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Reported Speech Exercises

The document contains examples of reported speech in different scenarios. It provides direct speech examples and the corresponding reported speech versions. The reported speech examples cover statements, questions, commands (affirmative and negative), and uses of different reporting verbs to report what someone said.

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Reported Speech Exercises

The document contains examples of reported speech in different scenarios. It provides direct speech examples and the corresponding reported speech versions. The reported speech examples cover statements, questions, commands (affirmative and negative), and uses of different reporting verbs to report what someone said.

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Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow.

"
Emily said that ................................................................
2) Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday."
Helen told me that ...........................................................
3) Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year."
Robert told me that ..........................................................
4) Lisa: "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago."
Lisa said that ...................................................................
5) Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."
Patricia said that ................................................................
6) Michael: "I am going to read a book this week."
Michael said to me that ........................................................
7) Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."
Jason and Victoria told me that ...............................................
8) Andrew: "We didn't eat fish two days ago."
Andrew remarked that ...........................................................
9) Alice: "I spent all my pocket money on Monday."
Alice complained that .............................................................
10) David: "John had already gone at six."
David said that ......................................................................

REPORTED SPEECH QUESTIONS

Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"


Yesterday Mandy asked me ...................................................
2) Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"
Yesterday Jason wanted to know ...........................................
3) Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me ...................................................
4) Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Yesterday Daniel asked me ...................................................
5) Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"
Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know ........................................
6) Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"
Yesterday Nancy wanted to know .........................................
7) Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me ..................................................
8) Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
Yesterday Linda wanted to know .............................................
9) Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"
Yesterday Grandmother asked me ............................................
10) A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"
Yesterday a man asked me .....................................................
REPORTED SPEECH COMMANDS AFFIRMATIVE
1) Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!"
Andrew told me .
2) Jessica: "Write a text message!"
Jessica told me .
3) Nelly: "Help Peter's sister!"
Nelly told me .
4) Fred: "Wash your hands!"
Fred told me .
5) Anna: "Open the window!"
Anna told me .
6) Tom: "Come at 8!"
Tom told me .
7) Teacher: "Do your homework!"
The teacher told me .
8) Doris: "Dance with me!"
Doris told me .
9) Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station!"
Sabine told me .
10) Victoria: "Check your e-mails!"
Victoria told me .

    REPORTED SPEECH COMMANDS NEGATIVE

1) Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!"


Karen told me .
2) Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!"
The teacher reminded me .
3) Mike: "Don't shout at Peter!"
Mike told me .
4) Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour!"
Yvonne told me .
5) Denise: "Don't open the door!"
Denise told me .
6) Marcel: "Don't sing that song!"
Marcel reminded me .
7) Jane: "Don't watch the new film!"
Jane advised me .
8) Walter: "Don't ring Romy on Sunday!"
Walter told me .
9) Lisa: "Don't fly via Paris!"
Lisa advised me .
10) Jamie: "Don't eat so much junk food!"
Jamie reminded me .
REPORTING VERBS

We use reporting verbs to report what someone said more accurately than
using 'say' and 'tell'.

verb + infinitive

agree, decide, offer, promise, refuse, threaten

They agreed to meet on Friday.

He refused to take his coat off.

verb + object + infinitive

advise, encourage, invite, remind, warn

Tom advised me to go home early.

She reminded me to telephone my mother.

verb + gerund

deny, recommend, suggest

They recommended taking the bus.

She suggested meeting a little earlier.

verb + object + preposition (+ gerund)


accuse, blame, congratulate

He accused me of taking the money.

They congratulated me on passing all my exams.

verb + preposition + gerund

apologize, insist

They apologized for not coming.

He insisted on having dinner.

verb + (that)

admit, agree, decide, deny, explain, insist, promise, recommend, suggest

Sarah decided (that) the house needed cleaning.

They recommended (that) we take the bus.

REPORTING VERBS EXERCISE

advise beg deny hope insist invite promise remind refuse suggest threaten warn

1 "I didn't do it," she said. She .............................. doing it.


2 "Have lunch with me," she said. She .............................. me to have lunch with her.
3 "Why don't you buy one?" said Tom. Tom .............................. I buy one.
4 "I promise I'll take you to Prague," said Mary. Mary .............................. to take me to Prague.
5 "I hope Andy phones tonight," said Clare. Clare .............................. Andy would phone that
night.
6 "Please, please don't tell anyone!" he said. He .............................. me not to tell anyone.
7 "I won't do it," he said. He .............................. to do it.
8 "You should have lessons," she said. She .............................. me to have lessons.
9 "We really must go with you," they said. They .............................. on going with me.
10 "Don't forget to phone Granny," said Mum. Mum .............................. me to phone Granny.
11 "If you wear my Tshirt again, I'll pinch you very hard," said Maggie.
Maggie .............................. to pinch me very hard if I wore her Tshirt again.
12 "Don't fly kites near electric overhead cables," said my father. My father ..............................
me not to fly kites near electric overhead cables.

2.REPORTING VERBS

add apologize explain promise admit beg offer protest

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1 The teacher ________________ that wine came from grapes.
2 He ________________ never to take her cds again without asking first.
3 He ________________ for being late.
4 Monica ________________ to give us a lift to the station.
5 Mike ________________ eating the last chocolate biscuit.
6 Our scoutmaster ________________ at the end of his speech that we mustn't
forget to bring torches on the camping trip.
7 Cecilia ________________ that she couldn't help with the shopping because
she had already arranged to meet Caroline.
8 Cinderella ________________ to be allowed to go to the ball.
1- 'I'll be with you no matter what happens.'

He to be with no matter what happened.

2- 'Don't tell Mary anything or you'll regret it'

She me not to tell anything to Mary.

3- "Shall we go to that art exhibition we talked about this evening?'

Luis going to the art exhibition.

4- 'Thanks, but I'd rather not going to your house if Robert is going too'

Marc to come home if Robert was coming too.

5- 'Please, could you open the windows? It's terribly hot in here!'
Mikaela me to open the windows.

6- 'Will you come to Washington with us? It's gonna be fun!'

Meredith me to go with them to Washington.

7- 'If I were you, I'd check your money is where you left it'

She me to check if the money was where I had left it.

8- 'Let me help you with the bags! They look too heavy for you.'

Lily to help me with my bags.

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