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Reported Speech

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"We'll be coming to see you later, "

a)

John said.

b)

John told.

2.

"Let's go to a film this evening, "

a)

she offered.

b)

she suggested.

3.

"It's a busy restaurant. You should reserve a table, "

a)

Anne advised us.

b)

Anne asked us.

4.

"Leave the building at once, "

a)

ordered the police.

b)

suggested the police.

5.

I'm so sorry I didn't write to you, "

a)

she wondered.

b)

she apologised.

6.

" I am going to travel abroad."

She said that she ... travel abroad.

(a)  

7.

" Will you visit this evening?"

He asked us if we ... that evening.

(a)  

8.

" I work in a shop."

She says that she ... in a shop.

(a)  

9.

"The children are watching TV."

Mum said that the children ... TV.

(a)  

10.

" When did the pain begin?"

The doctor asked Sam when the pain ...

(a)  

11.

"I must leave at once."

She said that she ... leave at once.

(a)  

12.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

Jane said that she had been ill the previous week.

(a)  

13.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

Tom's mother wanted to know why he was eating those chocolates.

(a)  

14.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

MIke told me to call him at work.

(a)  

15.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

They suggested having a picnic that weekend.

(a)  

16.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

She said (that) she was sure she had never been there before.

(a)  

17.

Write the sentence in DIRECT SPEECH.

The caller asked what time the performance would begin that night.

(a)  

18.

“Don’t touch the oven.”

The mother told her child...

(a)  

19.

“Let’s buy tickets for this concert.”

Mike suggested...

(a)  

20.

“There will be no sports lessons today.”

The headmaster announced...

(a)