REPORTED SPEECH

ORDERS AND
REQUESTS - introducing verbs: order, tell, ask

EXERCISE 1

Look at the blackboard, 1.- ‘Kevin, don’t touch my things again’ – his
children! brother said
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2.- ‘Can you lend me your car for the weekend,

Mum?’ – Cathy said
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The teacher ordered the children to look at the blackboard.
3.- ‘Leave your umbrellas outside the museum,
Don’t leave your things all over please’ – the guide said
the place, Sue! ______________________________________
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4.- ‘Don’t park here, sir’ – the policeman said

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5.- ‘Could you show me that blue sweater in the

shop window, please?’ – the woman said
Her mother told Sue not to leave her things all over the place ______________________________________
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6.- ‘Will you come with me to Susan’s party,

Will you take me out for a walk, please?
John?’ – Mary said
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7.- ‘Will you please not come with your dog into
the restaurant?’ – the waiter said
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The dog asked me to take him out for a walk
8.- ‘Don’t say anything to your parents, ok?’ – she
said
Mum, give me something to
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eat!
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9.- ‘Send me a copy of the contract, will you?’ –

the lawyer told Mr. Smith
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10.- ‘Please, show me the photographs’ – she said

The boy told her mother to give him something to eat ______________________________________
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Don’t close your mouth,
11.- ‘Stop smoking? – the doctor told him
Mr. Jones, please.
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12.- ‘Never unlock this door!’ – he told his

assistant
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The dentist asked Mr. Jones not to close his mouth.
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STATEMENTS - introducing verbs: say, tell, explain, think, etc. ...

EXERCISE 2

Sorry, Mr. Jones is 1.- ‘I think there is a bus at five o’clock’

out this morning. – my brother said
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2.- ‘She broke the glasses when she

was washing up’ – he said
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The secretary told me that Mr. Jones was out
that morning.
3.- ‘They can’t come because they are busy’
You have to fill in this form and
submit it in the office upstairs – Susan said
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4.- ‘I’ll do my homework tomorrow’ – the

child told his mother
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5.- ‘We have been to Paris twice’ – she said

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The clerk explained to
me that I had to fill in that form and submit it
6.- ‘The boys are playing in the garden now’
in the office upstairs.
– she said
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I have been
promoted.
7.- ‘I don’t know your new boyfriend’ – she
told Sheila
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8.- ‘Someone brought a parcel for you last

week’ – she told me
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The clerk told his wife that he had been
promoted 9.- ‘Mary, your glasses are on the table’ –
her mother said
I know the answer ______________________________________
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10.- ‘Tom is having dinner with us next

Saturday’ – he said
The girl said that she knew the ______________________________________
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answer
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QUESTIONS - introducing verbs: ask, wonder, want to know

What’s your name and

address, sir?
EXERCISE 3

1.- ‘Where do you live, Mr. Sallies?’ – the policeman

asked
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The policeman wanted to know what my name 2.- ‘Are you busy, Tom?’ – Mary asked
and address was. ______________________________________
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Where’s my coffee? 3.- ‘Have you seen my brother?’ – she asked me

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4.- ‘How are you going to Italy?’ – he asked me

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He wondered where his coffee was. 5.- ‘Do you like classical music, Sue?’ – I asked
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6.- ‘How much did you pay for that car?’ – he asked
Are you coming to my
me
party next Friday,
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Susan?
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7.- ‘When are you going on holiday?’ – she asked

her brother
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She asked Susan if she was coming to her party the following
Friday. 8.- ‘Did you close the windows last night, Terry?’ –
his mother asked
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Did you see the match last ______________________________________
night?
9.- ‘Why are you still in bed?’ – I asked her
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10.- ‘Who is that man?’ – she wondered

He asked me if I had seen the match the night before. ______________________________________
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11.- ‘Did you buy those flowers, Mum?’ – the girl

How many miles have we asked
run? ______________________________________
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12.- Whose CDs are these? – he wondered

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She wanted to know how many miles they had run.