Torna alle Lezioni
B1

English Grammar Exercises for B1- Reported speech

8 esercizi

1. Complete 1-5 with the tenses below. Then complete 6-9 with the correct verb forms.

  • past continuous past perfect past perfect
  • past perfect past simple
Direct speechReported speech
1   present simple2   present continuous3   past simple4   present perfect5   past perfect6can / can’t7will / won’t8might9should

2. Circle the correct words.

  • Last weekend
  • 1)
    John said he ill.
  • b) 2) Maisie said that she buy a new phone.
  • b) 3) Nathan said he looking forward to summer.
  • b) 4) Harry said that Kay gone to Italy.
  • b) 5) Emma told me that she find her phone.
  • b) 6) Pete told me he go to the party.
  • b

3. How do these references to time and place change in reported speech?

Direct speechReported speech
1   today2   a week ago3   yesterday4   last year5   tomorrow6   next month7   here

4. Complete the text with said or told.

  • Dan 1) Bev that he had bought her a new phone. She looked at it and 2) him that it was too big. He 3) her that they were all that big nowadays. She 4) she wanted him to change it. He 5) that he couldn’t change it and 6) her that it had cost a lot of money. She 7) she didn’t care and 8) him she wouldn’t use it.

5. Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. If necessary, change the pronouns, possessive adjectives and references to time and place.

  • 1)
    John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’
  • John told
  • 2)
    Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’
  • 3)
    Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’
  • 4)
    Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’
  • 5)
    Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’
  • 6)
    Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’
  • 7)
    Fran to Fred: ‘I called Tom two days ago.’

6. Read the reported conversation between two identical twins. Write the direct speech below.

  • Imo was walking down the road when she slipped and fell. Her twin sister Zoe phoned just afterwards. Zoe told Imo that she has fallen over a few moments before. Imo told her that was an amazing coincidence because she had just done the same! Zoe said her leg was hurting so much that she couldn’t walk. Imo told Zoe that her own leg was OK and that she could easily walk home. But Imo told Zoe that if she couldn’t walk, she should call an ambulance. Zoe said that wouldn’t be necessary and that she could phone their parents.
  • 1)
    Zoe:
  • 2)
    Imo:
  • Because
  • 3)
    Zoe:
  • 4)
    Imo:
  • 5)
    Imo: But
  • 6)
    Zoe:

7. Complete the reported speech.

  • 1)
    ‘I think my battery has run out.’
  • Andy said
  • 2)
    ‘We don’t want to go home now.’
  • We said
  • 3)
    ‘Beth texted me an hour ago.’
  • Julia told us
  • 4)
    ‘I can’t hear what you’re saying.’
  • My brother said
  • 5)
    ‘I won’t be going to school tomorrow.’
  • Peter said
  • 6)
    ‘I didn’t have time to call you.’
  • My dad said
  • 7)
    ‘I was angry because you’d forgotten my birthday.’
  • She told him
  • 8)
    ‘I’d like to get a new phone.’
  • Sue told her parents

8. Complete the reported speech with said or told.

  • 1)
    I you I’d be late.
  • 2)
    She it didn’t matter.
  • 3)
    They us they were moving abroad.
  • 4)
    He to me he wasn’t sure.
  • 5)
    We we were very sorry.
  • 6)
    You me we didn’t have an exam.

Come Esercitarsi

  1. 1Leggi attentamente ogni domanda
  2. 2Scrivi la tua risposta o seleziona l'opzione corretta
  3. 3Clicca su 'Mostra Risposta' per controllare il tuo lavoro
  4. 4Rivedi eventuali errori e prova esercizi simili
  5. 5Passa al prossimo esercizio quando sei pronto

Esercizi di pratica correlati

Vedi tutti gli esercizi di Grammatica