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Reported Speech B2

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Reported Speech

Tenses Direct Indirect

Present simple I want to be a chef He said he wanted to be a chef

Present cont. We are working He told me they were working

Past simple I bought a car He said that he had bought a car

Past cont. I was walking my dog She told me she had been walking her dog

Present perf. I have read your book She said she had read my book

Will I will go to your party He told me he would come to my party

Modal verbs

Can —> could


Could —> could
Should —> should
Must —> must / had to

Questions

What does Ian think? —> She asked me what Ian thought
Where are you going? —> She wondered where I was going

Yes/no questions: if / whether


Are you OK? —> She asked me if I was OK
Did you come to the party? —> He asked me whether I had come to the party

Orders or advices

Don’t ask me this —> He ordered not to ask him that


Keep going! —> He advised me to keep going

Time phrases and place references

Now —> then / at that time


Yesterday —> the day before / the previous day
Tomorrow —> the following day / the next day
A week/month/year ago —> the week/year/month before
Here —> there
1. Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech to complete the sentences.

• He said, "I like this song."


→ He said ________________________________________________________________

• "Where is your sister?" she asked me.


→ She asked me __________________________________________________________

• "I don't speak Italian," she said.


→ She said _______________________________________________________________

• "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.


→ He said ________________________________________________________________

• "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.


→ She told the boys _______________________________________________________

• "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.


→ She asked him _________________________________________________________

• "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.


→ He wanted to know______________________________________________________

• "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.


→ The stuntman advised the audience _______________________________________

• "I'll send you a postcard tomorrow."


→ He told us _____________________________________________________________

• "Is your best friend here?"


→ He wondered___________________________________________________________

• "The students aren't listening to me.”


→ The teacher told me _____________________________________________________

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