Activity Report Speech

Name: _____________________________________________ Group: ______________

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Present Simple Past Simple
"I Walk to work," she said She said (that) she walked to work
Past Continuous
Present Continuous
She said (that) she was studying history
"I'm studying history now," she said
then
Past Perfect
Past Simple
They said (that) they had done some
"We did some shopping yesterday," they
shopping the previous day/the day
said
before
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Mum said (that) the baby had fallen
"The baby has fallen asleep," Mum said
asleep
Will Would
"I will invite you tomorrow," Emma Emma said (that) she would invite me
said the following day/ the next day
Can Could
"Sarah can do these excercises very She said (that) Sarah could do those
well," she said exercises very well
May Might
"I may come home after midnight," Kim Kim said (that) he might come home
said. after midnight
Must Must/Had To
"You must take this medicine," the The doctor said (that) must/had to take
doctor said that medicine
Shall Should
"Where shall we go?" he said He asked where we should go
We use indirect speech when we report what someone said. If the reporting verb (said) is in
the past, the reported clause has to be one step back into the past from the original.

Direct Speech Reported Speech

"I study english" He said that he studied english
He said that he was studying
"I am studying english" english
"I have studied english" He said that he had studied english
"I studied english" He said that he had studied english
Change these sentences from direct into indirect speech:

She said: “I don’t like Sushi.”

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They said: “We will call him.”

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He said: “She hasn’t arrived yet.”

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I have a good We are not

relationship with my going to He is my
step-daughters. play. friend.

1. He said that ________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________
 Write It Right

Change the direct into reported speech

1. Raquel: “I Will give an interview tomorrow.”

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2. Jack: “My family didn’t see my movie.”

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3. Roxanna: “I love my fans.”

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4. Brad: “My children always travel with me.”

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5. Tom: “I don’t like to wake up very early.”

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 Listen and Answer

Answer the questions according to the text.

1. Is Angela afraid of heights?

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2. What did they have to listen to first?
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3. Did the instructor tell them to wear a helmet?
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4. Did the instructor tell them to tie back long hair?
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5. Was Angela worried about safety?
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Listen to the track again and complete the sentences.

1. The instructor asked us to

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2. First, he told us to
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3. Also, he told us to
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4. Then, he told us to
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At the business meeting, Carla is talking to her employees.

Change the sentences from direct into indirect speech. Then read what her coworkers
answered, change their sentences into indirect speech.

Jim: This program Will make our work so much easier!

Victor: I’m working on this Project, I promise to finish it in a week!
Ann: I Will keep on working like that!
Lola: I decided to sell them because Victor recommended doing it soon!
a. Carla said that
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b. Jim said that
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c. Victor said that
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d. Ann
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e. Lola
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Answer the questions according to the information in the previous activity.

a. Who said that he/she was working on the Project?

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b. Who said that the program would make their work easier?

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c. Who said that he/she had decided to sell them?

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d. Who said that he/she wpuld keep working like that?

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Change the sentences into reported speech.

James: “My sister didn’t tell me anything about it”

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Fred: “I don’t understand her English”

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Elsa: “Students make lots of jokes in the classroom”

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Daisy: “Tom was my boyfriend”

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Students: “We have a loto f homework”

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Ben: “My parents left for Berlin last week”

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Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

 My mother said that

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 My best friend said that

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 My English teacher said that

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 My neighbor said that

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 My classmates said that

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Fernando Bernal and Paula Duarte are presidential candidates. Read what promises they
made and change the sentences into reported speech. Read them out loud.
a. I will reduce taxes.
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b. I won’t change the current
financial plan.
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c. I will support programs for
increasing health.
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d. I won’t stop the war against drug
trafficking.
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e. I will care about enviromental
issues.
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f. I won’t approve new medical
programs.
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g. I will change the educational
programs.
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a. I won’t reduce taxes.
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b. I will change the current financial
plan.
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c. I will support programs for
increasing health.
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d. I will stop the war against drug
trafficking.
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e. I will provide services to needy
children.
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f. I will approve new medical
programs.
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g. I won’t change the educational
programs.
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These modals do not change in reported speech:

 Would

 Could

 Might

 Ought to

 Should

Listen and complete the dialogue

Manuel: I’m not sure what to do now!

Tania: Why is that?
Manuel: Look! Mr. Moretti asked if I ___________________ call the insurance
company, right?
Tania: I guess so.
Manuel: Well, the division is in Germany and must confess my German is quite por.
Tania: It’s all right! I can help you. What do you have to tell them, exactly?
Manuel: Mr. Moretti said they ___________________ visit us next week, so we have
to ask for confirmation.
Tania: Ok, what else?
Manuel: Also he said they ___________________ make a deposit first.
Tania: Did he mention if they needed an invoice?
Manuel: No, he just said they ___________________ ask for it.
Tania: Don’t worry about it! I’ll talk to them.
Manuel: Thank you so much.
What did the teacher ask students to do? Change the sentences from Direct into Indirect

Speech.

Complete the table below.

a. “Do this Project by next Monday!”

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b. “Don’t pick up your workbooks!”

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c. “Write down the homework!”

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d. “Don’t cheat during the test!”

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e. “Do not answer the quiz today!”

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f. “Check out this web page!”

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g. “Do not bring food into the laboratoy!”

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h. “Don’t miss my classes!”

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i. “Turn off your cell pones!”

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j. “Clean your workplace!”

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Sonia: Are pandas your favorite animals?
Sharon:Why do you think so?
Sonia: Because every time we come to the zoo you spend so much time watching them.
Did you see that I was feeding ducks, too? I love all animals. Do you have a favorite
one?
Sharon:Yes! I like tigers.
Kate: Isn’t it a cute baby monkey?
Edgar: It has just hit its mother. I don’t find it so cute.
Kate: Oh, come on! Look at the mother! Does she look angry?
Edgar: I think so. She has to take care of seven babies. It must be tiring.
Kate: I love watching them. Sometimes they behave just like people.
Edgar: I agree with you on that!

Sonia asked Sharon if pandas were her favorite animals.

Sharon asked Sonia why __________________________________________________

Sonia asked Sharon if ____________________________________________________

Sharon said that _________________________________________________________

Kate asked Edgar if ______________________________________________________

Edgar said that __________________________________________________________

Kate asked if ___________________________________________________________

Edgar said that __________________________________________________________

Kate said that ___________________________________________________________