ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMICS SCIENCES FACULTY

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH PROCESSES
THIRD WORKSHOP

NAME:

REPORTED SPEECH

A. Change to reported speech using the introductory phrase in brackets.

1. Mary said:”I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (Mary informed me...)

2. Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ....)

3. The teacher said to Jenny: “You have to learn your grammar”. (The teacher told
Jenny...)

4. Monique to the immigration officer:” This is my first trip to England.” (Monique

told the immigration officer...)

5. He told me:”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. (He told me ...)

B. Change this direct speech into reported speech:

6. “I visited my parents at the weekend”

She told me

7. “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”

She said

8. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London”

She said

9. “They would help if they could”

She said

10. “I’ll do the washing-up later”

She told me
 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Each sentence given below is in the active voice. Change it into passive voice.

1. He sings a song.

2. The boy killed the spider.

3. Help him.

4. Farmers sow maize in the rainy season.

5. Are you writing a letter?

6. The workers were digging a canal.

7. I will finish the job by the end of this week.

8. Have you finished your job?

9. They have informed him of his mother’s death.

10. They took all the necessary precautions.