A2
English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Reported speech
4 연습 문제
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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연습 방법
- 1각 질문을 주의 깊게 읽으세요
- 2답을 쓰거나 올바른 옵션을 선택하세요
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- 4실수를 검토하고 비슷한 연습을 시도해 보세요
- 5준비가 되면 다음 연습으로 이동하세요