A2
Reported speech – English Grammar Exercises for A2
5 exercícios
1. Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.
- 1)Matthew said, ‘I want to play football with my friends.’
- He told me / said me / told that we want / I wanted / he wanted to play football with my / his / your friends.
- 2)Naomi said, ‘I’ll help you with the washing-up.’
- She told / said / said me that she will / I would / she would help me / her / you with the washing-up.
- 3)Angela said, ‘My mum’s watching a film on TV with my little brother.’
- She told / told me / said me that my / his / her mum had watched / was watching / watching a film on TV with her / his / my little brother.
- 4)David said, ‘We went to the park with some friends from our school.’
- He said / told / said me that they’ve been / they’d been / we’ve been to the park with some friends from our / her / their school.
- 5)James said, ‘Andy, my dad can’t take us to the zoo on Saturday.’
- He said me / told him / said him that my / her / his dad couldn’t / could / didn’t can take us / them / me to the zoo on Saturday.
- 6)Josh said, ‘I think that we’ll go to the beach with our cousins after lunch.’
- He told / told us / said us that he is thinking / thought / had thought that we will go / he would go / they would go to the beach with my / their / her cousins after lunch.
- 7)She said, ‘I’ve already done all my homework.’
- She said / told / said me that she already did / I’ve already done / she’d already done all my / his / her homework.
- 8)Adam said, ‘My little sister isn’t going to come to my birthday party!’
- He told / told us / said us that my / her / his little sister isn’t going to / wasn’t going to / not going to come to his / her / our birthday party.
2. Read the direct speech sentences. Use reported speech to report what the speaker said. Make any necessary changes to the underline words.
- 1)‘I’m waiting for my bus to come.’
- She said she was waiting for her bus to comeOR She said that she was waiting for her bus to come
- 2)‘I’ll invite you and your brother to my house for dinner next week.’
- He told me
- 3)‘You can use my tablet to do your homework.’
- She told James
- 4)‘The traffic was really bad, so we missed the 17:15 train.’
- He said
- 5)‘We’re going to buy you a lovely present for your birthday.’
- She told me
- 6)‘I’ve just tried calling my friend, but she didn’t reply, so I think she’s away on holiday.’
- He said
3. Choose the correct answer option in the reported speech.
- 1)I can swim 12 km.
- He said he could / would swim 12 km.
- 2)He isn’t going to go to the party.
- She said he wouldn’t going / wasn’t going to go to the party.
- 3)We’ll phone you when we get there.
- They said they were / would phone him when they got / get there.
- 4)We saw you steal the laptop.
- We said we’d seen / we’ve seen him steal the laptop.
- 5)I’ll go and get the car from the garage.
- She said she’ll go / she’d go and get the car from the garage.
- 6)We like flying.
- We told them / said them we would like / liked flying.
- 7)Then can come to the party.
- They said they will come / could come to the party.
- 8)I have been to New York a few times.
- I said I went / had been to New York a few times.
4. Complete the reported sentences with the correct pronouns and possessive adjectives.
- 1)I don’t want to see you tonight.
- She told me shedidn’t want to see metonight.
- 2)All of my friends are going to the cinema.
- He said all of friends were going to the cinema.
- 3)You can’t go out until you finish your homework.
- He told us couldn’t go out until finished homework.
- 4)I’ve left my book on the train.
- She told me had left book on the train.
- 5)You’ll catch a cold if you don’t wear your coats.
- I said they would catch a cold if didn’t wear coats.
- 6)You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do!
- I told my parents couldn’t tell what could and couldn’t do.
5. Report the statements.
- 1)‘We can’t leave the party.’ He said
- 2)‘Marc has moved to a new flat.’ She told me
- 3)‘I’m seeing Sarah later.’ He said
- 4)‘I’ll help you with the shopping.’ She said
- 5)‘Michele got a great new job.’ He told me
- 6)‘I’m going to get a new car.’ He said
- 7)‘I don’t like the hotel.’ She told me
Como praticar
- 1Leia cada pergunta cuidadosamente
- 2Escreva sua resposta ou selecione a opção correta
- 3Clique em 'Mostrar Resposta' para verificar seu trabalho
- 4Revise quaisquer erros e tente exercícios similares
- 5Passe para o próximo exercício quando estiver pronto