REPORTED SPEECH

OR DERS AND REQUESTS - introducing verbs: order, tell, ask

EXERCISE 1

Look at the blackboard,

1.- ‘Kevin, don’t touch my things again’ – his
children!
brother said

The teacher ordered the children to look at the ______________________________________

blackboard.
Don’t leave your things all over
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the place, Sue!
2.- ‘Can you lend me your car for the weekend,
Mum?’ – Cathy said

Her mother told Sue not to leave her things

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all over the place

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Will you take me out for a walk, please? 3.- ‘Leave your umbrellas outside the museum,
please’ – the guide said

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The dog asked me to take him out for a walk

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4.- ‘Don’t park here, sir’ – the policeman said

Mum, give me something to
eat!
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5.- ‘Could you show me that blue sweater in the

shop window, please?’ – the woman said

The boy told her mother to give him something to eat ______________________________________

Don’t close your mouth, ______________________________________

Mr. Jones, please.
6.- ‘Will you come with me to Susan’s party,
John?’ – Mary said

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The dentist asked Mr. Jones not to close his mouth.
7.- ‘Will you please not come with your dog into
the restaurant?’ – the waiter said

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8.- ‘Don’t say anything to your parents, ok?’ –

she
said

REPORTED SPEECH
 STATEMENTS - introducing verbs: say, tell, explain, think, etc. ...
Sorry, Mr. Jones is
out this morning.
The secretary told me that
Mr. Jones was out that
morning.
You have to fill in this form and
submit it in the office upstairs
The clerk explained to
me that I had to fill in that form and submit it in
the office upstairs.
I have been
promoted.
The clerk told his wife that he had been
promoted
I know the answer
The girl said that she knew the
answer
REPORTED SPEECH
QUESTIONS - introducing verbs:
What’s your name and
address, sir?
ask, wonder, want to know
EXERCISE 2
1.- ‘I think there is a bus at five o’clock’
– my brother said
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2.- ‘She broke the glasses when she
was washing up’ – he said
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3.- ‘They can’t come because they are busy’
– Susan said
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EXERCISE 3
4.- ‘I’ll do my homework tomorrow’ – the
1.- ‘Where
child tolddohis
youmother
live, Mr. Sallies?’ – the policeman
asked
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5.- 2.-
‘We‘Are
have
you been to Paris
busy, Tom?’ twice’
– Mary asked– she said
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6.- 3.-
‘The‘Have youare
boys seenplaying
my brother?’
in the– she asked now’
garden me
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– ______________________________________
she said
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4.- ‘How are you going to Italy?’ – he asked me
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7.- ‘I don’t know your new boyfriend’ – she
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told Sheila
5.- ‘Do you like classical music, Sue?’ – I asked
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8.- 6.-
‘Someone brought
‘How much a parcel
did you pay for thatfor you
car?’ last
– he asked
week’
me – she told me
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7.- ‘When are you going on holiday?’ – she asked
9.- ‘Mary, your glasses are on the table’ –
her brother
her mother said
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8.- ‘Did you close the windows last night, Terry?’ –
his mother
10.- ‘Tom askeddinner with us next
is having
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Saturday’ – he said
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9.- ‘Why are you still in bed?’ – I asked her
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10.- ‘Who is that man?’ – she wondered
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11.- ‘Did you buy those flowers, Mum?’ – the girl
asked
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12.- Whose CDs are these? – he wondered
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The policeman wanted to know what my name and address was.

Where’s my coffee?

He wondered where his coffee was.

Are you coming to my

party next Friday,
Susan?

She asked Susan if she was coming to her party the following Friday.

Did you see the match last

night?

He asked me if I had seen the match the night before.

How many miles have we

run?

She wanted to know how many miles they had run.