REPORTED SPEECH - UPPER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - I’ll be there for you By Rembrandts

REPORTED SPEECH – I’ll be there for you - The Rembrandts

1. Rewrite the sentences using Reported Speech.

So no one told you, “Life is gonna be this way.” _______________________________ (tell)

Your job’s a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear

And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year but..

“I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour”        ____________________________ (say)

“I'll be there for you like I've been there before”          ____________________________ (state)

“I'll be there for you 'Cuz you're there for me too...”    ____________________________ (tell)

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight. You've burned your breakfast. So far... things are going great

Your mother warned you, “There’ll be days like these"_________________________ (warn)

Oh but she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees that...

I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour. I'll be there for you like I've been there before. I'll be there for you 'Cuz you're there for me too...

2. Match the different sentence parts.

No one could ever know me;                                in second gear and

Seems you're the only one                                   your month, or even your year...

Someone to face the day with                              who knows what it's like to be me

Someone I'll always laugh with                            even at my worst I'm best with you.

It's like you're always stuck                                  no one could ever see me

it hasn't been your day, your week,                      make it through all the rest with

3. Rewrite the sentences using Reported speech.

A)   My mother warned me, “Expect bad days.”

              My mother warned me ___________________bad days.

B)    My father told me, “Don’t expect life to be a bed of roses.”

           My father told me _________________life to be a bed of roses.

C)    Fortunately, my friend promised, “I’ll be there for you.”

           My friend promised me (that) ____________________________.

           My friend promised to__________________________________.

D)   When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me, “Did you oversleep again?”

           When I arrived 3 hours late at the office, my boss asked me _____________________again.

E)   I replied, “Of course I didn’t oversleep”.

He replied ____________________________.

44. Find the words or the phrases for the following definitions.

v __________ - short of cash, having little or no money.

v __________ - informal way of spelling ”because”.

v __________ - Dead on Arrival, acronym used by hospitals to indicate that the patient had died before arriving.

v __________ - informal pronunciation and spelling of “going to”

v __________ - survive a difficulty.

v __________ - flow quickly and in large amounts. (e.g.: rain)