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H/assignment. Reported speech

1. John is at the cardiologist’s. Report what he said to him.

1. Sometimes I have a terrible pain here in the chest.

2. After any physical work I feel nausea and sometimes even vomiting.

3. At night I can wake up because of breathlessness.

4. My weight is about 120 kilos.

5. I prefer eating meat and eggs to fruit and vegetables.

6. I don’t drink much alcohol.

7. I have been smoking since I was 16.

8. At the moment I’m not working.

9. My last ECG was performed 5 years ago.

10. Both my grandfather and father had had heart problems.

11. My father died of acute myocardial infarction.

12. I have never taken any cardiovascular drugs.

13. I will not be able to give up smoking; I’ve already tried several times.

2. Rewrite these sentences in Reported speech.

1. “I’m in a hurry, because my English starts in 10 minutes”, Cindy said.

2. “I was consulted by a cardiologist 6 months ago”, James said.

3. “Helen has been revising for her English module all day”, Mrs. Jacobs said to me.

4. “Steve is having an examination at the moment”, Steve’s mother said to me.

5. “Sally was working hard in the lab yesterday”, Paula said to us.

6. “You’ll never believe what happened yesterday”, Kathy said.

7. “I hadn’t felt as miserable as it was yesterday”, Nick said to his doctor.

8. “We’re planning to attend the Annual Conference on Cardiology”, Professor said to his colleagues.

9. “The water boils at 100 C”, teacher said.

10. “I sent all the analyses this morning”, lab technician said.