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11.2 Classroom Exercises

This document contains exercises on changing direct speech to reported speech. Exercise 2 provides examples of changing direct questions and responses to reported speech. Exercise 3 provides prompts to change direct statements to reported speech. Exercise 4 provides additional prompts to change direct quotes to reported speech using context about who said the original quote.

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11.2 Classroom Exercises

This document contains exercises on changing direct speech to reported speech. Exercise 2 provides examples of changing direct questions and responses to reported speech. Exercise 3 provides prompts to change direct statements to reported speech. Exercise 4 provides additional prompts to change direct quotes to reported speech using context about who said the original quote.

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11.

2 Classroom Exercises

EXERCISE 2. Reported speech: verb forms in noun clauses. Complete the


sentences, using the information in the dialogue.
Fred asked me, "Can we still get tickets to the game?"
I said, "I've already bought them."
When Fred asked me if we could still get tickets to the game, I told him that I
had already bought them.
Mrs. White said, "Janice, you have to clean up your room before you leave for
the game."
Janice said, "Okay, Mom. I will."
Mrs. White told Janice that she had to clean up her room before she could
leave for the game. Janice promised her mom that she would.

1. I asked the ticket seller, "Is the concert going to be rescheduled?"


The ticket seller said, "I don't know, Ma 'am. I just work here."
When I asked the ticket seller if the concert _______ to be
rescheduled, she told me that she _______ and said that she just
_______ there.
2. I asked Boris, "Where will the next chess match take place?"
Boris replied, "It hasn't been decided yet."
When I asked Boris _______ place, he replied that it _______ yet.

3. I said to Alan, "I'm very discouraged. I don't think I'll ever speak English
well."
Alan said, "Your English is getting better every day. In another year, you'll be
speaking English with ease."
I complained that I _______ very discouraged. I said that I _______
I _______ ever _______ English well. Alan told me that my
English _______ better every day. He assured me that in another
year, I _______ English with ease.

EXERCISE 3. Change these sentences from quoted into reported speech.


1. MAX: I need a holiday. _________________________.
2. TOM: I've had some good news. __________________.
3. LOU: I went home early. ________________________.
4. JAN: I was waiting for you. ______________________.
5. JOE: I had eaten earlier. _________________________.
6. PAT: I had been waiting for you. __________________.
7. TIM: I will see you later. _________________________
8. DOT: I can speak French. ________________________.
9. KIM: I may arrive later. _________________________.
10. TED: I could help you. __________________________.
11. ANN: I might see him. __________________________.
12. JIM: I would enjoy that. _________________________.
13. DON: I couldn't have said that. ____________________.
14. NED: I needn't have gone there. ___________________.
15. LYN: I ought to have helped her. __________________.
16. LEE: I should go to the dentist's. ___________________.
17. DAN: If I were you I would get legal advice __________.

EXERCISE 4. Change the quoted speech to reported speech.


Example: "My father is a businessman. My mother is an engineer."
He said that his father was a businessman and that his mother was an
engineer
1. “I'm excited about my new job. I've found a nice apartment.”
I got a letter from my sister yesterday. She said _______.
2. “Your Uncle Harry is in the hospital. Your Aunt Sally is very worried about
him.”
The last time my mother wrote to me, she said _______
3. “I expect you to be in class every day. Unexcused absences may affect your
grades.”
Our sociology professor said _______
4. “Highway 66 will be closed for two months. Commuters should seek alternate
routes.”
The newspaper said _______
5. “I'm getting good grades, but I have difficulty understanding lectures.”
My brother is a junior at a state university. In his last letter, he wrote _______
6. “Every obstacle is a steppingstone to success. You should view problems in your
life as opportunities to prove yourself.”
My father often told me _______
7. “I'll come to the meeting, but I can't stay for more than an hour.”
Julia told me _______

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