Student’s name: TANIA SALOMON BELMAR Group: 606 B

Reported speech – Practice

Grammar practice
Exercise 1: Choose one of the options to complete sentences with correct
forms.

1. "I wish you were with me."

Trevor said he wished ..........................................................
a) I was with him b) I had been with him
2. "While I was having dinner, the phone rang."
He told me that ........................................................ the phone rang.
a) while he was having dinner b) while he had been having dinner
3. "Fiona started her project when she had raised enough funds."
I knew that ......................................... when she had raised enough funds.
a) Fiona started her project b) Fiona had started her project
4. "We used to work long hours."
She claimed that .................................................... long hours.
a) they had used to work b) they used to work
5. "It is time we got up."
Sue suggested that it was time ...........................................
a) we had got up b) we got up

Exercise 2: Complete these sentences in the reported speech.

Example: "I went to shops." - John said he had gone to shops.

1. "It is so sad."
I said it was so sad
2. "I've already done it."
He claimed that he had already done it
3. "I saw you at the station."
Kim told me he had me at the station
4. "I can't help you."

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Student’s name: TANIA SALOMON BELMAR Group: 606 B

Dan explained that he couldn’t help me

5. "I could fail the exam."
He was afraid that he could fail the exam.
6. "The Amazon is the biggest river."
He knew that the amazon was the biggest river
7. "I may come a bit late."
Bill told me that he might come a bit late
8. "I've been reading a book."
He replied that he been reading a book
9. "David must be on a diet."
The doctor said David had to be on a diet
10. "You haven't written the essay."
The teacher thought that tough that I hadn’t written the essay
11. "I was with her."
Jim admitted that he had been with her
12. "I'm texting my boyfriend."
She said she was texting her boyfriend
13. "I will finish the picture."
Marion promised she would finish the picture
14. "I would accept it."
She said she would accept it.

Exercise 3: Write the following questions in reported speech.

1. “Where are you from” Julie asked him.
Julie asked him tom if he had
2. “Grandmother, can I go out?” she asked.
She asked her grandmother if she could go out
3. “What are you doing, mum?” Laura asked.
Laura asked her mum what she was doing
4. “Have you seen this film, Tom?” Kate asked.
Kate asked Tom if he had seen this film

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Student’s name: TANIA SALOMON BELMAR Group: 606 B

Writing practice
Exercise 4: Active people around me

Do you consider yourself an active person? Are you surrounded by energetic

people? Because of the rhythm life has taken nowadays; generally, people do not
have time to join a gym and have active lives. However, there are things you can do
to be active and fit.

In teams, ask your classmates and see what advice they can give you to be more
active. Write their responses in both direct and reported speech. You need to write
10 sentences with the information provided. This means you will have 20 sentences
in all. Remember that direct speech needs quotation marks and reported speech has
a change in tense.

Example

Marian said “You can get off one station before your actual station and walk from
there”
Marian said I could get of the subway one stationed before my actual station and
walk from there.
Robert said “You should go running in the mornings”
Robert told me I should go running in the mornings.

EXERCISE
(ALEXEI ERNARDO TINO AGUILAR)
1._
* I said you can use the bike to go to nearby places
*Alexei said “you can use the bike to go to nearby places”
*Alexei said I can use the bike to go to nearby places.
2._
*I said you could practice soccer or basketball
*Alexei said “you could practice soccer or basketball”
*Alexei said I could practice soccer or basketball

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3._
*I said you should do 30 minutes of dayli excercises
*Alexei said “you should do 30 minutes of dayli excercises”
*Alexei said I should do 30 minutes of dayli excercises

(GILBERTO POSADAS GARCIA)

1._
*I said you should run in the afternoons
*Gilberto said “you should run in the afternoons”
*Gilberto said I should run in the afternoons
2._
*I said you should eat more vegetables than meats
*Gilberto said “you should eat more vegetables than meats
*Gilberto said I should eat more vegetables than meats
3._
*I said you should consume less cigarettes
*Gilberto said “you should consume less cigarettes
*Gilberto said I should consume less cigarettes

(TANIA SALOMON BELMAR)

1._
*I said you should to the gym in the afternoons
*Tania said “you should to the gym in the afternoons”
*Tania said I should to the gym in the afternoons
2._
*I said you should for a run in the park
*Tania said “you should for a run in the park”
*Tania said I should for a run in the park

(CESAR KEVIN SANCHEZ MONFIL)

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Student’s name: TANIA SALOMON BELMAR Group: 606 B

1._
*I said you should get good grades
*Cesar said “you should get good grades”
*Cesar said I should get good grades
2._
*I said you should be home and not go out
*Cesar said “you should be home and not go out”
*Cesar said I should be home and not go out

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