REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT REPORTED

is seeing was seeing

sees saw

saw saw/had seen

has seen had seen

will see would see

is going to see was going to see

can see could see

DIRECT REPORTED

here there

this that

these those

now then

today that day

yesterday the previous day

tomorrow the next day

0. Convert the phrases below into reported speech.

"It's raining," she said.

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He said to her, "I love you."

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"I saw María in the supermarket yesterday," said Carlos.

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"We've lived here for three years," he said.

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"I'll bring a pasta salad," said Francesca.

5 ______________________________________________

"Mark's going to install solar panels," said Miranda.

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"They found gold here," said the geology teacher.

7 ______________________________________________

"Jenny can't speak French," said Pierre.

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"I first met my wife in Seville," he told us.

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"I want your homework handed in by tomorrow," he said.

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"My mother made these cakes," said Juan.

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"I'm feeling tired now," said David.

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Reported questions

If you put a question into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like in statements: (changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of expressions of time).

In Reported speech there is no question anymore, the sentence becomes a statement.

That's why the word order is: subject - verb

• Question without question words (yes/no questions):

o Peter: "Do you play football?" - Peter asked me whether (if) I played football.

• Question with question words:

o Peter: "When do you play football?" - Peter asked me when I played football.

1. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it

is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "Did John clean the black shoes?"

Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes.

1) Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"

Christopher asked me .

2) Betty: "When did you come?"

Betty wanted to know .

3) Mark: "Has John arrived?"

Mark asked me .

4) Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?"

Ronald asked me .

5) Elisabeth: "Did you watch the latest film?"

Elisabeth asked me .

6) Mandy: "Can I help you?"

Mandy wanted to know .

7) Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"

Andrew asked me .

8) Justin: "What are you doing?"

Justin asked me .

9) Frank: "How much pocket money does Lisa get?"

Frank wanted to know .

10) Anne: "Must I do the shopping?"

Anne asked .

2. Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it

is sometimes not necessary.

Example: Peter: "Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?"

Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

1) Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"

Yesterday Mandy asked me .

2) Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"

Yesterday Jason wanted to know .

3) Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"

Yesterday Robert asked me .

4) Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"

Yesterday Daniel asked me .

5) Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"

Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know .

6) Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"

Yesterday Nancy wanted to know .

7) Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"

Yesterday Barbara asked me .

8) Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"

Yesterday Linda wanted to know .

9) Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"

Yesterday Grandmother asked me .

10) A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"

Yesterday a man asked me .

KEY

Exercise 0

1 She said (that) it was raining.

2 He told her (that) he loved her.

3 Carlos said (that) he saw/had seen María in the supermarket the previous day.

4 He said (that) they had lived there for three years.

5 Francesca said (that) she would bring a pasta salad.

6 Miranda said (that) Mark was going to install solar panels.

7 The geology teacher said (that) they had found gold there.

8 Pierre said (that) Jenny couldn't speak French.

9 He told them (that) he first met/ had first met his wife in Seville.

10 He said (that) he wanted their homework handed in by the next day.

11 Juan said (that) his mother made/had made those cakes.

12 David said (that) he was feeling tired then.

Exercise 1

1) Christopher:"Do you want to dance?"

Christopher asked me if I wanted to dance.

2) Betty:"When did you come?"

Betty wanted to know when I had come.

3) Mark:"Has John arrived?"

Mark asked me if John had arrived.

4) Ronald:"Where does Maria park her car?"

Ronald asked me where Maria parked her car.

5) Elisabeth:"Did you watch the latest film?"

Elisabeth asked me if I had watched the latest film.

6) Mandy:"Can I help you?"

Mandy wanted to know if she could help me.

7) Andrew:"Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"

Andrew asked me if Mandy would have lunch with Sue.

8) Justin:"What are you doing?"

Justin asked me what I was doing.

9) Frank:"How much pocket money does Lisa get?"

Frank wanted to know how much pocket money Lisa got.

10) Anne:"Must I do the shopping?"

Anne asked if she had to do the shopping.

Exercise 2

1) Mandy:"Are the boys reading the book?"

Yesterday Mandy asked me if the boys were reading the book.

2) Jason:"Who gave you the laptop?"

Yesterday Jason wanted to know who had given me the laptop.

3) Robert:"Is Tim leaving on Friday?"

Yesterday Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.

4) Daniel:"Will it rain tomorrow?"

Yesterday Daniel asked me if it would rain today.

5) Jennifer:"Where do you play football today?"

Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know where I played football.

6) Nancy:"Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"

Yesterday Nancy wanted to know why Nick hadn't gone to New York the summer before.

7) Barbara:"Must I do my homework this afternoon?"

Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.

8) Linda:"Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"

Yesterday Linda wanted to know if Max had flown to London two weeks before.

9) Grandmother:"Where are my glasses?"

Yesterday Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.

10) A man:"When does the train to Liverpool leave?"

Yesterday a man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.