Worksheet 23

Grammar
Direct and reported speech

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Date / / Teacher

1 Rewrite the following sentences in the reported speech. Revise:

Student’s Book, pp. 178-179
a. “It is impossible to eradicate discrimination for good,” I said. Workbook, p. 93
Study Guide, pp. 28-29, 45-46
I said it was impossible to eradicate discrimination for good.
b. “I have asked them to apologise to the migrant,” claimed Ross.
Ross claimed that he had asked them to apologise to the
migrant.
c. “I met the guest worker yesterday,” he told me.
He told me he had met the guest worker the previous day / the day before .
d. “I will not take part in this conspiracy,” said Mary.
Mary said that she would not take part in that conspiracy.

2 Change the following sentences from indirect to direct speech.

a. The migrant admitted that he had never worked in a factory.
“I have never worked in a factory,” admitted the migrant.
b. They told us they would solve the hate crime incident the following day.
“We will solve the hate crime incident tomorrow ,” they told us.
c. We told the tourists that we were meeting them in Manhattan.
“We are meeting you in Manhanttan,” we told the tourists.
d. She said she worked at the immigration office in New York.
“I work at the immigration office in New York,” she told us.

3 Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech.

a. “She’s been staying with a friend during her Erasmus programme.”
She said she had been staying with a friend during her Erasmus programme
b. “Will you apply for the green card when you arrive in the US?”
Sonya asked Martin if we would apply for the green card when he arrived in the US
c. “Don’t stand here and pretend you didn’t witness that racist incident.”
Melanie told Tom not to stand there and pretend he hadn´t witnessed that racist incident.
d. “I haven’t flown by plane before. It was my first time abroad.”
Tracy said she hadn´t fown by plane before and that it was her fist time abroad
e. “Western culture is adopted by many immigrants who want to fit in.”
The politician said that western culture was adopted but many immigrants who wanted to fit in