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A2

English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Reported speech

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1. Complete the reported speech. Use the past simple, could / couldn’t, past continuous or past perfect.

  • 1)
    ‘I’m going out,’ she said.
  • She said that she was going out.
  • 2)
    ‘I don’t speak French,’ he said.
  • He said that .
  • 3)
    ‘I saw a good film in London,’ he said.
  • He said that .
  • 4)
    ‘We can’t come to the party,’ they said.
  • They said that .
  • 5)
    ‘It’s very cold outside,’ she said.
  • She said that .
  • 6)
    ‘I didn’t do my homework,’ he said.
  • He said that .
  • 7)
    ‘We live in a small village,’ they said.
  • They said that .
  • 8)
    ‘He can type really fast,’ she said.
  • She said that .
  • 9)
    ‘It’s snowing,’ he said.
  • He said that .
  • 10)
    ‘Somebody stole my wallet,’ he said.
  • He said that .

2. Change the reported speech to direct speech.

  • 1)
    He said that he hadn’t slept well.
  • I didn’t sleep well.
  • 2)
    They said that they hadn’t read the newspaper.
  • 3)
    She said that drug dealers were criminals.
  • 4)
    He said that he wasn’t wearing a coat.
  • 5)
    She said that she couldn’t swim.
  • 6)
    He said he had bought a DVD.
  • 7)
    She said that she had wanted to go to bed.
  • 8)
    He said he couldn’t hear me.

3. Read the dialogue and report it as direct speech.

  • Fred I read a really good detective story recently.
  • Liz I can’t stand detective stories. I’m reading a horror story.
  • Fred I like horror stories too. I read part of Frankenstein in the summer holidays. My parents gave it to me for my birthday.
  • Liz I didn’t enjoy Frankenstein.
  • Fred I think it’s brilliant.
  • Liz The ending isn’t very good.
  • Fred I don’t want to know the ending.
  • Liz I’m not going to tell you!
  • Fred said that 1) he had read a good detective story recently..
  • Liz said that 2)
  • She said that 3)
  • Fred said that 4)
  • He said that 5)
  • He said that 6)
  • Liz said that 7)
  • Fred said that 8)
  • Liz said that 9)
  • Fred said that 10)
  • Liz said that 11)

4. Challenge!Listen and report what the people say. Use the correct tense and pronouns.

Audio
  • 1)
    He said he was tired
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