Exercises For Reported Speech

EXERCISES FOR REPORTED SPEECH

I.- A) Report what the people say (CHANGE VERB TENSE)

1) Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow."
Emily said that …………………………………………………………

2) Helen: "Iam writing a letter today”
Helen told me that ……………………………………………………..

3) Robert: "My father flies to Dallas every year."
Robert told me that …………………………………………………….

4) Lisa: "Tim went to thestadium an hour ago."
Lisa said that . ………………………………………………………….

5) Patricia: "My mother may celebrate her birthday next weekend."
Patricia said that ……………………………………………………….

6) Michael: "I am goingto read a book this week."
Michael said to me that . ………………………………………………

7) Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."
Jason and Victoria told me that . ……………………………………...8) Andrew: "We haven’t eaten fish this week."
Andrew remarked that . ……………………………………………….

9) Alice: "I can spend my pocket money on Monday."
Alice told me that . ………………………………………………..--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B) Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and expressions of time and place where necessary.

1.- Theysaid, "This is our book."
→ They said ………………………………………………………………….

2.- She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."
→ She said ……………………………………………………………………

3.- He said, "I am writing a testtomorrow."
→ 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, "They won't sleep."
→ Hesaid ……………………………………………………………………...



9.- She said, "It is very quiet here."
→ She said ……………………………………………………………………..


III.- Complete the sentences in...