8V0 Reported Speech 1

REPORTED SPEECH 1

I. Sentence Rewrite – Direct to Indirect

1. “I won’t see you tomorrow”
 He said he wouldn’t see me the next day.
2. “He’s not at home”, she said.
 She said that he wasn’t at home.
3. “I’ll have a cup of tea with you,” she said.
 She said that she would have a cup of tea with me.
4. “I’ll pay him if I can” she said.
 She said that she would pay him if sh could.
5. The little girl said,” I haven’t done my homework”
 The little girl said that she hadn’t done her homework.
6. The woman said, “I must go home now to make the dinner.”
 The woman_said that she must go home then to make the dinner.
7. “I’ll phone you next Tuesday,” he told Jack.
 He told Jack that he would phone him the following Tuesday.
8. “I want a camera for my birthday,” he said.
 He said that he wanted a camera for his birthday.
9. “Can I sit beside you at present, Jean?” Tom asked.
 Tom asked Jean whether he could sit beside her at that moment.
10. “Is it going to be a fine day today?” I asked her.
 I asked her whether it was going to be fine day that day.
11. “Have you had enough for lunch?” the landlady asked us.
 The landlady asked us whether we had had enough for lunch.
12. “What do you want for lunch today, Peter?” Gwen asked.
 Gwen asked Peter what he wanted for lunch that day.
13. “What are you going to do next summer?” she asked.
 She asked us what we were going to do the following summer.
14. “How long are you going to stay?” I asked him.
 I asked him how long he was going to stay.
II. Choose the best option that best completes each sentence
1. She said that she _________ him the previous day
a. had visited b. has visited c. will visit d. would visit
2. He said that he _________ me there at 4.30 this afternoon.
a. would meet b. met c. will meet d. meets
3. The salesman was telling me that he _________ ten cars last week.
a. sold b. had sold c. would sell d. has sold
4. Did Bob say that he _________ from Princeton in 1951?
a. would graduate b. graduates c. has graduated d. had graduated
5. Someone _________ the tickets are free
a. said me b. said me that c. told me d. told to me
6. “I’ll do it tomorrow”. He said he’d do it _________
a. the following day b. tomorrow c. today d. the previous day
7. The librarian asked us _________ noise.
a. don’t make b. not make c. not making d. not to make

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8. What did the man say _________ ?
a. at you b. for you c. to you d. you
9. I wonder _________ the tickets are on sale yet
a. what b. when c. where d. whether
10. When I rang Tessa sometime, she said she was busy _________ day
a. that b. the c. then d. this
11. When he was at Oliver’s flat yesterday, Martin asked if he _________ use the phone
a. can b. could c. may d. must
12. She _________ her holiday in Finland
a. said me about b. told about c. said about d. told me about
III. Choose the best verb underlined in the direct speech sentence
1. Helen asked me if I liked visiting old buildings  ― “Do you like/ Did you like visiting old
building?” asked Helen.
2. Bill asked Mary if she had done anything the previous weekend.  “Have you done/ Did you do
anything last weekend?” asked Bill.
3. The policeman asked me if the car belonged to me.  ― “Does this car belong/ Did this car belong to
you?” asked the policeman.
4. Fiona asked me if I had seen her umbrella anywhere.  “Did you see/ Have you seen
my umbrella anywhere?” asked Fiona.
5. Joe asked Tina when she would get back.  ― “When will you get/ have you got back?” asked Joe.
6. Eddie asked Steve who he had been to the cinema with.  ― “Who did you go/ had you been to the
cinema with?” asked Eddie.
7. My parents asked me what time I had got home the night before.  ― “What time did you get/ have
you got home last night?” my parents asked.
8. David asked a passer-by if it was the right road for Hastings.  ― “Is this/ Was this the
right road for Hasting?” asked David.
IV. Give the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
1. Jack asked his sister where she (go) would go the following day.
2. The mother told her son (behave) not to behave so impolitely
3. She asked why Mathew (look looked so embarrassed when he saw Carole.
4. Bill said that he never (be) gone to Russia and he thought he (go) would go there the next
year.
5. The police asked Mr John what he (do) had gone the night before.
6. Mary said if she (be) were rich, she (travel) would travel around the world.
7. He said that English (be) would be very useful for my future job and I (must) must master it
8. He said they (play) were playing games in the bedroom then.
9. She said that I had better (go) go home early.
V. Put a form of either say, tell or ask in each space
1. I told you that you had to be on time. Why are you late?
2. When you.asked her if she'd work late, what did she say?
3. I think that Alan told us a lie about his qualifications.
4. When I asked him what he was doing there, he.told me it was none of my business.
5. I said I would help you, so here I am.
6. Did you hear what Sheila said about her new job?
7. What did Carol tell .you about her holiday?
8. There, you see! I.told you the bus would be on time.

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