Reported Speech

 

 

 

Ex. 2.  Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense,

although it is sometimes not necessary. Use different reporting verbs.

Example: Peter: "I clean the black shoes."
Peter told me that ____________________________
Answer: Peter told me that he cleaned the black shoes.

1)    Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow."
Emily said that. their teacher would go to Leipzig the next day.

2) Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday."
Helen told me that she had been writing a letter the day before.

3) Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year."
Robert told me that his father had flown to Dallas the year before.

4) Lisa: "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago."
Lisa said that Tim had gone to the stadium an hour before.

5) Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."
Patricia said that her mother would celebrate her birthday the following weekend.

6) Michael: "I am going to read a book this week."
Michael said to me that he was going to read a book that week.

7) Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."
Jason and Victoria told me that they would do their best in the exams the next day.

8) Andrew: "We didn't eat fish two days ago."
Andrew remarked that they hadn't eaten fish two days before.

9) Alice: "I spent all my pocket money on Monday."
Alice complained that she had spent all her pocket money on Monday.

10) David: "John had already gone at six."
David said that John had already gone at six

 

 

 

 

Ex.3. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.

 

Example: Peter: "Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?"
Peter asked me _________________________________________
Answer: Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

 

1) Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"
Yesterday Mandy asked me if the boys were reading the book.

2) Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"
Yesterday Jason wanted to know who had given me the laptop.

3) Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.

4) Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Yesterday Daniel asked me if it would rain today.

5) Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"
Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know where I played football.

6) Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"
Yesterday Nancy wanted to know why Nick hadn't gone to New York the summer before.

7) Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.

8) Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
Yesterday Linda wanted to know if Max had flown to London two weeks before.

9) Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"
Yesterday Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.

10) A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"
Yesterday a man asked me when the train to Liverpool left

11) Marry: “Bring me some coffee, please”

 Marry told me if I can bring her some coffee

12) John: “Don’t take y cards, I don’t allow you.”

 John said that hadn’t taken y cards, he doesn’t allow you.