REPORTED SPEECH

1 Correct the mistakes.

1 I told he to leave me alone.û

2 The teacher us told that we must concentrate more.û

3 Amy me asked not say anything.û

4 Holly admitted that she have took the necklace.û

5 Dad said he will to speak to my teacher in the morning.û

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs and a pronoun.

It was a normal day at school, but Daniel was feeling nervous. He knew that he was in trouble and he knew why, too. During the morning break, his English teacher, Mrs Drury, asked him to go (go) into her office for a chat. Daniel said (1)______(have to) go to his maths lesson, but he realized that he had no choice. In the office, Mrs Drury had some of Daniel’s essays on her desk. She wasn’t happy with them. She held the work in her hands and asked Daniel (2)______(tell) where (3)______(get) the information for his essays. Daniel said (4)______(read) a lot of different books. Mrs Drury said (5)______(know) that (6)______(be) lying. She told (7)______(be) honest. Daniel admitted that (8)______(copy) the information from the internet. He said (9)______(be) very sorry to Mrs Drury. He promised that (10)______(never do) it again.

3 Look at the information. Write the questions and answers using reported speech.

Alice: want / something to eat

Phil: not feel / hungry

Alice asked Phil if he wanted something to eat.

Phil said that he didn’t feel hungry.

1 Katie: know / London well

Sarah: never / been / there

2 Mum: how / are feeling

I: be / very tired

3 I: what / get / for his birthday

Jack: receive / a lot of presents

4 Harry: will go / to the party

The girls: not decide / yet

5 Tom: can / speak / Spanish

Helen: only / know / a few words

ANSWER KEY EXERCISES 1-3

1 1 I told him to leave me alone.
2 The teacher told us that we had to concentrate more.
3 Amy asked me not to say anything.
4 Holly admitted that she had taken the necklace.
5 Dad said he would speak to my teacher in the morning.

2 1 he had to 6 he was
2 to tell her 7 him to be
3 he had got 8 he had copied
4 he had read 9 he was
5 she knew 10 he would never do

3 1 Katie asked Sarah if she knew London well.
Sarah said that she had never been there.
2 Mum asked me how I was feeling.
I said that I was very tired.
3 I asked Jack what he had got for his birthday.
Jack said that he had received a lot of presents.
4 Harry asked the girls if they would go to the party.
The girls said that they hadn’t decided yet.
5 Tom asked Helen if she could speak Spanish.
Helen said that she only knew a few words.

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4 Complete the text with the pronouns in the box. Use some pronouns more than once.

her him me them us

When I got home from school, Mum wanted to talk to me. She asked me what I had done with her hat. I told (1)______I hadn’t touched it. This was a lie – it was under my bed. I’d worn it to a party and I’d made it dirty. Then my brother came in. Mum asked (2)______the same question. He told (3)______he wasn’t interested in her hats – this was the truth. Mum looked at my brother and me and told (4)______that she was fed up with our lies. Then Dad came in. I told (5)______that Mum was being silly. He told (6)______not to be rude to my mother. Then my sister came in. She had the hat in her hand. Everybody was looking at me. There was a silence. I told (7)______all I was sorry – then I ran!

5 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

‘I’m hungry,’ said Clara.

Clara said that she was hungry.

1 ‘The computer doesn’t work,’ said Jake.

2 ‘We’ve just finished lunch,’ said the boys.

3 ‘We’re painting the bathroom,’ Mum and Joe told us.

4 ‘I’ll make the dinner,’ said Dad.

5 ‘You can’t borrow my bike,’ Paul told me.

6 Correct the mistakes. One sentence is correct.

1 Mrs Brown asked me if I have seen her cat.

2 I asked Lisa did she wanted some water.

3 Suzy asked Joe where he did left the newspaper.

4 Jack asked Sam if he’d lend him some money.

5 The teacher asked Ben what was he doing.

ANSWER KEY EXERCISES 4-6

4 1 her 4 us 6 me
2 him 5 him 7 them
3 her

5 1 Jake said that the computer didn’t work.
2 The boys said that they had just finished lunch.
3 Mum and Joe told us that they were painting the bathroom.
4 Dad said that he would make the dinner.
5 Paul told me that I couldn’t borrow his bike.

6 1 û (Mrs Brown asked me if I had seen her cat.)
2 û (I asked Lisa if she wanted some water.)
3 û (Suzy asked Joe where he had left the newspaper.)
4 ü
5 û (The teacher asked Ben what he was doing.)