Project Success 4 ● Grammar Worksheets

UNIT 8 ● LESSON 2, ACTIVITY 2

Grammar Worksheet
Reported speech: Statements and imperatives

Study the charts.

Direct Speech: Statements Reported Speech: Statements
She said, “The sink is clogged up.” She said (that) the sink was clogged up.
She told her husband, “I spoke to the landlord.” She told her husband (that) she had spoken to
the landlord.

Direct Speech: Imperatives Reported Speech: Imperatives

He told her, “Turn off the water.” He told her to turn off the water.
He said, “Please wait for the plumber to arrive.” He asked her to wait for the plumber to arrive.
He said, “Don’t turn on the heat.” He said not to turn on the heat.

Rewrite the sentences. Change the direct speech to reported speech.

Do not include that .
1. Melanie said, “We lost our power.”
Melanie said they had lost their power.
2. The landlord told her, “Use the candles in the cabinet over the stove.”

3. Tim told Andy, “Your landlord sounds upset.”

4. “I need help,” said Monica.

5. “The heat is back on,” her landlord told her.

6. “The plumber called and can’t come until tomorrow,” Emily told her brother.

7. My husband said, “Call the plumber.”

8. The landlord told them, “Please put new batteries in the smoke alarms and do not disarm them.”

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