Exercises on Reported SpeechStatements
Change the tense from the first sentence so it sounds meaningful whenyou report it in the second column. Use this Reporting Verbs:
Said,declared, commented, and explained.
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Present Simple
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Past Simple
Ex. Julie: “I feel sick”Julie
said
she felt sick- Frank: “I want to go home”
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Past Simple
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Past Perfect
Ex. Julie: “I made a strawberry cake”Julie
declared
she had made a strawberrycake- Frank and John: “We slept until 11o’clock”
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Present Perfect
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Past Perfect
Ex. Julie: “I have never gone to USA”Julie
commented
she had never gone toUSA- Frank: “My dad has always sung thatsong in the shower”
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Can + infinitive
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Could + infinitive
Ex. Julie: “I can stay in your housetoday” Julie
said
she could stay in your housetoday- Frank and John: “We can speakEnglish very well”
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Will + infinitive
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Would + infinitive
Ex. Julie: “I will bring my English booknext class” Julie
declared
she would bring her Englishbook next class- John: “I will love you forever”
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Would/Could + infinitive
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No change
Ex. Julie: “I would jump from anairplane with a parachute” Julie
declared
she would jump from andairplane with a parachute- Frank: “I could eat a gigantichamburger”
Extra exercises… Julie: I can sing many songs in English
(said)
Father: I have stayed with your mother because she is alone
(explained)
Children: We don’t like to watch TV until very late
(declared)
Mark: They would help you with anything you need
(commented)
John and Frank: He ate everything you cooked
(said)
Mary: I will buy a new cell phone
(commented)
REPORTED SPEECH – Exercises to practice!!
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