REPORTED SPEECH Introductory verbs and remedial exercises.
1. INTRODUCTORY VERBS IN REPORTED SPEECH.
Statements:
SAID/ADDED/ANSWERED/EXPLAINED/POINTED OUT / REMARKED + THAT
TOLD+ Object + THAT
Apologies,suggestions
APOLOGIZED + for + gerund
SUGGESTED + gerund /that we+present
Commands:
TOLD/ ASKED / BEGGED / INVITED / ORDERED / RECOMMENDED / WARNED +
object + that.
Questions :
ASKED + object + question word / if
INQUIRED / WANTED TO KNOW + question word / if
2. EXERCISE: Write these sentences in reported speech.
1- “Jenny is staying with me”, Peter said to Susan.
2- “Tom can´t use a computer” María said, “we will have to help him”.
3- “Keep the windows closed, Bill”, Mary told Bill.
4- “Please, stay for dinner”, Mary begged me.
5- “Does your sister give you any money?” I wanted to know.
6- “How long have you been out of prison?” he asked the thief.
7- “I´ll tell them the news on Saturday”, she told John.
8- “Finish the job tonight , please “ my boss told me.
9- “I need the money to visit my parents”, my friend told me.
10- “There are no tickets for tonight´s performance”, the booking office said.
11- “Don´t use the telephone after eleven o´clock”, the receptionist asked us.
12- “Will I carry that suitcase for you?” she asked me.
13- “Don´t forget to post that letter”, she told him.
14- “How much money have I got in my bank account?”, I wanted to know.
15- “Leave the keys on the desk , please”, the receptionist asked us.
16- “The newspaper report´s not true” the prime minister said.
17- “The publishers have told me that they are not going to accept my book”, Peter told me.
18- “Oh, dear. I´m terribly sorry I´m late” , she apologised.
19- “We cannot cross the river and we are going back to the car”, they told us
20- “Why wasn´t Judy at the party?”, Mary asked me.
21- “Don´t spend too much money on your holiday”, my father told me.
22- “Have your passports ready, please”, the customs officer asked us.
23- “Why didn´t the police report the crime?”, the judge asked.
24- “Did you get to school by car?” , she asked me.
25- “Do you like having holidays abroad?”, he asked me.
Key
1- Peter informed Susan that she was staying with him.
2- María pointed out that tom couldn’t use a computer and we/they would have to help him.
3-Mary told Bill to keep the windows closed.
4- Mary begged me to stay for dinner.
5- I wanted to know if your/his/her sister gave /you/him/her any money.
6-He wanted to know how long the thief had been out of prison.
7-She remarked to John that she would tell them the news on Saturday.
8-My boss asked me to finish the job.
9- My friend explained that he needed the money to visit his/her parents.
10- The booking office informed that there weren’t tickets for that night’s performance.
11- the receptionist warned us not to use the telephone after eleven o’clock.
12- She offered to carry that suitcase for me./ She asked me if she would carry that suitcase for
me.
13-She reminded me not to forget to post that letter.
14- I wanted to know how much money I had got in my bank account.
15- The receptionist asked us to leave our keys on the desk.
16- The Prime Minister complained that the report was not true.
17-Peter pointed out that the publishers had told him that they were not going to publish his
book.
18- She apologized for being late.
19- They told us that we couldn’t cross the river and we were going back to the car.
20- Mary wanted to know why Judy hadn’t been at the party.
21- My father advised me not to spend too much money on my holiday
22- The customs officer warned us to have our passports ready.
23 The judge asked why the police hadn’t reported the crime.
24- She asked me if I had got to school by car.
25- He wanted to know if I like/ liked holidays abroad.
