Name ____________________________________________________________

REPORTED SPEECH

I. Change the following sentences from direct speech into reported speech, or from reported speech to
direct speech.

1. “Where do you live?”

Tom asked me ______________________________________________________________________
2. “Do you live in the dorm?”
He asked me _______________________________________________________________________
3. “I stole the money”, the thief admitted.
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4. “Where is Jane?”, Ed asked me.
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5. “I’m going to quit school and get a job.”
Jessica announced ___________________________________________________________________
6. “Did you mail the letter?”
Tim asked me ______________________________________________________________________
7. “What are you thinking about?”
Karen asked me ____________________________________________________________________
8. “I have to go to the drug store.”
Steve said _________________________________________________________________________
9. “I can’t pick you up at the airport.”
Alice told me _______________________________________________________________________
10. “I will take a taxi.”
I told her __________________________________________________________________________
11. “You should speak English as much as possible.”
My teacher told me __________________________________________________________________
12. “Do you like spaghetti?”
Don asked me ______________________________________________________________________
13. Eric asked me if I had ever gone skydiving.
Eric said, __________________________________________________________________________
14. Chris wanted to know if I would be at the meeting.
Chris said, _________________________________________________________________________
15. Kate wondered whether I was going to quit my job.
Kate said, __________________________________________________________________________
16. Anna asked her friend where his car was.
Anna said __________________________________________________________________________
17. Brian asked me what I had done after class yesterday.
Brian said __________________________________________________________________________
18. Luigi asked me if I knew Italian.
Luigi said __________________________________________________________________________
19. Debra wanted to know if I could guess what she had in her pocket.
Debra asked _______________________________________________________________________
20. My boss wanted to know why I wasn’t working at my desk and why I was wasting the company’s time.
My boss angrily asked me _____________________________________________________________

II. All of the following sentences contain mistakes in grammar. Find the mistakes and correct them.
1. She asked me that I wanted to go to the music festival.
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2. Tom said me that he was hungry.
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3. Bob asked me where do you live.
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4. Ann told that she had enjoyed the party.
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5. Kathy asked me open the window.
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6. My friend told to me that she understood my problem.
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7. My mother asked me when am I coming home?
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8. Do you know where is the nearest gas station?
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9. David invited me for eating dinner with him.
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10. I asked Tom that when will you plane arrive?
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11. I told Bobby don’t pull the cat’s tail.
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12. Ann said, are you tired?
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III. Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. Jim said, “I am sleepy.”

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2. Bob said, “Where do you live?”
Bob asked me _____________________________________________________________________
3. Jessica said, “I might go to the library.”
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4. Sally said, “I don’t like chocolate.”
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5. He said, “Do you live in the dorm?”
He asked me _______________________________________________________________________
6. Ted said, “I have to finish my work.”
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7. Mary said, “I am planning to take a trip.”
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8. I said, “I have my own apartment.”
I told him____________________________________________________________________________
9. Ms. Young said, “I must talk to Professor Reed.”
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10. Tom said, “I have already eaten lunch.”
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11. He said, “’m looking for a new apartment.”
He said ______________________________________________________________________________
12. Alice said, “I should visit my aunt and uncle.”
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13. Kate said, “I called my doctor.”
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14. He said, “I don’t like living in the dorm.”
He told me ___________________________________________________________________________
15. He said, “Would you like to come to the party with me?”
He asked me _________________________________________________________________________
16. Mr. Rice said, “I will come to the meeting.”
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17. I said, “Do you want to move in with me?”
I asked him __________________________________________________________________________
18. She said, “Do you know the answer?”
She asked me ________________________________________________________________________
19. Jean said, “I can’t afford to buy a new car.”
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20. He said, “Where is your apartment?”
He asked me _________________________________________________________________________

IV. Complete the reported speech with the correct time expression.

1. ‘We’re staying in tonight,’ said Emily.

Emily said that they were staying in ____________________________.

2. ‘We’ve been out all day today,’ she said.

She said that they had been out all day ____________________________.

3. ‘We´re going on holiday next week,’ she said.

She said that they were going on holiday ____________________________.

4. ‘We went to work yesterday,’ she said.

She said that they had been to work ____________________________.

5. ‘We didn’t go out very much last month,’ she said.

She said they hadn’t been out very much ____________________________.

V. Report the direct questions.

1. What’s your address?

He wanted ____________________________________________ .

2. Where do you come from?

He asked ____________________________________________________.

3. What is your profession?

His colleague wanted to know ____________________________________________ .

4. When did you leave the USA?

He asked me ______________________________________________ .

5. Why did you move to Australia?

They wanted to know ____________________________________________________.