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This document appears to be a worksheet containing 10 examples of direct speech that need to be changed to reported speech. For each example, the direct speech is provided along with the rewritten version changing it to reported speech. The examples cover a range of scenarios including news reports on natural disasters, weather events, and an incident at an airport where snakes were found in luggage.

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Reported Speech With News Worksheet

This document appears to be a worksheet containing 10 examples of direct speech that need to be changed to reported speech. For each example, the direct speech is provided along with the rewritten version changing it to reported speech. The examples cover a range of scenarios including news reports on natural disasters, weather events, and an incident at an airport where snakes were found in luggage.

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Name.

DANIELA NUÑEZ
English ESL 0004 NRC __
Date 11/16/2023

REPORTED SPEECH WORKSHEET

Change each statement from direct speech to reported speech.


1. The TV reporter said, “The landslide is one of the worst in history.”
The TV reporter said the landslide was one of the worst in history.
2. He also said, “It caused the destruction of half the houses in the town.”
He also said that it had caused the destruction of half the houses in the town.
3. My sister called and said, “There is no electricity because of the hurricane.”
My sister called and said there wasn’t electricity because of the hurricane.
4. The newspaper said, “There will be a typhoon in the next thirty-six hours.”
The newspaper said there would be a typhoon in the next thirty-six hours.
5. The radio announcer said, “The drought of 1999 was the worst natural disaster of the
twentieth century.”
The radio announcer said the drought of 1999 had been the worst natural disaster of
the twentieth century.
6. After the great snowstorm in 1888, a New York newspaper reported, “The blizzard of
´88 caused more damage than any previous storm.”
After the great snowstorm in 1888, a New York newspaper reported the blizzard of ’88
had caused more damage than any previous storm.
7. The radio announcer said, “The stock market in New York suffered heavy losses
today. And U.S. exports declined for the third month in a row.”
The radio announcer said the stock market in New York had suffered heavy losses that
day. And U.S. exports had declined for the third month in a row.
8. The reporter said, “Fifteen people were injured in a collision between a tourist bus
and a truck on Highway 27 this morning.”
The reporter said that fifteen people had been injured in a collision between a tourist
bus and a truck on Highway 27 this morning.
9. He said, “Several hundred people are fleeing their homes in Los Angeles, California,
because of a forest fire burning out of control in the nearby hills. The fire began five
days ago. Hot weather, wind, and a very dry summer are helping the fire spread very
quickly. Firefighters have come from as far away as Alaska to help put out the flames.”
He said that several hundred people were fleeing their home in Los Angeles, California
because of a forest fire burning out of control in the nearby hills. He explained that the
fire had begun five days ago. Hot weather, wind, and a very dry summer were helping
the fire spread very quickly. He also mentioned that firefighters had come from as far
away as Alaska to help put out the flames.

10. The TV reporter said, “A customs official at Kennedy Airport was very surprised
yesterday when he checked the baggage of a passenger and found over 50 live snakes,
some of them very poisonous. The government believes that the passenger was
planning to sell the snakes illegally in the U.S. They would have been worth up to
$1,000 each. A few snakes escaped from the suitcases, but airport officials say that all
of them were caught within an hour.”
The TV reporter said that a customs official at Kennedy Airport had been very surprised
the day before when he had checked the baggage of a passenger and found over 50
live snakes, some of them very poisonous. He added that the government believed that
the passenger had been planning to sell the snakes illegally in the U.S. They would
have been worth up to $1,000 each. He reported that a few snakes had scaped from
the suitcases, but airport officials said that all of them had been caught within an hour.”

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