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

Peter, "Did John clean the black shoes?" Peter asked me  

Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes .

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  • Christopher, "Do you want to dance?" Christopher asked me .
  • Betty, "When did you come?" Betty wanted to know .
  • Mark, "Has John arrived?" Mark asked me .
  • Ronald, "Where does Maria park her car?" Ronald asked me .
  • Elisabeth, "Did you watch the latest film?" Elisabeth asked me .
  • Mandy, "Can I help you?" Mandy wanted to know .
  • Andrew, "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?" Andrew asked me .
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Write the following sentences in indirect speech. Pay attention to backshift and the changes to pronouns, time, and place.

  • Two weeks ago, he said, “I visited this museum last week.” → Two weeks ago, he said that   . I → he simple past → past perfect this → that last …→ the … before
  • She claimed, “I am the best for this job.” → She claimed that   . I → she simple present→ simple past this→ that
  • Last year, the minister said, “The crisis will be overcome next year.” → Last year, the minister said that   . will → would next …→ the following …
  • My riding teacher said, “Nobody has ever fallen off a horse here.” → My riding teacher said that   . present perfect → past perfect here→ there
  • Last month, the boss explained, “None of my co-workers has to work overtime now.” → Last month, the boss explained that   . my → his/her simple present→ simple past now→ then

Rewrite the question sentences in indirect speech.

  • She asked, “What did he say?” → She asked   . The subject comes directly after the question word. simple past → past perfect
  • He asked her, “Do you want to dance?” → He asked her   . The subject comes directly after whether/if you → she simple present → simple past
  • I asked him, “How old are you?” → I asked him   . The subject comes directly after the question word + the corresponding adjective (how old) you→ he simple present → simple past
  • The tourists asked me, “Can you show us the way?” → The tourists asked me   . The subject comes directly after whether/if you→ I us→ them
  • The shop assistant asked the woman, “Which jacket have you already tried on?” → The shop assistant asked the woman   . The subject comes directly after the question word you→ she present perfect → past perfect

Rewrite the demands/requests in indirect speech.

  • The passenger requested the taxi driver, “Stop the car.” → The passenger requested the taxi driver   . to + same wording as in direct speech
  • The mother told her son, “Don’t be so loud.” → The mother told her son   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t
  • The policeman told us, “Please keep moving.” → The policeman told us   . to + same wording as in direct speech ( please can be left off)
  • She told me, “Don’t worry.” → She told me   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t
  • The zookeeper told the children, “Don’t feed the animals.” → The zookeeper told the children   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t

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1. Complete 1-5 with the tenses below. Then complete 6-9 with the correct verb forms.

past continuous      past perfect      past perfect

past perfect      past simple

   present simple

   present continuous

   past simple

   present perfect

   past perfect

   /

   /

  

  

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

……………………………

1 past simple  2 past continuous   3 past perfect

4 past perfect   5 past perfect   6 could / couldn’t

7 would / wouldn’t   8 might   9 should

2. Circle the correct words.

Last weekend

1   John said he ……… ill.

      a   is              b    was

2   Maisie said that she ……… buy a new phone.

      a   would      b   will

3   Nathan said he ……… looking forward to summer.

4   Harry said that Kay ……… gone to Italy.

      a   has            b    had

5   Emma told me that she ……… find her phone.

      a   couldn’t    b    can’t

6   Pete told me he ……… go to the party.

     a   had to      b   might have

1 b   2 a   3 b   4 b   5 a   6 a

3. How do these references to time and place change in reported speech?

   today

   a week ago

  yesterday

   last year

   tomorrow

  next month

  here

………………………….

………………………….

………………………….

………………………….

………………………….

………………………….

………………………….

1 that day   2 a week earlier   3 the day before

4 the year before   5 the next day

6 the following month   7 there

4. Complete the text with said or told.

Dan 1 …………………….. Bev that he had bought her a new phone. She looked at it and 2 …………………….. him that it was too big. He 3 …………………….. her that they were all that big nowadays. She 4 …………………….. she wanted him to change it. He 5 …………………….. that he couldn’t change it and 6 …………………….. her that it had cost a lot of money. She 7 …………………….. she didn’t care and 8 …………………….. him she wouldn’t use it.

1 told   2 told   3 told   4 said   5 said   6 told

7 said   8 told

5. Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. If necessary, change the pronouns, possessive adjectives and references to time and place.

1   John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’

     John told ……………………………………..

2   Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’

      …………………………………………..

3   Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’

4   Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’

5   Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’

6   Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’

7   Fran to Fred: ‘I called Tom two days ago.’

      …………………………………………..

1    John told Sue (that) he had left a message for her the day before.

2   Mark said (that) he would top up his phone that evening.

3    Jenny told Dave (that) she couldn’t hear him.

4    Ann said (that) she had checked her balance three times that week.

 5   Jo told Si (that) he should turn off data roaming.

6    Kate said (that) she had already texted Harry the weekend before.

7    Fran told Fred (that) she had called Tom two days earlier.

6. Read the reported conversation between two identical twins. Write the direct speech below.

Imo was walking down the road when she slipped and fell. Her twin sister Zoe phoned just afterwards. Zoe told Imo that she has fallen over a few moments before. Imo told her that was an amazing coincidence because she had just done the same! Zoe said her leg was hurting so much that she couldn’t walk. Imo told Zoe that her own leg was OK and that she could easily walk home. But Imo told Zoe that if she couldn’t walk, she should call an ambulance. Zoe said that wouldn’t be necessary and that she could phone their parents.

1   Zoe: ………………………………………….

2   Imo: ………………………………………….

     Because ………………………………………….

3   Zoe: ………………………………………….

4   Imo: ………………………………………….

5   Imo: But ………………………………………….

6   Zoe: ………………………………………….

1    I fell over a few moments ago.

2    That’s an amazing coincidence; I’ve just done the same.

3    My leg’s hurting so much that I can’t walk.

4    My leg is OK and I can easily walk home.

5    if you can’t walk, you should call an ambulance.

6    That won’t be necessary. I can phone our parents.

7. Complete the reported speech.

1   ‘I think my battery has run out.’

      Andy said ………………………………………

2   ‘We don’t want to go home now.’

      We said ………………………………………

3   ‘Beth texted me an hour ago.’

       Julia told us ………………………………………

4   ‘I can’t hear what you’re saying.’

       My brother said ………………………………………

5   ‘I won’t be going to school tomorrow.’

      Peter said ………………………………………

6   ‘I didn’t have time to call you.’

      My dad said ………………………………………

7   ‘I was angry because you’d forgotten my birthday.’

       She told him ………………………………………

8   ‘I’d like to get a new phone.’

       Sue told her parents ………………………………………

1    (that) he thought (that) his battery had run out

2    (that) we didn’t want to go home then/at that moment

3    (that) Beth had texted her an hour earlier

4   (that) he couldn’t hear what I was saying

5   (that) he wouldn’t be going to school the following day

6    (that) he hadn’t had time to call me

7    (that) she’d been angry because he had forgotten her birthday.

8    (that) she would like to get a new phone.

8. Complete the reported speech with said or told .

1   I …………………………… you I’d be late.

2   She …………………………… it didn’t matter.

3   They …………………………… us they were moving abroad.

4   He …………………………… to me he wasn’t sure.

5   We …………………………… we were very sorry.

6   You …………………………… me we didn’t have an exam.

1 told   2 said   3 told   4 said   5 said   6 told

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Kirsten said that _____ would lend _____ her car if I needed it.

Scientists still have no answer to _____ there is life on other planets.

It _____ obvious that we _____ a big problem with our old car one day.

She _____ to us _____ there was nothing to worry about, but actually there was so much.

I asked Lorena what Mike _____ about when I went into his room, but she told me that she _____ no idea.

I know the film starts at 9 pm, but I am not sure _____ it is today or tomorrow.

Keith: Shall we throw a party for Jane next Saturday ?

Bill told Lara that Keith _____ for Jane the following Saturday.

The police wanted to know _____ had murdered the businessman and _____.

No one _____ me _____ we were going to pay such a lot of extra money for the package tour.

We knew that it was true, but Russell _____ that he _____ from the company.

Alice told me that no one at the customs had _____ her _____ she had anything to declare and that she found it quite strange.

Martha _____ to break up with him if Jack didn't stop smoking.

Miriam _____ me that she _____ how to dance the waltz from her grandmother.

Jason finally _____ to copying the homework from the Internet.

Could you _____ her _____ the reports with her when she comes to the meeting?

Ahmet _____ when he will be able to get rid of the plaster on his leg.

I am busy today and might forget it. Can you please _____ me to do the shopping before I come home?

I asked _____ he said to her, but she _____ to talk to me.

That tooth of yours looks awful. I _____ making an appointment at the dentist's as soon as possible.

His parents _____ Luke of getting into a fight with his younger brother, but he _____ having done anything to hide.

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Choose the correct answer.

1   “I get up every morning at seven o’clock”, Peter said.

a) Peter said he got up every morning at seven o’clock.

b) Peter said I got up every morning at seven o’clock.

c) Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o’clock.

d) None of these.

2   Tom said, “I want to visit my friends this weekend”.

a) Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

b) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

c) Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.

3   She asked me, “When are we going to leave”?

a) She asked me when she was going to leave.

b) She asked me when we were going to leave.

c) She asked me when we are going to leave.

4   They said, “We’ve lived here for a long time”.

a) They said they have lived there for a long time.

b) They said they lived here for a long time.

c) They said they had lived there for a long time.

5   Peter said, “I may bring someone with me to the party”.

a) Peter said he might bring someone with him to the party.

b) Peter said he bring someone with him to the party.

c) Peter said he might bring someone with her to the party.

6   Jack said, “He must be guilty!”

a) Jack said he must guilty.

b) Jack said he must have be guilty.

c) jack said he must have been guilty.

7   He asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper”?

a) He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

b) He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

c) He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.

8   You said, “I will help you”!

a) You said you would help me!

b) You said I would help you!

c) You said you would help her!

9   Jerry said, “I’m studying English a lot at the moment”!

a) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

b) Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.

c) Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.

10   She asked her, “How long have you lived here”?

a) Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.

b) Cheryl asked her how long she lived there.

c) Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.

11   Susan reassured me, “I can come tonight”.

a) Susan told me I could come that night.

b) Susan told me she could come that night.

c) Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.

12   She said, “I’ve worked here since I left my last job”.

a) She told me that she worked there since she had left her last job.

b) She told me that she had worked there since she had left her last job.

c) She told me that she had worked there since she left her last job.

13   Mark asked me, “Why do you want to study Russian”?

a) Mark asked her why I wanted to study Russian.

b) Mark asked me why did I want to study Russian.

c) Mark asked me why I wanted to study Russian.

14   He said, “I must get going. Otherwise, I’m going to be late“.

a) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

b) He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, I was going to be late.

c) He told me he has to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

15   She said, “I really wish I had bought that new car”.

a) She told me she really wished she bought that new car.

b) She told me she really had wished she had bought that new car.

c) She told me she really wished she had bought that new car.

16   Tom said, “I travel to exotic places”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Tom said he …  to exotic places.

b) traveled

17   Susan said, “I am going to the store”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susan said that she … to the store.

b) am going

c) was going

18   Linda told me, “I owned a flower shop”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Linda told me that she … a flower shop.

b) was owing

c) had owned

19   He said, “I will take my mom to the airport”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he … his mother to the airport.

a) will take

c) would take

20   “I was swimming in the pool since 9 am”, he said. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said he … in the pool since 9am.

b) swimming

c) had been swimming

21   Sam said he was going to Europe after graduation.

a) Sam said, “I am going to Europe after graduation”.

b) Sam said, “I was going to Europe after graduation”.

c) Sam said, “I were going to Europe after graduation”.

22   Sharon told me that she would be entering the talent show.

a) Sharon told me, “I enter the talent show”.

b) Sharon told me, “I will be entering the talent show”.

c) Sharon told me, “I would be entering the talent show”.

23   Frank said that the phone had been ringing all day.

a) Frank said, “The phone was ringing all day”.

b) Frank said, “The phone has been ringing all day”.

c) Frank said, “The phone is ringing all day”.

24   Jenny said she would help me with my homework.

a) Jenny said, “I will help you with your homework”.

b) Jenny said, “I would help you with your homework”.

c) Jenny said, “I am helping you with your homework”.

25   Nancy said that she had played basketball in college.

a) Nancy said, “I play basketball in college”.

b) Nancy said, “I am playing basketball in college”.

c) Nancy said, “I played basketball in college”.

26   She said, “I will meet her tomorrow”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: She said that she would meet her … .

b) the next day

c) next week

27   He said, “I have a business trip to Boston next week”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He said that he had a business trip to Boston … .

a) this week

b) in two weeks

c) the following week

28   “I got a new car last month”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had gotten a new car … .

a) that month

b) that months

c) the previous month

29   Susie said, “I was sick yesterday”. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: Susie said that she had been sick … .

b) yesterday

c) the day before

30   “I quit my job today”, he told me. This sentence into Reported Speech becomes: He told me that he had quit his job … .

a) that day

c) the next day

1 a   2 b   3 b    4 c   5 a   6 c   7 b   8 a   9 a   10 c

11 b   12 b   13 c   14 a   15 c   16 b   17 c   18 c   19 c   20 c

21 a   22 b   23 b   24 a   25 c   26 b   27 c   28 c   29 c   30 a

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