Juego Reported speech: Statement transformations

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This is a set of 16 flashcards to practice the transformation of direct speech statements into reported speech. The front of the flashcards contains a quotation with the last words of some worldwide known celebrities. The back of the flashcards shows how that statement would be reported.
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Famous Last Words These are quotations of famous last words. Try to relay to your partner what these people said before they died!
Bob Marley: “Money can’t buy life”. Bob Marley said (that) money can’t buy life. (Verb tense doesn't change because this can be considered a universal truth).
Frida Khalo: “I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return”. Frida said (that) she hoped the exit was joyful and never to return.
Leonard Nimoy: “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.” Leonard Nimoy said (that) life was like a garden. Perfect moments could be had, but not preserved, except in memory.
Karl Marx: “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” Karl Marx said (that) last words were for fools who hadn’t said enough.
Mozart: “The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this earth." Mozart said (that) the taste of death was upon his lips and that he felt something that was not of that earth.
Frank Sinatra: “I’m losing." Frank Sinatra said (that) he was losing.
Virginia Woolf to her husband: “I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been.” Virginia Woolf said to her husband that she didn't think two people could have been happier than they had been.
Benjamin Franklin: “A dying man can do nothing easily.” Benjamin Franklin said (that) a dying man could not do anything easily.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to his wife: “You are wonderful.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said to his wife (that) she was wonderful.
Anton Chekhov: “I haven’t had champagne for a long time.." Anton Chekhov said (that) he hadn't had champagne for a long time.
George Orwell: "At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.” George Orwell said (that) at fifty, everyone had the face they deserved.
Nostradamus predicted: “Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here." Nostradamus predicted (said) that the next day at sunrise he would no longer be there.
Groucho Marx: “This is no way to live!” Groucho Marx said that was no way to live.
Emily Dickinson’s said: “I must go in, for the fog is rising.” Emily Dickinson said (that) she had to go in, for the fog was rising.
James Brown: “I’m going away tonight.” James Brown predicted (said that) he was going away that night.
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