REPORTED SPEECH – WORKSHOP

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING – ENGLISH IV

NAME: DANIELA MARCELA RUANO MAYA

1. Change the next sentences from DIRECT SPEECH (direct words), to

REPORTED SPEECH (own words).

a. Marta said “I Will see you tomorrow” - FUTURE

R/ Marta said that she would see you tomorrow

b. My brother said “I saw the doctor today” - SIMPLE PAST

R/My brother said that he saw the doctor today

c. She said “we were swimming in the afternoon” – PAST

CONTINUOUS/PROGRESSIVE
R/She said that we were swimming in the afternoon

d. Tom said “ I have met a girl in the party” –

PRESENTPERFECT
R/Tom said that he had met a girl in the party

e. He said “ I stayed in my hotel” – SIMPLE PAST

R/He said that he stayed in the hotel

f. The girl said “ I am making cookies” – PRESENT

PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS
R/ The girld said that she was making cookies
g. My father said “ I drive to work every day” – SIMPLE
PRESENT
R/My father said that he drived to work every day

h. The man said “ I have seen that movie before” – PRESENT

PERFECT
R/The man said that he had seen that movie before

2. Write five sentences in Direct Speech and change them

to Reported speech in the next tenses.
Escriba 5 oraciones en DIRECT SPEECH (frase directa), y cambiela a
 REPORTED SPEECH en los tiempos gramaticales.

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

1. PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE

Karen said I am very glad to see you again karen said that she was glad to see
me again.

2. PAST SIMPLE

my boyfriend said I played soccer yesterday my boyfriend said that he had played

soccer yesterday
3. Will

The girl said I will travel a lot next year. The girl said that she would travel a lot
next year …………………………………..

4. PRESENT PERFECT

Mario said, “I’ve already gone out” Mario told me that he’d already gone out.

5. PRESENT CONTINUOUS

he said, “jhon is living in colombia” He said jhon was living in colombia.

18 QUESTIONS / 0.28 EACH ANSWER