REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
Reported Speech
DIRECT
REPORTED
DIRECT
REPORTED
is seeing
was seeing
here
there
sees
saw
this
that
saw
saw/had
seen
these
those
now
then
today
that day
has seen
had seen
will see
would see
is going to was going
see
to see
the previous
yesterday
day
could see
tomorrow the next day
can see
Convert the phrases below
into reported speech.
"It's raining," she said.
He said to her, "I love you."
"I saw María in the supermarket
yesterday," said Carlos
"We've lived here for
three years," he said.
"I'll bring a pasta salad,"
said Francesca.
"Mark's going to install solar
panels," said Miranda.
"They found gold here," said the
geology teacher.
"Jenny can't speak French,"
said Mark.
"I first met my wife in
Delhi," he told us.
"I want your homework
handed in by tomorrow,"
he said.
"My mother made these
cakes," said John.
"I'm feeling tired now,"
said David.
Reported Speech for Questions
"Are you happy, Carla?" asked Bob.
Bob asked Carla if/whether she was/were happy.
Convert the questions below into
reported speech.
"Can they play the piano?"
she asked.
"Has Sarah ever been to Siena?" he
asked.
"Are they French or Canadian?,"
asked Charlie.
"Where do bears live?"
asked George.
"Who wants some
more yoghurt ice
cream?" asked Mum.
"Are we going out tonight?"
asked Bob.
"Can I use your mobile,
John?" asked Sarah.
"Have you ever been to
Lisbon?" Luis asked Paul.
"What has Daddy made for
dinner?" asked Simon.
"Is the Pope a Catholic,"
asked JK.
"Who won the match?" asked
Monica.
"Have you fed the cat yet,
Philip?" asked Carla.
"How much does it cost?"
asked Carlos.
"Do you like fried eggs?"
Maria asked David.
Reported Speech for Orders
"Don't turn on the light," she said to him.
She told him not to turn on the light.
Convert the orders below
into reported speech.
"Shut up, everybody!" said
the teacher.
"Open the window, Robert,"
said Jane.
"Phone your granny,"
she told him.
"Don't be late," she warned him.
"Don't talk to strangers, Michael,"
said his mother.
"Don't listen to a word he
says," she told me.
"Clare, help me clean up the
kitchen," said Tony.
"Fiona, get out of my way,"
said Alastair.
"Boys! Stay away from the dog
when he's eating," said Dad.
"Minnie, don't scratch the
sofa," said Bob.
"Carla, don't pick your nose
in class," said the teacher.
"Look after your sister," said
my father.
"Break a leg, Oliver," said
the actor.
"Lionel, eat your meat,"
said Elsa.
Reporting Verbs
Exercise
Fill the gaps using
the verbs in the box.
Use each verb once
only.
advise
hope
promise suggest
beg
insist
remind threaten
deny
invite
refuse
warn
"I didn't do it," she said.
She ________________ doing
it.
"Have lunch with me," she
said.
She ________________ me
to have lunch with her.
"Why don't you buy one?"
said Tom.
Tom ________________ I
buy one.
"I promise I'll take you to
Prague," said Mary.
Mary ________________ to
take me to Prague.
"I hope Andy phones tonight,"
said Clare.
Clare ________________
Andy would phone that
night.
"Please, please don't tell
anyone!" he said.
He ________________ me
not to tell anyone.
"I won't do it," he said.
He ________________
to do it.
"You should have lessons,"
she said.
She ________________ me
to have lessons.
"We really must go with you,"
they said.
They ________________ on
going with me.
"Don't forget to phone Granny,"
said Mum.
Mum ________________ me to
phone Granny.
"If you wear my T-shirt again, I'll
pinch you very hard," said Maggy.
Maggie ________________ to
pinch me very hard if I wore her
T-shirt again.
"Don't fly kites near electric
overhead cables," said my
father.
My father ________________
me not to fly kites near electric
overhead cables.
More Reporting Verbs Exercise
Fill the gaps using the verbs
in the box in the correct
form. Use each verb once
only.
add
apologize
explain
promise
admit
beg
offer
protest
The teacher ________________
that wine came from grapes.
He ________________ never to take
her cds again without asking first.
He ________________
for being late.
Monica ________________ to
give us a lift to the station.
Mike ________________ eating
the last chocolate biscuit.
Our scoutmaster
________________ at the
end of his speech that we
mustn't forget to bring
torches on the camping trip.
Cecilia ________________ that she
couldn't help with the shopping
because she had already arranged
to meet Caroline.
Cinderella
________________ to
be allowed to go to the ball.