Worksheet. reported speech
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worksheet to accompany the navigation support document on reported speech
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Worksheet: REPORTED SPEECH
Quick tips: We can report the words of a speaker in two ways:
Direct Speech: where we quote the actual words of the speaker.
Indirect Speech/ reported speech: where we report what a speaker said without quoting their exact words.
- Rewrite the following into reported speech.
- Steve said, “Mom is writing a letter to her brother who broke his arm.”
- Steve said, "I am going to the library."
- Ben said, "I want to go for a movie tonight."
- Mary said, “We’re studying a lot of English online.”
- Mary asked, “What are you doing?”
- Steve said, “Do you suppose you know better than your manager?”
- Mary asked, “How many newspapers do you read every day?
- Steve asked, “How did you bake this cake?
- Mary asked, "When are you leaving?"
- Mary asked, "How much do you pay for your swimming classes?"
- Choosing reporting verbs from the table, rewrite the following into indirect speech.
add, advise, admit, agree, announce, answer, argue, ask, boast, beg, claim, comment, complain, confirm, consider, command, deny, doubt, decide, demand, discuss, estimate, explain, expect, explain, enquire fear, feel, guarantee, guess, hope, insist, mention, observe, offer, persuade, propose, promise, remark, remember, repeat, reply, report, reveal, recommend, request, realise, understand, warn, wonder |
- Mayank: “Why don't you join a dance class?”
- Arjun: “You need to work harder of you want an A grade.”
- Priya: “It’s very hot. I can't sleep.”
- Shashi: “The birds come because they’re attracted to yellow flowers.”
- Smitha: “Could you tell me where room no. 14 B is?”
- Tina: “I cannot take you with me.”
- Shiji: “Come as soon as you can.”
- Manju: “I'll call you every day.”
- Seril: “You can’t travel with me.”
- Mayank: “I won’t break it. I’ll be very careful.”
- Siddhu: “Is this your house?”
- Smita: “These are heavy. I’ll help you carry them.”
- Arjun: “Let me help you carry them up the steps.”
- Bindu: “There are mosquitoes because of stagnant water.”
- Manu: “Do visit the British Museum while you're in London.”
- Priya: “Wow! Manna is making a lot of money with her new bakery.”
- Tina: “It’s sad you have to leave early.”
- Bobby: “I’m definitely not going to borrow money from anyone.”
- Riya: “I feel terrible that I shouted at my mother.”
- Shiva: “It is back breaking work, but I need the money.”
- Rewrite the following conversations into reported speech.
Naveen: If I were you, I'd use a mask.
Ramesh: I beg your pardon?
Naveen: I said, if I were you, I'd use a mask before going to the supermarket.
Ramesh: Oh yes! But I don’t have one.
Preeti: Where’s your father?
Suma: He’s walking the dog.
Preeti: Oh! You have a dog? I love dogs.
Suma: We have a lab. He’s adorable, his name is Pretzel.
- Change the following into direct speech.
- She told me that she wanted to study in Hyderabad.
- He said the bank was closed.
- They said they were going to celebrate Shelly’s birthday.
- He said he didn't like Shah Rukh Khan.
- She told the stranger explained that
- She told me that she'd played for the Blues tennis club for six years.
- I asked Siddhu to pass me the curry.
- Rewrite the following into direct speech.
We were at Selvan’s housewarming party. His parents had recently moved to Chennai.
Selvan introduced me to his mother who said she was pleased to meet me. She said Selvan had spoken a lot about me.
Selvan:
Mother:
I replied that Selvan was a very dear friend and added that her new house was very beautiful.
Me:
She thanked me and said she hoped she would like the city. I said it was quite easy to make new friends in the neighborhood. The only problem was the humidity.
Mother:
Me:
She agreed. They had been staying at the Taj for three weeks before they moved into the new house. She could not step foot outside the hotel before 6 pm! I found it very funny and said she might get used to it. I also consoled her saying the rainy season was better.
Mother:
Me:
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