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Reported Speech

The document contains a grammar worksheet with questions about reported speech, reported questions, reported orders and requests, and reported suggestions. Students are asked to rewrite direct speech in reported speech and fill in blanks with the correct words.

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UNIT 3 GRAMMAR Name Mark /30

REPORTED SPEECH 4 The reporter wanted to know


1 Choose the correct alternatives. (6 marks) had survived the crash.
5 We asked the driver cost.
‘I’ll see you tomorrow,’ he said.

Grammar
6 I wanted to know was
He said he would see me the day before / the next day.
interesting.
1 ‘The film is only on tonight,’ Sarah said.
Sarah said the film was only on that night / this night. 4 Rewrite the questions using reported speech. (4 marks)
2 ‘I want to go home now,’ Lucy told me. ‘Why are you here?’ we asked them.
Lucy told me she wanted to go home after / then. We asked them why they were there.
3 ‘This science building was built only three months ago,’
1 ‘Who is Lisa going out with?’ Simon asked.
the teacher explained.
The teacher explained that that science building had
2 ‘Which restaurant did you visit?’ my father asked us.
been built only since three months / three months ago.
4 ‘My trip last month was cancelled,’ Sunil said.
3 ‘Where have you put my magazine?’ my mother asked me.
Sunil said that his trip that month / the month before
had been cancelled.
4 ‘Will you meet me tonight?’ Ana asked me.
5 ‘Yesterday there was a big storm here,’ he told us.
He told us that there had been a big storm there the day
before / the following day. REPORTED ORDERS AND REQUESTS
6 ‘I might go to France next summer,’ Joe said.
Joe said that he might go to France the following 5 Rewrite Jake’s direct speech as reported speech. (6 marks)
summer / the summer before. ‘Spot, sit down!’ Jake told his dog, Spot, to sit down.
1 ‘Spot, don’t eat the rubbish!’ Jake told Spot
2 Rewrite the sentences using reported speech. (4 marks)
‘I’ve lost my new phone that I bought last week,’ Sara said. 2 ‘Emily, could you turn the TV down a bit?’ He asked
Sara said that she had lost her new phone that she had Emily
bought the week before.
1 ‘I could phone Alex today,’ Christina said. Christina 3 ‘Emily, please don’t sing all the time.’ He also asked her
said that

2 ‘My brother and I didn’t go to town yesterday,’ John 4 ‘Simon, give me back my bag.’ He told Simon
said. John said that
5 ‘Mum, could you find my shirt?’ He asked his mum
3 ‘I can help you tomorrow’, Kate told her sister. Kate
told her sister that
6 ‘Mum, please don’t throw away my magazines.’ He also
4 ‘My cat always sleeps on my bed,’ Roberto said. Roberto asked his mum
said that
REPORTED SUGGESTIONS
REPORTED QUESTIONS 6 Rewrite the suggestions in reported speech. Use either a
3 Complete the sentences with words from the lists. (6 marks) that clause or a gerund. (4 marks)
how much if if how many where ‘Let’s go shopping.’ (that) He suggested going shopping.
what time why 1 ‘Why don’t we go out?’ (gerund) She suggested
people I his CD player the article
the cathedral the shop the bus tickets 2 ‘Let’s invite Mark.’ (that clause) He suggested
A tourist asked me where the cathedral was.
3 ‘What about going for a walk?’ (gerund) He suggested
1 Kasia asked me had a
dictionary she could borrow.
4 ‘You should ask her for advice.’ (that clause) He suggested
2 Jamie asked the assistant
closed.
3 Robert wanted to know
didn’t work.

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