REPORTED SPEECH
NAME: Ángel David Padilla Ortiz GRADE: 9THA
1 Match the direct speech with the reported
speech.
Direct speech
1 “I like apples.” c She said there’s / there was nothing to
2 “We’re eating apples.” h
3 “I haven’t bought any apples.” a
4 “James ate an apple.” f
5 “Lisa had eaten an apple.” b
6 “I’ll have an apple for my dessert.” g
7 “We can buy some apples at the
store.” d
8 “Are you going to eat an apple?” e
Direct speech
a She said she hadn’t bought
any apples.
b She said Lisa had eaten an
apple.
c He said he liked apples.
d Th ey said they could buy some apples
at the store.
e She asked me if I was going to eat an
apple.
f He said James had eaten an apple.
g He said he would have an apple for his
dessert.
h Th ey said they were eating apples.
2 Complete the reported speech with the
correct tense.
1 “The kids left without paying.”
She said the kids had left without paying.
2 “My train is leaving at 12 o’clock.”
He said his train was leaving at 12 o’clock.
3 “Don’t leave your bedroom so
messy!”
Mom told me not to leave my bedroom
so messy.
4 “Will you go to college when you finish
school?”
The teacher asked me if I would go to college
when I finished school.
5 “I’ll leave the book on the desk for
you.”
He said he would leave the book on
the desk for me.
6 “You can leave your umbrella; it’s
sunny!”
She said that I could leave my umbrella
because it was sunny.
DATE: 6/8/2021
3 Choose the correct option.
1 “There’s nothing to worry about.”
worry about.
2 “We’re looking for a man with long, dark
hair.”
The police said they were looking /
looked for a man with long, dark hair.
3 “I want to go home.”
Claire said she want / wanted to go home.
4 “It was a great party!”
He said it had been / is a great party.
5 “I’m going shopping.”
Mom said she was going / went shopping.
6 “We’ll find the thief.”
Th ey said they could / would
find the thief.
4 Rewrite the sentences in direct
speech.
1 He told me he had been robbed. “I’ve
been robbed.” (present perfect)
2 They said they wanted to see the movie.
“We want to see the movie.” (simple
present)
3 The police told us they couldn’t help.
“Sorry, we can’t help.” (can)
4 She said she’d been living in Italy for a
year.
“I have been living in Italy for a year.”
(present perfect continuous)
5 We told them we were going to be
home early.
“We are going to be home early.”
(present continuous)
6 He said he’d seen the thief steal the
car.
“I had saw the thief steal the car.” (simple
past)
4 Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 He asked me if I know the robber.
He asked me if I knew the robber.
1 She tell me to stand still.
She told me to stand still.
2 You said you will go to the movie
theater.
You said you would go the movie theater.

3 We told you to not lie.

We told you not to lie

4 They asked me describing the thief.

They asked me described the thief

5 He said he’s had a great time

yesterday.
He said he was had a great time
yesterday.