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A2

English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Reported speech (1) (1)

5練習問題

1. What did the people say? Rewrite the reported speech as direct speech.

  • 1)
    She said that she wasn’t going out.
  • ‘I’m not going out.’
  • 2)
    He said that he wanted to go to bed.
  • 3)
    They said they were arriving at six o’clock.
  • 4)
    She said that she didn’t like cheese.
  • 5)
    He said he had been to Italy in 2009.
  • 6)
    She said that she was reading a good book.
  • 7)
    They said they had received a lot of good advice.
  • 8)
    He said that he wasn’t going to do washing-up.

2. Complete the reported speech.

  • 1)
    ‘Somebody stole my wallet,’ said James.
  • James said somebody had stolen his wallet.
  • 2)
    ‘The suspect is at the police station,’ said Alex.
  • Alex said that the suspect at the police station.
  • 3)
    ‘The police are appealing for witnesses,’ said the reporter.
  • The reporter said the police for witnesses.
  • 4)
    ‘I’m going to search the house,’ said the officer.
  • The officer said she the house.
  • 5)
    ‘The police launched an investigation into the muggings,’ said George.
  • George said that the police an investigation into the muggings.
  • 6)
    ‘In London the police make hundreds of arrests every day,’ said the TV announcer.
  • The TV announcer said the police hundreds of arrests every day.
  • 7)
    ‘I think arson is worse than burglary,’ said Jane.
  • Jane said she that arson worse than burglary.

3. Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech. You may have to change pronouns and references to time or place.

  • 1)
    ‘We arrested the culprits last Tuesday,’ said the police inspector.
  • The police inspector said that they had arrested the culprits the Tuesday before
  • 2)
    ‘Somebody broke into our house last night,’ said Mike.
  • 3)
    ‘People sometimes sell drugs outside my school,’ said Kate.
  • 4)
    ‘We are going to study the CCTV footage today,’ said the police officer.
  • 5)
    ‘Jack stole a camera from a shop yesterday,’ said Fred.
  • 6)
    ‘The police are looking for the thief who stole my car,’ said Sam.

4. Read the police officer’s radio report. Then rewrite it as reported speech below.

  • Police officer: The suspects are outside the bankThey arrived two minutes agoThey’re getting out of their carI recognise one of themHe robbed a bank in London four years agoThey look nervousOne of them is carrying a large black bagThey are going into the bankI’m going to follow them.
  • 1)
    The police officer said that the suspects were outside the bank
  • 2)
    She said
  • 3)
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  • 4)
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  • 5)
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  • 6)
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  • 7)
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  • 8)
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  • 9)
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5. Correct the mistakes in the reported speech.

  • 1)
    ‘I’m not saying any more,’ she told us.
  • She said us she wasn’t saying any more. ✗
  • 2)
    ‘You took my phone,’ the man said to me.
  • The man said to me that I had taken my phone. ✗
  • 3)
    ‘Everyone knows Jim,’ the woman said.
  • The woman said that everyone had known Jim. ✗
  • 4)
    ‘These are the boys who broke in last night,’ the man told the officer.
  • The man told the officer that those were the boys who had broken in last night. ✗
  • 5)
    ‘I am keeping you here until you answer my questions,’ the detective told her.
  • The detective told her that he is keeping her there until she answered his questions. ✗
  • 6)
    ‘I don’t believe a word you tell me,’ the officer said to her.
  • The officer said that he didn’t believe a word she told her. ✗

練習方法

  1. 1各質問を注意深く読みます
  2. 2答えを書くか、正しいオプションを選択します
  3. 3「答えを表示」をクリックして確認します
  4. 4間違いを見直し、同様の練習を試みます
  5. 5準備ができたら次の練習に進みます