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    This document discusses indirect or reported speech, which is when a statement or question from direct speech is changed to reflect that it is being reported rather than quoted directly. It provides examples of changing direct speech to reported speech based on changes to verb tense, pronouns, adverbs of time and place, and whether a statement is a question, request, or statement of opinion. An exercise is included for the reader to practice changing direct speech to reported speech.

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    Indirect speech – reported

    speech

    Grammar » B1 Grammar lessons and


    exercises » Indirect speech – reported
    speech » Page 3

    Exercises Explanation

    1 2 3

    Exercise 3
    Turn these sentences into indirect speech.

    You have completed this test.


    Correct answers: 5/10.
    Your score is 50%.
    Check your answers:

    1 'Where is the post office?' He asked me

    Were the post office was .

    Correct answer: where the post office was


    ➪ Question with what, when, where,
    etc. (direct speech) asked me + what,
    when, etc. + subject + verb (reported
    speech).
    ➪ Present simple (direct speech) past
    simple (reported speech).

    2 'Are you going to the beach today?' She

    asked me If I was going to the beach that day

    ➪ Yes/No question (direct speech) asked


    me if/weather + subject + verb … (reported
    speech).
    ➪ Present continuous (direct speech) past
    continuous (reported speech).
    ➪ today that day

    3 'Let me go! He told them To let him go

    ➪ Orders or requests (direct speech) told


    me / asked me + to infinitive (reported
    speech).

    4 'Where were you last night?' He asked

    me Where l had been the previous night.

    Correct answer: where I had been the


    previous
    ➪ Question with what, when, where,
    etc. (direct speech) asked me + what,
    when, etc. + subject + verb (reported
    speech).
    ➪ Past simple (direct speech) past perfect
    (reported speech).
    ➪ last night the previous night/the
    night before

    5 'I may not be ready next week.' Tomas

    said that he Might not be ready for next

    week.

    Correct answer: might not be ready the


    following/next
    ➪ may might
    ➪ next week, month, etc. the following
    week, month, etc. / the week, month, etc.
    after

    6 'I think Jack will do something stupid'

    Suzan said (that) She thought jack would do

    something stupid.

    ➪ Present simple (direct speech) past


    simple (reported speech).
    ➪ will (direct speech) would (reported
    speech).

    7 'You must tell Ted that I will be there.'

    Sara said that I

    Had to tell Ted she would be there .

    Correct answer: had to tell Ted (that) she


    would be there
    ➪ must had to
    ➪ will would

    8 'Have you been here all this time?' She

    asked him if He had been there all that time

    ➪ Yes/No question (direct speech) asked


    me, him, etc + if/weather + subject + verb
    … (reported speech).
    ➪ Present perfect (direct speech) past
    perfect (reported speech).
    ➪ here there
    ➪ this that

    9 'Stop or I will tell dad.' He told his sister

    To stop or he would tell dad .

    ➪ Orders or requests (direct speech) told


    me, him, etc. / asked me, him, etc. + to
    infinitive (reported speech).
    ➪ will would

    10 'I'm going to stay with Sally tomorrow.'

    She told me she [no answer] day.

    Correct answer: was going to stay with Sally


    the following/next
    ➪ am/is/are going to was/were going to
    ➪ tomorrow the next day, the following
    day, the day after

    1 2 3

    Related tests:

    Reported speech – indirect speech

    Reporting verbs – admit doing, refuse to do,


    etc.

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