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Reported Speech - Exercises 4.3.22

This document provides examples of reported speech in English, including statements, WH-questions, yes-no questions, and commands/suggestions. It gives the direct quotation followed by the same example rewritten in reported speech. There are 25 statements, 10 WH-questions, 10 yes-no questions, and 10 examples of commands/suggestions to demonstrate how to rewrite different types of speech in the reported form.

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Reported Speech - Exercises 4.3.22

This document provides examples of reported speech in English, including statements, WH-questions, yes-no questions, and commands/suggestions. It gives the direct quotation followed by the same example rewritten in reported speech. There are 25 statements, 10 WH-questions, 10 yes-no questions, and 10 examples of commands/suggestions to demonstrate how to rewrite different types of speech in the reported form.

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INGLÉS BACHILLERATO RAFA CANO

REPORTED SPEECH

1. STATEMENTS

1. Alan said: “These shoes are too big for me”

Alan said those shoes were too big for him


2. Alex said: “I have already seen this film”.

Alex said he had already seen that film


3. She said: “I’m going to Italy next year on holidays.”

She said she was going to Italy the following year on holidays
4. Peter says: “ we drove to Milan last year”

Peter said we had driven to Milan the year before


5. You said: “they will go there tomorrow.”

You said they would go there the following day


6. My parents said: “We are having some friends coming for lunch today”
My parents said they were having some friends coming for lunch that day

7. She said: “you will have an answer next week”

She said I would have an answer the following week


8. You said: “this is the most interesting book here”

You said that was the most interesting book there


9. Eddie said: “ I sent the postcard two days ago”

Eddie said he had sent the postcard two days before


10. She said: “I won the tennis tournament yesterday”

She said she had won the tennis tournament the day before
11. The reported said : “an aeroplane crashed into the sea two days ago”

The reported said an aeroplane had crashed into the sea two days before
12. The teacher said: “Oxygen is a component of water, together with Hydrogen”

The teacher said Oxygen was a component of water, together with Hydrogen
13. The chairman said: “ The Prime Minister is going to visit Madrid next month”
The charman said The Prime Minister was going to visit Madrid the following month

14. The director said: “An election will be held next year.”

The director said an election would be held the next year


15. The journalist said: “The workers of the factory are on strike today”

The journalist said the workers of the factory were on strike that day
16. Anna said: “my brother is studying in the library this week.”
Anna said her brother was studying in the library that week
INGLÉS BACHILLERATO RAFA CANO

17. Rachel says “I love walking in the rain”


Rachel said she loved walking in the rain

18. the judge said “I need to hear both sides of the story before I can decide who is
to blame”

the judge said he needed to hear both sides of the story before he could decide who is to
blame
19. Anna told me: “I have parked my car next to your bike”

Anna told me she had parked her car next to my bike


20. My mother told me “I may start studying Italian next year.”

My mother told me she might start studying Italian the following year
21. you said: “I’ve been cleaning the garden since yesterday and I haven’t finished
yet”

You said you had been cleaning the garden since the day before and you hadn´t finished yet
22. She said: “I have spent all my money on Cds this week”
She said

23. John and Mary said: “ We are visiting our friend Pete tonight”

24. He said: “ I visited England two years ago”

25. she said: “I must study English now so I can’t go out”

2. WH-QUESTIONS
1. Anna asked me: “Where did you leave the keys?”

Anna asked me where I left the keys


2. Peter wondered: “Who was making that noise yesterday?”
Peter wondered who had been making that noise the day before

3. John asked: “Why has Jane refused to apologise?”


John asked why Jane had refused to apologise

4. Anna wanted to know: “Which restaurant do you prefer tonight?”

Anna wanted to know WHICH RESTAURANT I PREFERED


5. Peter asked Sandra: “When will the game start tomorrow?”

6. The doctor said: “How is Mr. Thomas?”


INGLÉS BACHILLERATO RAFA CANO

7. The children asked: “How high is The Everest?”

8. She wondered: “When is Mary going to town?”

9. The child said: “Why does The Sun rise in the east?”

10. Mary asked me: “Why are you so late tonight?”

3. YES-NO QUESTIONS
1. She wanted to know: “Was your flight on time last week?”

SHE WANTED TO KNOW if my flight had been on time the week before
2. She asked: “Are they calling an ambulance now?”

She asked whether they were calling an ambulance then


3. Peter asked me: “Were you at the cinema yesterday?”
Peter asked me if I had been at the cinema the day before

4. The pupil asked the teacher: “Do cows live 15 years?”

The pupil asked the teacher if the cows lived 15 years


5. She said: “Are you going to the weeding next week?”

6. Mary wanted to know: “Do you live here?”

7. Mary asked: “Will Peter come to my party tonight?”

8. He asked: “Did you go to the train station yesterday?”

9. Peter said: “Have you ever been in Paris?”

10. Mary asked me: “Were you washing your car last Sunday at 5.00 p.m.?”
INGLÉS BACHILLERATO RAFA CANO

4. COMMANDS AND SUGGESTIONS

1. Peter suggested: “Let’s go to see the new film tonight!”


Peter told to go to see the new film tonight

2. Helen begged me: “Please, come in”

Helen asked me to come in

3. my mother said to me: “Please, don’t stay out too late”

My mother asked me not to stay out too late

4. my mother said: “Tidy up the kitchen for me”


My mother told to tidy up the kitchen for her

5. The librarian said: “Don’t talk in the library!”

The librarian told not to talk in the library

6. the policeman ordered the thief: “Don’t move”

7. Mary said to me: “Hold on a moment”

8. Peter said to Anne: “Let’s bury the hatchet, please”

9. My sister said to me: “Pass me the salt”

10. Sophia said to Helen: “Let’s have a party this weekend”

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