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Reported Speech & Modals

This document provides exercises for reported speech, reported questions, and story completion using past modals. It includes examples of direct speech and questions that need to be changed to reported speech and reported questions. It also provides a short biography of pop star Kelly Clarkson and sentences to complete using the past perfect and past modals about her rise to fame through American Idol.

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Reported Speech & Modals

This document provides exercises for reported speech, reported questions, and story completion using past modals. It includes examples of direct speech and questions that need to be changed to reported speech and reported questions. It also provides a short biography of pop star Kelly Clarkson and sentences to complete using the past perfect and past modals about her rise to fame through American Idol.

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Exercises Teacher Arlette

Unit 9 & 10

A. Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.


Mel: Did you have good time on your date with Ariel last week? I saw her at a café yesterday, and she said
_____________________________ (“I enjoyed it a lot”).
Eric: Yeah, it was fine. The only thing was I had to pay for everything. Ariel said ______________________
_______ (“I’m broke”). Then she said that ____________________________ (“I’ve been spending too
much lately”).
Mel: So you paid for the movies and dinner, too?
Eric: Yes. She said ________________________________ (“I can’t afford to buy the tickets”)
Mel: Are you going to see her again?
Eric: I don’t know. She told me _______________________________ (“I’m going away for a week”) and
that ____________________________________ (“I’ll call you when I get back”).

B. Read what Amy says and the questions her family asks her. Then change the direct question into
reported questions by completing the sentences below.

Amy’s sister asked her…


1. whether / if she wanted to borrow some money.
2.

Amy’s father asked her…


3.
4.

Amy’s mother asked her…


5.
6.

C. Complete each story with your own ideas. Use past modals.
Exercises Teacher Arlette
Unit 9 & 10

E. Read the information about pop star Kelly Clarkson. Then complete the sentences below using the
past perfect and past modals.

Kelly Clarkson was chosen from among hundreds of competitors to


win American Idol, a TV talent show that lets viewers vote on the winner.
Since winning in 2002, she has recorded number of top-selling “hits” and
has become a household name. Yet, her rise to fame came somewhat
unexpectedly, as she had always dreamed of being a marine biologist.

1. If Kelly had followed (follow) her career dream, she might have become (might become) a marine
biologist.
2. If a music teacher __________________________ (not hear) Kelly singing in the hall of her middle school,
she ______________________________ (not join) the school chorus.
3. If Kelly ________________________________ (not learn) to sing classically in her school chorus, she
__________________________________ (might not be able) to use her voice in so many different ways.
4. If Kelly’s friends ___________________________________ (not tell) her about American Idol, Kelly
____________________________________ (not try out) for the show.
5. If Kelly ___________________________________ (receive) 47% and not 57% of the final vote on
American Idol, she ____________________________________ (not win) the competition.

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