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English Grammar Exercises for B2 – Reported speech (2)

7 ejercicios

1. Change the direct speech to reported speech. The people are/were talking to you.

  • 1)
    ‘You should read my news blog.’
  • Emma says .
  • 2)
    ‘I’ll be working at home tomorrow.’
  • My mum said .
  • 3)
    ‘I hate watching the news on TV.’
  • Anna says .
  • 4)
    ‘You haven’t been working hard enough.’
  • Ben complained .
  • 5)
    ‘I hadn’t expected the broadcast to be live.’
  • Ian explained .
  • 6)
    ‘I’d like to borrow your newspaper.’
  • Fred said .
  • 7)
    ‘I don’t want to go to the theatre.’
  • Amy has said .

2. Choose the correct answers.

  • 1)
    Sam said / told her to leave.
  • 2)
    ‘This article is really interesting,’ said / told Harry.
  • 3)
    ‘I’m hungry,’ she said / told to her dad.
  • 4)
    They said / told me he was a reporter.
  • 5)
    Jake says / tells that he wants to study journalism.

3. Read the dialogue and complete Imogen’s report of the conversation.

  • Imogen What are you doing?
  • Ed I’m writing a letter to the newspaper.
  • Imogen What’s the letter about?
  • Ed It’s about crime rates in our town. There should be more police!
  • Imogen You should mention that recent bank robbery.
  • Ed I will, if I can find the name of the bank.
  • Imogen Have you looked online?
  • Ed I can’t. Somebody has stolen my laptop!
  • I asked Ed what 1) He explained that 2) I asked 3) , and Ed replied 4) He said that 5) I said 6) and Ed said 7) if 8) I asked 9) He said 10) because 11) !

4. Listen to a woman carrying out a survey about newspapers. Report the questions.

Audio
  • 1)
    She asked him if he read .
  • 2)
    She asked him .
  • 3)
    She asked him .
  • 4)
    She asked him .
  • 5)
    She asked him .
  • 6)
    She asked him .

5. Match the answers (a-f) with the questions in exercise 4.

  • a)
    There should be more sport.
  • b)
    I’ve bought a paper every day.
  • c)
    Yes, I do. Most of the time.
  • d)
    Yes, I read the newspaper every day.
  • e)
    I like The Times.
  • f)
    There’s a good mix of serious news and human-interest stories.

6. Now complete the woman’s report.

  • The man told her he read and that every day that week. He said The Times and that he liked it .
  • However, he told her In answer to the final question, he said that .

7. Challenge!

  • Challenge!
  • Report a conversation that you had recently with a friend or a member of your family.

Cómo Practicar

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