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Answer Scheme - Reported Speech Exercises Exercise 1

The document provides examples of changing direct speech to reported speech by modifying pronouns, verbs, and other elements according to standard rules of reported speech. It contains three exercises, where the direct quotes are given and the reader is tasked with rewriting them in reported speech form. The exercises cover a range of reported speech transformations on statements, questions, tenses, pronouns and other changes that occur when changing from direct to reported speech.

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Answer Scheme - Reported Speech Exercises Exercise 1

The document provides examples of changing direct speech to reported speech by modifying pronouns, verbs, and other elements according to standard rules of reported speech. It contains three exercises, where the direct quotes are given and the reader is tasked with rewriting them in reported speech form. The exercises cover a range of reported speech transformations on statements, questions, tenses, pronouns and other changes that occur when changing from direct to reported speech.

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ANSWER SCHEME – REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES

Exercise 1
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some
sentences.

1. She said, "Go upstairs."


→ She told me to go upstairs.

2. "Close the door behind you," he told me.


→ He told me to close the door behind me.

3. "Don't be late," he advised us.


→ He advised us not to be late.

4. "Stop staring at me," she said.


→ She told him to stop staring at her.

5. "Don't be angry with me," he said.


→ He asked her not to be angry with him.

6. "Leave me alone," she said.


→ She told me to leave her alone.

7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.


→ She warned us not to drink and drive.

8. "John, stop smoking," she said.


→ She told John to stop smoking.

9. "Don't worry about us," they said.


→ They told her not to worry about them.

10. "Meet me at the cinema." he said.


→ He asked me to meet him at the cinema.
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.

1. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.


→ She asked where her umbrella was.

2. "How are you?" Martin asked us.


→ Martin asked us how we were.
3. He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
→ He asked if he had to do it.

4. "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.


→ The mother asked her daughter where she had been.

5. "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.


→ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best.

6. "What are they doing?" she asked.


→ She wanted to know what they were doing.

7. "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.


→ He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.

8. The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"


→ The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.

9. "How do you know that?" she asked me.


→ She asked me how I knew that.

10. "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.


→ My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin.
Exercise 3
Complete the sentences in reported speech.

1. "He works in a bank?"


→ She said (that) he worked in a bank.

2. "We went out last night"


→ She told me (that) they went (had gone) out last night (the night before).

3. "I’m coming!"
→ She said (that) she was coming.

4. "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived"


→ She told me (that) she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.

5. "I’d never been there before"


→ She said (that) she had never been there before.

6. "I didn’t go to the party"


→ She told me (that) she didn't go (hadn't gone) to the party.

7. "Lucy will come later"


→ She said (that) Lucy would come later.

8. "He hasn’t eaten breakfast"


→ She told me (that) he hadn't eaten breakfast.

9. "I can help you tomorrow"


→ She said (that) she could help me tomorrow.

10."You should go to bed early"


→ She told me (that) I should go to bed early.

11."I don’t like chocolate"


→ She told me (that) she didn't like chocolate.

12."I won’t see you tomorrow"


→ She said (that) she wouldn't see me tomorrow.

13."She’s living in Paris for a few months"


→ She said (that) she was living in Paris for a few months.

14."I visited my parents at the weekend"


→ She told me (that) she visited (had visited) her parents at the weekend.
15."She hasn’t eaten sushi before"
→ She said (that) she hadn't eaten sushi before.

16."I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London"


→ She said (that) she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London.

17."They would help if they could"


→ She said (that) they would help if they could.

18."I’ll do the washing-up later"


→ She told me (that) she would do the washing-up later.

19."He could read when he was three"


→ She said (that) he could read when he was three.

20."I was sleeping when Julie called"


→ She said (that) she had been sleeping when Julie called.

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