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Exercises On Reported Speech - 1

The document provides examples of reported speech exercises where direct quotations are rewritten indirectly by changing pronouns, verbs, and references to time and place. The exercises include rewriting statements to report what was said in the past and what was said two weeks ago in another place. The goal of the exercises is to practice changing direct speech into indirect reported speech.

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Exercises On Reported Speech - 1

The document provides examples of reported speech exercises where direct quotations are rewritten indirectly by changing pronouns, verbs, and references to time and place. The exercises include rewriting statements to report what was said in the past and what was said two weeks ago in another place. The goal of the exercises is to practice changing direct speech into indirect reported speech.

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Reported Speech - Practice

Exercises on Reported Speech - Statements


A. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and time expressions where
necessary.
1.
2.

She said, "I am reading."


She said that she was reading
They said, "We are busy."
They said that

3.

He said, "I know a better restaurant."


He said that

4.

She said, "I woke up early."


She said that

5.

He said, "I will ring her."


He said that

6.

They said, "We have just arrived."


They said that

7.

He said, "I will clean the car."


He said that

8.

She said, "I did not say that."


She said that

9.

She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."


She said that

10.

He said: "I won't tell anyone."


He said that

B. Imagine you want to repeat sentences that you heard two weeks ago in another place. Rewrite
the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and expressions of time and place where
necessary.
1.

2.

They said, "This is our book."


They said (that) that was their book.
She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."
She said that

3.

He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."


He said that

Prof. Mara Estela Medina


Universidad Nacional de Crdoba

4.

Reported Speech - Practice


You said, "I will do this for him."
You said that

5.

She said, "I am not hungry now."


She said that

6.

They said, "We have never been here before."


They said that

7.

They said, "We were in London last week."


They said that

8.

He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow."


He said that

9.

He said, "They won't sleep."


He said that

10.

She said, "It is very quiet here."


She said that

Prof. Mara Estela Medina


Universidad Nacional de Crdoba

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