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REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES

Here's a list of all the reported speech exercises on this site:

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Reported Statements:

Present Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Present Continuous Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Past Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Present Perfect Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Future Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Mixed Tense Reported Statement Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
'Say' and 'Tell' (quite easy) (in PDF here)

Reported Questions:

Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)

Reported Orders and Requests:

Reported Requests and Orders Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 1 (difficult) (in PDF here)
Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 2 (difficult) (in PDF here)

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Reported speech PDF exercise 1

Key with answers 1

Complete sentences: "It is too late." - I said it was too late.

Reported speech PDF exercise 2

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A multiple choice choice test: "Sam may contact you." - He said Sam might contact me.

Reported speech PDF exercise 3

Key with answers 3

Reported speech to direct speech: She said she lived in York. - "I live in York," she said.

Reported speech PDF exercise 4

Key with answers 4

Time in reported speech: We will set off tomorrow." - They said they would set off the next day.

Reported speech PDF exercise 5

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Correct mistakes: "I have been with Jill since yesterday," said Joe on Friday morning. On Friday morning Joe said he had been with Jill since yesterday. Correct: On Friday morning Joe said he had been with Jill since the day before .

Reported speech PDF exercise 6

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All changes in reported speech: Tim said he had worked with them the previous month. - "I worked with them last month," said Tim.

Reported questions + commands exercises PDF Practise questions, commands and requests in the reported speech.

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Direct and indirect speech exercises Multiple choice and gap-filling exercises on reported statements, questions and commands.

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Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands.

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The reported speech is used if we want to report what other people said, thought or felt. We use reporting verbs such as say, tell, explain, think, hope, etc. If these verbs are in the past tense, we change the following: a) verb tenses and verb forms b) pronouns c) adverbs of time and place

A) Verb tenses

We change the tenses in the following way.

Present simple - past simple: "I work in York," Joe said. - Joe said (that) he worked in York.
Present continuous - past continuous: "We are playing a game," Jane explained. - Jane explained (that) they were playing a game.
Past simple - past perfect simple: "Sarah came back," I thought. - I thought (that) Sarah had come back.
Past continuous - past perfect continuous: "I was talking to our new neighbour," Ben told me. - Ben told me (that) he had been talking to our new neighbour.
Present perfect simple - past perfect simple: "I have eaten all sandwiches," he admitted. - He admitted (that) he had eaten all sandwiches.
Present perfect continuous - past perfect continuous: "I have been driving for three hours," he comnplained. - He complained (that) he had been driving for three hours.
Will - would I will wait outside the station," he reminded me. - He reminded me (that) he would wait outside the station.

Note: Some modal verbs change in a specific way, whereas other verb forms remain the same in special cases.

Read more: Direct and indirect speech

B) Pronouns

Personal pronouns

We have to change pronouns in the reported speech to keep the same meaning. "We are in Italy," he said. - He said they were in Italy. "They invited us," Betty said. - Betty said they had invited them. "I admire your new garden," she told me. - She told me she admired my new garden. "You can take my car," Peter said. - Peter said I could take his car.

This and these

This and these are usually substituted. "They will move this year," my mum said. - My mum said they would move that year. "I like these shoes," Tim insisted. - Tim insisted he liked the shoes.

C) Time and place

The time expressions change as follows.

now - then, today - that day, tomorrow - the next day/the following day, the day after tomorrow - in two days' time, yesterday - the day before, the day before yesterday - two days before, next week/month - the following week/month, last week/month - the previous week/month, a year ago - a year before/the previous year

Marion: "I will do it tomorrow." - Marion said she would do it the next day. Dan: "We arrived last week." - Dan said they had arrived the previous week. Judith: "Brian got married a year ago." - Judith said Brian had got married a year before.

Here and there

Here usually becomes there . But sometimes we have to make different adjustments. "I'll stay here till the evening," he said. - He said he would stay there till the evening. In the hospital: "We'll meet here." - He said they would meet in the hospital.