Complete the sentences in reported speech.

Note whether the sentence is a request, a

statement or a question.

1. He said, "I like this song."

→ He said that he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
→ She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
→ She said that she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
→ They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
→ He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
→ She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said that he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
→ He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.

Change the following into indirect speech.

1. The girl said that it gave her great pleasure to be there that evening.

2. The man said that he must go as soon as possible.

3. She said that she did not want to see any of them and asked them to go away.

4. The teacher says that if you work hard you will pass.

5. He said that he had won.

 6. He proposed that they should wait for her return.

7. Alice exclaimed how clever she was.

8. The young man asked which way she had gone.

9. He asked me where I was going.

10. She requested them to wait there till she returned.

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I simple).

1. They would walk  to the station.

2. He would tell  you the truth.
3. I would go  home.
4. They would watch  a scary movie.
5. You would not say  that.
6. She would not do  this.
7. Would you give  him this letter?
8. I would not wait  any longer.
9. Would she wake  me up at six o'clock?
10. Would they help  him in the garden?

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I progressive). Use would.

1. Usually I would be working  at this time.

2. The baby would be sleeping  now.
3. We would be writing  a test now. But our teacher is sick.
4. If the music were better, everybody would be dancing  now.
5. If I had not broken my leg, I would be diving  in the Carribean now.
6. If the weather were better, we would be sitting  outside now.
7. He would be watching  TV now if I had not pulled out the plug.
8. She would be going out  with that hottie if her best friend had not snapped him first.
9. If you had taken another route, we would not be standing  in the traffic jam.
10. Would she still be waiting  for me now if I had not picked her up?
 Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II simple).

1. They would have walked  to the station.

2. We would have slept  in the tent.
3. I would have won  the race.
4. He would have told  her.
5. I would not have opened  the door.
6. We would not have said  that.
7. She would not have driven  that fast.
8. Would he have done  that?
9. Would you have travelled  by train?
10. Would they have begun  earlier?

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II progressive).

1. He would have been working  when the accident happened. But that day he went
home earlier.
2. If the storm had not frightened them, the kids would have been sleeping  all night.
3. If I had not send them outside, they would have been sitting  in front of the
computer all day.
4. If he had won the race, he would have been celebrating  three days in a row.
5. If he had not had to go home, we would have been playing  chess all night.
6. They would have been boozing  all night. But they ran out of money.
7. He would have been flying  to Australia, if he had not missed the plane.
8. She would not have been studying  in Toronto for 2 years if her parents had not
wanted her to.
9. We would not have been walking  around in the woods all night if they had told us it
was dangerous.
10. Would he have been gambling  all night long if we had not stopped him?