Answers to questions on reported speech

1. He offered to help me type up the report.
2. He persuaded me not to hand in my resignation immediately.
3. he refused to discuss it with me.
4. He complained about not boing invited/not having been invited to the meeting.
5. The doctor advised him to take it easy for a few days.
6. The police warned him not to go near their house again.
7. The Ministry of Defence have decided to close down the naval base in two years' time.
8. she accused me of reading her diary.
9. He reminded me to apply for a new passport.
10. She apologized for all the trouble she had caused.

As we were working on this in class, it occurred to me that many of you might need to remember the basics rules for reported speech....so, if you think you need more practice, download an explanation here http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/pdffiles/reported.pdf
and a worksheet here http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/pdffiles/worksheetreported1.pdf
and here http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/pdffiles/worksheetreported2.pdf

Answers to the Reading section...

Here are the answers, which may surprise you!

READING (pg. 251)

Passage 1 (pg. 251)

 1.  C

 2. D

 3. B

 4. A

 5. C

 6. A

 7. C

 8. B

 9. B

 10. D

 11. A

 12. Male: C, D, F

  Female: B, E,

Passage 2 (pg. 255)

 1. A

 2. B

 3. D

 4. B

 5. C

 6. C

 7. C

 8. B

 9. D

 10. A

 11. D

 12. A

 13. B, D, E

Passage 3 (pg. 260)

 1. B

 2. C

 3. D

 4. A

 5. C

 6. D

 7. C

 8. B

 9. A

 10. B

 11. A

 12. D

 13. B, C, F