REPORTED SPEECH - 1ST
BACH
1.- STATEMENTS – CHANGE INTO REPORTED SPEECH
1) “Mary works in a bank”, Jane said.
Jane said that Mary worked in a bank
2) “I’m staying with some friends”, Jim said.
Jim said that he was staying with some
friends
3) “I’ve never been to Russia”, Mike said.
Mike said that he had never been to Russian
4) “Tom can’t use a computer”, Ella said.
Ella said that Tom couldn’t use a computer
5) “Everybody must try to do their best”, Jill said.
Jill said that everybody had to try to do
their best
6) “Jane may move to a new flat”, Rachel said.
Rachel said that Jane might move to a new
flat
7) “I’ll stay at home on Sunday”, Bill said.
Bill said that he would stay at home on
Sunday
8) “I have something to show you”, I said to her.
I said to her that I had something to show
her
9) “I’m going away tomorrow”, he said.
He said that he was going away the next day
10) “I’ve been in London for a month but I haven’t had
time to visit the Tower”,
said
Rupert.
Rupert said that he had been in London for
a month but he hadn’t had time ...
11) “I’ll come with you as soon as I’m ready, Lucas”,
she said.
She said to Lucas that she would come with
him as soon as she was ready
12) “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work”,
they said.
They said that they had a lift but very
often it didn’t work
13) “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said.
He said that he had to go to the dentist
the next day
14)
“I found an old Roman
coin in the garden yesterday and I am going to take it
to the
museum this afternoon”, he said.
He said that he had found an old Roman coin
in the garden the previous day
and he was going to take it to the museum that afternoon
15) “I’ll see you tomorrow”, she said.
She said that she would see him the next
day
16) “I saw her today”, he said.
He said that he had seen her that day
17) “I don’t like this film”, she said.
She said that she didn’t like that film
18) She said, “We went swimming today.”
She said that they had gone swimming that
day
19) “I met her about three months ago”, he said.
He said that he had met her about three
months ago
20) “I’ll see Mary on Sunday”, she said.
She said that she would see Mary on Sunday
21) “Pete and Sue are getting married tomorrow”, she
said.
She said that Pete and Sue were getting
married the next day
22) “Stephen’s bringing some records to the party
tomorrow”, she said.
She said that Stephen was bringing some
records to the party the next day
23) “I really like this furniture”, she said.
She said that she really liked that
furniture
24) “My parents are arriving tomorrow”, she said.
She said that her parents were arriving the
next day
25) “We visited her this morning” they said.
They said that they had visited her that
morning
26) “We’ll see her next summer” they said.
They said that they would see her the
following summer
27) “They were here three months ago”, he said.
He said that they had been there three
months ago
28) “I’m meeting them at four o’clock today”, he said.
He said that he was meeting them at four
o’clock that day
29) “I can see you tomorrow”, she said.
She said that she could see him the next
day
30) “I must go home to make dinner”, he said.
He said that he had to goo home to make
dinner
2.- QUESTIONS – REPORTED SPEECH
1) “What’s your name?”, he said
He asked me what my name was
2) “Do you like Robert Pattinson?”, she said
She asked me if I liked Robert Pattinson
3) “How old are you?”, she said.
She asked me how old I was
4) “When does the train leave?”, I said .
I asked him when the train left
5) “Are you enjoying yourself?”, he said
He asked her if she was enjoying herself
6) “How are you?”, he said
He asked me how I was
7) “Does your father work here?”, she said
She asked me if my father worked there
8) “Do you live near your father?”, he said
He asked me if I lived near my father
9) “Who did you see at the meeting?”, my mother
said
My mother asked me who I had seen at the
meeting
10) “Why did you take my wallet?”, he said
He asked me why I had taken his wallet
11) “How did you get to school?”, she said
She asked me how I had got to school
12) “Are you a foreigner?”, she said
She asked me if I was a foreigner
13) “Where do you live?”, the boy said
The boy asked me where I lived
14) “Have you met Danny before?”, he said
He asked me if I had met Danny before
15) “Are you hungry?”, he said
He asked me if I was hungry
16) “Why wasn’t Judy at the party?”, she said
She asked me why Judy hadn’t been at the
party
17) “Why didn’t you telephone?”, my father said
My father asked me why I hadn’t telephoned
18) “Did you borrow my dictionary?”, he said
He asked me if I had borrowed his
dictionary
19) “Why are you so late?”, the teacher said
The teacher asked me why I was so late
20) “Have you finished your exams?”, she said
She asked me if I had finished my exams
21) “Did you invite Judy and Mitch?”, he said
He asked me if I had invited Judy and Mitch
22) “Does your brother live in London?”, she said
She
asked me if my brother lived in London
23) “Why didn’t the police report the crime?”, the
judge said
The judge asked me why the police hadn’t
reported the crime
24) “Do you know who broke the window?”, he said
He asked me if I knew who had broken the
window
25) “Why you won’t let me in?”, he said
He asked me why I wouldn’t let him in
3.- IMPERATIVE – CHANGE INTO REPORTED SPEECH
1) “Make some coffee, Bob”, Carol said.
Carol told Bob to make some coffee
2) “Do the homework soon, Jane”, she said.
She told Jane to do the homework soon
3) “Remember to
buy a map, Ann” he said.
He told Ann to remember to buy a map
4) “See a
doctor, Mrs Clark”, he said.
He told Mrs. Clark to see a doctor
5) “Keep all the windows closed, Bill” they said.
They told Bill to keep all the windows
closed
6) “Go home, Paul”, Francis said.
Francis told Paul to go home
7) “Please stay for supper, Bob”, he said.
He told Bob to stay for supper
8) “Don’t try to be funny.” She said
She told me not to try to be funny
9) “Wait here till I come.” Susan said
Susan told me to wait there till she came
10) “Go to bed and don’t get up till you’re called.”
His mother said
His mother told me to go to bed and not to
get up till I was called
11) “Be a good girl and sit quietly for five minutes.”
Her mother said
Her mother told her to be a good girl and
sit quietly for five minutes
12) “Watch the milk and don’t let it boil over.” I
said
I told him to watch the milk and not to let
it boil over
13) “Don’t take your coat off, children.” Said she
She told children not to take their coat
off
14) “Don’t forget to thank Mrs Jones when you’re
saying good bye to her.” said he
She told me not to forget to thank Mrs Jones
when I was saying ......
15)
“Stop that dog.” said
they
15)They told me to stop the dog
16)
“Sit down, Mary.” he
said
He told Mary to sit down
17)
“Don’t go near the sea,
children.” the children’s mother said
The children’s mother told them not to go near
the sea
18)
“Don’t be late, Tim.”
Tim’s father said
Tim’s father told him not to be late
19)
“Be quiet, children.”
the librarian said
The librarian told children to be quiet
20)
“Have your tickets
ready,” the inspector told us
20)The inspector told us to have our tickets ready
4.- MIXED REPORTED SPEECH
1) “I have to phone my cousin now” he said
He said that he had to phone his cousin
then
2) “I don’t want to go to school today” my brother
said
My brother said that he didn’t want to go
to school that day
3) 'Do you want to eat now or do you prefer to wait
for Henry?' she asked me.
She asked me if I wanted to eat then or I
preferred to wait for Henry
4) 'When will you pay back the money your father lent
you?' asked Peter
Peter asked me when I would pay back the
money my father had lent me
5) He said, 'don't walk on the ice; it isn't safe.'
He told me not to walk on the ice; it
wasn’t safe
6) 'Remember to write to your mother,' I said to them
I told them to remember to write to their
mother
7) 'I must go out to post a letter,' she said.
She said that she had to go out to post a
letter
8) 'Whose telephone number are you looking up?' my
secretary asked.
My secretary asked me whose telephone
number I was looking up
9) “don't drink any more,' said his wife. 'Don't
forget that we have to drive home.'
His wife told him not to drink any more and
not to forget that they had ...
10) 'I'm going fishing with mother this afternoon”
said the small boy, 'and we are going into the garden now to dig for worms.'
The small boy said that he was going
fishing with mother that afternoon and they were going into the garden then to
dig for worms
11) 'I've missed my train,' said Bill. 'Now I'll be
late for work and my boss will be furious.
Bill said that he had missed his train.
Then he would be late for work and his boss would be furious
12) 'Come in and look round. There's no obligation to
buy,' said the shopkeeper
The shopkeeper told us to come in and look
round. There was no ...
13) 'Don't believe everything you hear,' he warned me.
He warned me not to believe everything I
heard
14) 'Which of these films have you seen?' my friend
said.
My friend asked me which of those films I
had seen
15) 'Did you lend them your camera?' he asked.
He asked me if I had lent them my camera
16) “Buy me the paper if you’re going out”, Alice said
to her brother
Alice told her brother to buy her the paper
if he was going out
17) 'If you
lend me the chainsaw,' said Mary, 'I'll bring it back the day after tomorrow.'
Mary said if I lent her the chainsaw she
would bring it back in two days’ time
18) Michael said: “Why do I do this every day?”
Michael asked me why he did that every day
19) A farmer said: “If the situation goes on like
this, we will lose the consumers’ confidence for ever”
A farmer said if the situation went on like
that, they would lose the consumers’ confidence for ever
20) “Don’t sunbathe if it is very sunny and windy” he
said
He told them not to sunbather if it is very
sunny and windy
21)
“Do you understand me
now?” she said
She asked me if I understood her then
