Grammar Unit 4

Reported speech: statements and questions

1 Choose the correct reported speech for the speaker’s statements and questions: A, B or C.
1 ‘I will do it later today,’ Avery said.
Avery told me …
A ☐ she would do it later today.
B ☐ she will do it later that day.
C ☐ she would do it later that day.
2 ‘Have you finished watching this film?’ Julian asked.
Julian asked me …
A ☐ if I finished watching that film.
B ☐ whether I had finished watching that film.
C ☐ if I had finished watching this film.
3 ‘We were playing games on our phones when the teacher came into the classroom,’
Kaya said.
Kaya said …
A ☐ they had been playing games on their phones when the teacher came into the
classroom.
B ☐ they had been playing games on their phones when the teacher had come into
the classroom.
C ☐ they were playing games on their phones when the teacher had come into the
classroom.
4 ‘Where are you going now?’ Zahra asked.
Zahra asked me …
A ☐ where was I going at that time.
B ☐ where I was going before.
C ☐ where I was going then.
5 ‘I might go to bed early,’ Rio said.
Rio said …
A ☐ he might go to bed early.
B ☐ he may go to bed early.
C ☐ he might have gone to bed early.
6 ‘They must hurry up,’ Katie said.
Katie told me …
A ☐ they must hurry up.
B ☐ they had to hurry up.
C ☐ they must have hurried up.

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2 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

asked hadn’t him me said that the following year the previous day told whether

1 Mum _______________ me that I was lazy.

2 Harvey said _______________ he hadn’t been listening when the teacher asked him
a question.
3 Grandad _______________ he had been watching TV, so he didn’t hear the phone.
4 Janey said she _______________ expected a party for her birthday.
5 She _______________ me what I wanted to do.
6 He asked me _______________ Harry was a sociable person or not.
7 He told _______________ that the train might be late.
8 We told our teacher we’d seen three black cats _______________, so we knew we were in
for a surprise!
9 I told _______________ that he was spot on.
10 George said he would buy a new car _______________.

Reporting verbs
1 Circle all the words that you can use to replace the words in bold.
1 Monica denied drinking a cup of tea.

admitted agreed offered recommended requested suggested warned

2 They invited me to go to London.

agreed advised congratulated ordered reminded suggested told

3 The teacher suggested that we should do the first exercise.

advised asked ordered recommended refused requested

4 I agreed to stay at home.

apologised denied offered promised refused warned

5 Mum warned me not to study till late at night.

admitted asked blamed denied ordered reminded

2 Match the sentences to the verb patterns.

1 ☐ My cousins invited us to stay at their house.
2 ☐ We apologised for being late.
3 ☐ She recommended that I should take a day off.
4 ☐ I promised not to tell anyone her secret.
5 ☐ Grandpa thanked us for helping him in the garden.
6 ☐ My uncle suggested having a family get-together.
A verb + to + infinitive
B verb + object + to + infinitive
C verb + -ing
D verb + preposition + -ing
E verb + object + preposition + -ing
F verb + that + should clause

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