REPORTED SPEECH

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sau:
+ Changing pronouns and possessive adjectives (I - he/ she, my - his/ her, ...)
+ Changing tenses:

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Simple Present Simple Past
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Simple Past
can/ will + Bare inf. could/ would + Bare inf.
must + Bare inf. had to + Bare inf.

+ Changing Adverbs of Time and Places, Demonstratives:

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Now Then
Today That day
Tonight That night
Yesterday The day before/ The previous day
Yesterday morning The previous morning
Last night/ year The previous night/ year
(a week) ago (a week) before
Tomorrow The day after/ The following day
Tomorrow morning The following morning
Next week/ month The following week/month
This That
These Those
Here There

1. Reported Imperative:

S + agreed/ offered/ promised/ refused/…+ (not) to infinitive

To infinitive
S + asked/ told/ advised + O + (not) to infinitive

S + admitted/ denied / suggested + (not) + V-ing

S + confessed to/ insisted on/ dreamed of/… + (not) + V-ing
Gerund S + accused s.body of /
congratulated s.body on/ + (not) + V-ing
apologized to s.body for
 a. what the matter was b. what was the matter
2. Reported Statement : c. the matter was what d. what’s the matter was
4. She asked me……..the seat………..or not
said a. if / had occupied b. whether / was occupied
S+ + (that) + S + V
told someone c. if / has been occupied d. whether / occupied
5. I wonder………….we’ll catch the bus………we’ll take a taxi
a. if / and whether b. whether / or that c. if / or that d . whether / or whether
6. Excuse me. Could you tell me………………?
a. what time is it b. what is the time c. what time it is d. it is what time
7. We wonder……….from his office after that scandal
a. why did he not resign b. why he did not resign
c. why he not resign d. why didn’t he resign
8. Jeff wanted to know……………..
a. that why were his friends laughing b. why were his friends laughing
c. why his friends were laughing d. the reason why his friends laughing
9. Mr Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the………..day
a. previous b. following c. before d. last
10. She…………him whether he liked the steak she cooked
a. asks b. wondered c. wanted to know d. asked
11. His neighbours sometimes wondered……….he did for a living
3. Reported Questions :
a. why b. when c. where d. what
a) YES - NO Questions :
12. Could you please tell me……………?
S + asked someone/ wondered/ wanted to know + if/ whether + S + V
a. It is how far to the nearest bus stop b. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
c. how far to the nearest bus stop is it d. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
b) Wh - How Questions :
13. Marigold wondered………..Kevin and Ruth would be at the party
S + asked someone / wondered/ wanted to know + wh-/ how + S + V a. that b. whether c. if d. b& c
14. He asked me…………….
a. How long you have studied English b. How long had you studied English
c. How long you had study English d. How long you had studied English
15. The passenger asked …………… we landed
a. what b. when c. if d. why
16. The mother told her son …………… so impolitely.
a. not behave b. not to behave c. not behaving d. did not behave
17. She said she …………… collect it for me after work.
a. would b. did c. must d. had
18. Laura said she had worked on the assignment since …………….
a. yesterday b. two days ago c. the day before d. the next day
19. Peter said that he had lived in London four years …………….
a. ago b. before c. later d. then
20. The guest told the host that …………….
a. I must go now b. he must go now c. he had to go now d. he had to go then
21. The teacher told Joe …………….
a. to stop talking b. stop talking c. stops talking d. stopped talking
EXERCISES 22. She said she …………….
I. Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished sentence. a. was very tired last night b. was very tired the night before
1. James………..him up when the bus reached the square c. had been very tired last night d. had been very tired the night before
a. told me wake b. asked me to wake 23. Emily said that her teacher …………… to London …………….
c. said me to wake d. requested me waking a. will go / tomorrow b. went / tomorrow
2. The policeman asked us……….. c. would go / the next day d. had gone / the next day
a. had any of us seen the accident happen
b. If had any of us seen the accident happen II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
c. Whether any of us had seen the accident happen 1. I asked him how far was it to the station if I went there by taxi.
d. that if any of us had seen the accident happen a b c d
3. I asked him………..,but he said nothing 2. They asked me that I could do the shopping for them.
 a b c d b. He said he hasn’t met Susan last week.
3. Her mother ordered her do not go out with him the night before. c. He said he hadn’t met Susan last week.
a b c d d. He said he hadn’t met Susan the week before.
4. She said that the books in the library would be available tomorrow. 10."If I were you, I'd tell him the truth," she said to me.
a b c d a. She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth.
5. He advised her thinking about that example again because it needed correcting. b. She will tell him the truth if she is me.
a b c d c. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me.
6. My mother said me to sit down at the table and do my homework. d. She advised me to tell him the truth.
a b c d
7. They asked me what did happen last night, but I was unable to tell them.
a b c d
III. Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.
1. . “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
a. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
b. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
c. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
d. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
2. He said, “My wife has just bought a diamond ring.”
a. He said that his wife had just bought a diamond ring.
b. He said that my wife had just bought a diamond ring.
c. He said that his wife has just bought a diamond ring.
d. he said that his wife just bought a diamond ring.
3. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.
a. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.
b. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
c. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
d. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
4. . “I have just seen your mother this morning”.
a. Laura told Lewis I have just seen your mother this morning.
b. Laura told Lewis she had just seen his mother that morning.
c. Laura told Lewis she has just seen his mother that morning.
d. Laura told Lewis he had just seen her mother that morning.
5. Mrs Smith: “ Don’t play in front of my windows”
a. Mrs Smith told us not to play in front of her windows.
b. Mrs Smith told us not to play in front of my windows.
c. Mrs Smith told us to not play in front of her windows.
d. Mrs Smith said us not to play in front of her windows.
6. “Don’t make noise because I am listening music now”
a. He asked me not to make noise because I am listening music now.
b. He asked me not to make noise because I was listening music then.
c. He asked me not to make noise because he was listening music then.
d. He asked me to make noise because I was listening music then.
7. Teacher: “ Don’t forget your homework”
a. Teacher reminded me not to forget my homework.
b. Teacher asked me if not to forget my home work.
c. Teacher reminded whether I not to forget my home work.
d. Teacher reminded me not to forget your home work.
8. Tom: “ Why don’t you study hard for the coming exam, Ba”
a. Tom advised me not to study hard for the coming exam.
b. Tom advised me to study hard for the coming exam.
c. Tom advised Ba not to study hard for the coming exam.
d. Tom advised Ba to study hard for the coming exam.
9. “I didn’t meet Susan last week”
a. He said he didn’t meet Susan the week before.