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A2

Reported speech – English Grammar Exercises for A2

5 упражнений

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

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