Direct v Indirect Speech
Quiz
Rewrite the sentences using 'used to' for the past in indirect speech. Drop the relative 'that' if possible.
'I used to smoke a lot when I was younger,' Julia said.
Julia said ...... .
'I used to earn more money as a desk jockey than as an exec,' David complained.
David complained ...... .
'They used to travel around South Africa,' Martha mentioned.
Martha mentioned ...... .
Norbert's daughter said, 'We used to shoot pigeons in Germany.'
Norbert's daughter said ...... .
'Herbert didn't use to drive a BMW when he was a teenager,' his mother said.
Herbert's mother said ...... .
The tycoon told us, 'My cousin didn't use to speak Polish when he was at university.'
The tycoon told us ...... .
'They didn't use to sleepwalk in the past,' Jeremy whispered.
Jeremy whispered ...... .
Kate's godfather told me, 'She used to be such a sweet girl.'
Kate's godfather told me ...... .
'I used to run really fast as a young boy,' Xaver said.
Xaver said ...... .
Matthew told me, 'I never used to work well under stress.'
Matthew told me ...... .