REPORTED SPEECH AND REPORTED REQUESTS AND COMMANDS WORKSHOP

Name: Date: Grade:

1. Make the reported request or command, remember the formula: verb + object + infinitive
(to + verb)

 "Put it here."

He told me ____________

 "Don't forget!"

He reminded me __________

 "Park your car behind the house, please."

He asked me _____________ car behind the house.

 "Do not hesitate."

He told me ________

 "Please, get in touch with them today."

He asked me ________________ in touch with them that day.

Choose the correct answer and translate to spanish your answer

1.   Report this sentence correctly.

‘I can swim really fast.’

 He said me that he could swim really fast.   

 He told that he could swim really fast.   

 He said that he could swim really fast.  

2.   Report this sentence correctly.
‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

  He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.    

  He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.    

  He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.   

3.   Report this sentence correctly.

Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’
Five days later you say...

 Tom said he is going to London the following day.   

 Tom said he was going to London the following day.   

 Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.   

4.   Which sentence is NOT correct?

 James said he will help me.   

 Karen said she was going to be late.   

 Lisa said she didn’t have a map.   

5.   Which words complete the sentence?

Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ____.

 the following day    

 that day    

 previous day    

Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the
beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change
the time expressions. Translate to Spanish your answer

1. "I don't like chocolate."

2. "She's living in Paris for a few months."

3. "I visited my parents at the weekend."

4. "They would help if they could."

5. "He could read when he was three."