here next week.
B: ...
6 A: I'm going out this evening.
B: ...
7 A: I can speak a little French.
B: ...
8 A: I haven't been to the cinema for ages.
B: ....
GOOD LUCK
I'll later give you the correct answers. First try to solve the tasks on your own!!!! 
