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INDIRECT SPEECH (REPORTED SPEECH)

I Complete the sentences in reported speech (no backshift). Note the change of pronouns,
places and verbs.

Tom: I'm fine.

You: He says that ..

Tom: The weather here is great.

You: He says that ..

Tom: My host family is very nice.

You: He says that ..

Tom: I have my own room.

You: He says that ..

Tom: We have a national park here.

You: He says that ..

Tom: We went there yesterday.

You: He says that ..

Tom: It was great.

You: He says that ..

Tom: I'd love to go there again.

You: He says that ..

Tom: The teachers at my school are very nice.

You: He says that ..

Tom: My English has improved.

You: He says that ..

II Turn the following into reported speech:


1. "Stop talking, Joe," the teacher said.
The teacher told Joe .

2. "Be patient," she said to him.


She told him .
3. "Give me the key," he told her.
He asked her .
4. "Play it again, Sam," she said.
She asked Sam .
5. "Sit down, Caron" he said.
He asked Caron .
6. "Fill in the form, Sir," the receptionist said.
The receptionist asked the guest .
7. "Take off your shoes," she told us.
She told us .
8. "Mind your own business," she told him.
She told him .
1. "Don't touch it," she said to him.
She told him
2. "Don't do that again," he said to me.
He told me
3. "Don't talk to me like that," he said.
He told her
4. "Don't repair the computer yourself," she warned him.
She warned him
5. "Don't let him in," she said.
She told me
6. "Don't go out without me," he begged her.
He begged her
7. "Don't give yourself up," he advised her.
He advised her
8. "Don't hurt yourselves, boys," she said.
She told the boys

III Imagine you want to repeat sentences that you heard two weeks ago in another place.
Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and expressions of time and
place where necessary.
1. They said, "This is our book."
They said
2. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."
She said
3. He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."
He said

4. You said, "I will do this for him."


You said
5. She said, "I am not hungry now."
She said
6. They said, "We have never been here before."
They said
7. They said, "We were in London last week."
They said
8. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow."
He said
9. He said, "They won't sleep."
He said

IV Turn the following questions into reported speech:


1. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
She asked me
2. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
He wanted to know
3. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
She asked him
4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
He wondered
5. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
She asks Peter
6. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
He wanted to know
V Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a
statement or a question.
1. "Hurry up," she said to us.
She told us ..
2. She said, "It is very quiet here."
She said

3. Don't eat in the lab," the chemistry teacher said.


The chemistry teacher told his students
4. He said, "I like this song."
He said
5. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
She said
6. "Go to your room," her father said to her.
Her father told her .
7. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
They asked me
8. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
He said
9. "Don't forget your bag," she told me.
She told me
10. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
He said
11. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
She said
12. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
She told the boys
13. "I never make mistakes," he said.
He said
14. "I was very tired," she said.
She said
15. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
The stuntman advised the
audience

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