Grammar I Reported Speech I
Reported speech statements
1 Complete the sentences with reported speech.
Matt said, ‘It’s raining!’
Matt said that it was raining.
1 ‘We haven’t finished yet,’ Jo said.
Jo said they ___________________ yet.
2 ‘I’m going to get a job this year,’ Ana told me.
Ana told me that she ___________________
______________________________________.
3 ‘I won’t forget,’ Sam promised.
Sam promised that he ___________________ .
4 ‘I don’t eat meat today,’ Sara said.
Sara said that she _______________________ .
5 ‘Jack can’t swim this afternoon,’ Ben told us.
Ben told us that Jack ____________________ .
6 ‘I bought my camera yesterday,’ Gabbie said.
Gabbie said that she ___________________.
Reported questions
2 Complete the reported questions.
‘Do you want some soup?’
Mum asked us if we wanted some soup.
1 ‘Where do you live?’
Paul asked me _________________________ .
2 ‘Do you like the advert?’
She asked me __________________________ .
3 ‘What are you doing tomorrow?’
I asked Ana ____________________________ .
4 ‘Why did you leave early, Carla?’
We asked Carla ________________________ .
5 ‘Have you been to Paris?’
Tom asked me _________________________ .
3 Correct the mistakes in bold.
She asked me which school did I go to.
She asked me which school I went to.
1 They asked me did I want to go with them.
_______________________________________
2 My mum asked me what was I doing.
_______________________________________
3 I asked Paul where was the key.
_______________________________________
4 Georgie asked me had I ever been to New York.
_______________________________________
5 Tom asked me will I help him.
_______________________________________
Revision Exercises
Reported commands and
suggestions
4 Write reported commands and suggestions with
tell or suggest.
Jo said, “Why don’t we go to the cinema
tonight?”
Jo suggested going to the cinema that night.
1 Pete said to me, “Study for the exams.”
______________________________________
2 They said to us, “Please don’t throw that away.”
______________________________________
3 Mum said, “We could go for a walk this
evening.”
______________________________________
4 My father said, “Please set the table for dinner!”
______________________________________
5 Karen said, “I think we should put sunscreen
on”.
______________________________________
6 I said to my sister, “Don’t be late tomorrow!”
______________________________________
5 Complete the reported speech commands and
suggestions with the correct form of the verbs
in the box.
go not make not worry order phone tidy wait
Jim suggested going to the park.
1 Dad told us _____________________ in the car
for a few minutes.
2 They asked us __________________ any noise.
3 Mo suggested ________________ some pizzas
from the Italian restaurant.
4 My mum told me _________________ my room.
5 Kyle suggested __________________ for a taxi.
6 I told my parents ________________ about me.
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