10th A/C English Weekly Worksheet (July 20th /24h)

Instructions: read the topic’s explanation, and then make the further exercises that will be exposed
related to it. A video link will be attached to reinforce knowledge of the above.

Exercises and topics will be sent every Monday and Thursday. DEADLINE: JULY 28th (of
this current worksheet)

All exercises’ worksheets will be DONE on a WORD DOCUMENT, OR IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

WITH IMAGES SENT OUT TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

SKILLS: Perceive, Identify, relate and apply.

SKILL’S DEFINITION: Perceive: become aware or conscious of (something); come to

realize or understand. Identify: associate someone or something closely with; regard as having
strong links with. Relate: associated with the specified item or process, especially causally.
Apply: to put to use especially for some practical purpose

MENTAL STEPS: To perceive the information regarding Reported Speech. To identify the
elements involved in the grammar structure through examples. To relate these elements to build
up sentences on your own. To apply the acquired knowledge by responding a questionnaire at
the end of the worksheet.
 Reported Speech
Reported Statements

When do we use reported speech? Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going
to the cinema tonight". Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said.

Watch my reported speech video:

Here's how it works:

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just
put 'she says' and then the sentence:

 Direct speech: I like ice cream.

 Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to
'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'.

(As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it
in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use
'that'.)

But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported
speech:

 Direct speech: I like ice cream.

 Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

LET’S DO THE CHART

 Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

present simple I like ice cream She said (that) she liked ice cream.

present
I am living in London She said (that) she was living in London.
continuous

She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said

past simple I bought a car
(that) she bought a car.

I was walking along She said (that) she had been walking along the
past continuous
the street street.

present perfect I haven't seen Julie She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.

I had taken English She said (that) she had taken English lessons
past perfect*
lessons before before.

will I'll see you later She said (that) she would see me later.

would* I would help, but..” She said (that) she would help but...

I can speak perfect

can She said (that) she could speak perfect English.
English

I could swim when I

could* She said (that) she could swim when she was four.
was four

shall I shall come later She said (that) she would come later.

I should call my
should* She said (that) she should call her mother
mother

might* I might be late She said (that) she might be late

I must study at the She said (that) she must study at the weekend OR
must
weekend She said she had to study at the weekend

* doesn't change.

Occasionally, we don't need to change the present tense into the past if the information in direct
speech is still true (but this is only for things which are general facts, and even then, usually we
like to change the tense):
  Direct speech: The sky is blue.
 Reported speech: She said (that) the sky is/was blue

Reported Statements Mixed Exercise

Change this direct speech into reported speech:

1.“He works in a bank” She said

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2.“We went out last night” She told me

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3.“I’m coming!” She said

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4.“I was waiting for the bus when he arrived” She told me
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5.“I’d never been there before” She said

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6.“I didn’t go to the party” She told me

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7.“Lucy’ll come later” She said

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8.“He hasn’t eaten breakfast” She told me

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 9.“I can help you tomorrow” She said
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10. “You should go to bed early” She told me

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11.“I don’t like chocolate” She told me

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12.“I won’t see you tomorrow” She said

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13.“She’s living in Paris for a few months” She said

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14.“I visited my parents at the weekend” She told me

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15.“She hasn’t eaten sushi before” She said

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16.“I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London” She said

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17.“They would help if they could” She said

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18.“I’ll do the washing-up later” She told me

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19.“He could read when he was three” She said

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20.“I was sleeping when Julie called” She said

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DON’T MISS TODAY’S QUOTE

VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/oOxcIbk_F1M