WorksheetsREPORTED SPEECH
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
'This' and 'These' become .... in Reported Speech
Thats and Theses
That and Thesis
That and This
That and Those
'It is cold outside,' Mario said.
Mario said it _____________ cold outside.
was cold
is cold
'I have to pass the English exam,' said Jesús.
Jesús said that he has to pass the English exam.
He said that he has to pass the English exam.
Jesús said he had pass the English exam.
He said he had to pass the English exam.
'I can't go out to the cinema today,' Cristina said.
She said she can't go out to the cinema today.
She said she could not go out to the cinema that day.
She said she couldn't go out to the cinema today.
She said she can't go out to the cinema that day .
'I know how to make pancakes for breakfast,' said Marcos.
Marcos said he knew how to make pancakes for the breakfast.
Marcos said he know how to make pancakes for breakfast.
Marcos said he knew how to make pancakes for breakfast.
Marcos knows how to make pancakes for breakfast.
'I can't find my book' said Lucía.
Lucía said she couldn't find her book.
Lucía said she couldn't found her book.
Lucía said she can't find her book.
Lucía said she could found her book.
"I sing with the teacher"
She said she sang with the teacher
She said she sing with the teacher
She said she was sing with the teacher
"He can drive a car"
She said he would drive a car
She said he could drive a car
She said he was can drive a car
She said he will drive a car
José said, “I’m thirsty and hungry”.
José said that he was thirsty and hungry.
José said he is thirsty and hungry.
José , that he was thirsty and hungry.
María: "I love chocolate."
Juan: "María said (that) she ___ chocolate."
loved
loves
loving
Marcos: "I go skiing with my family in winter."
Javi: "Marcos said (that) he ___ skiing with his family in winter."
gone
went
go
Carmen: "I don't like spinach."
Mario: "Carmen said (that) she ___ like spinach."
doesn't
don't
didn't
Ana: "I have a cat and three turtles."
Carmen: Ana said (that) she ___ a cat and three turtles."
have
had
has
Cristina: "The weather is warmer than usual."
Jaime: Cristina said _______________.
the weather was warmer than usual
the weather it is warmer than usual
that the weather warmer than usual
María: "I don't like tomatoes."
Antonio: María said (that) she ________ tomatoes.
don't
didn't
doesn't
Mario said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'
Mario said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.
Mario said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.
Mario said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.
'I get up every morning at seven o'clock.', Jesús said.
Jesús said he got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Jesús said I got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Jesús said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock.
Juan: I speak 4 languages.
He said that He spoke 4 languages..
He said that He speaked 4 languages.
He said he speaks four languages
Mario: José is a good student.
He said that he were a good student.
He said that he was a good student.
María and Carmen say: "We finish our homework after meal"
They said they finished their homework after meal.
They said they finish our homework after meal
They said they finished our homework after meal.
Si el verbo esta en presente simple , al escribirlo en reported speech el verbo queda en
pasado participio
Pasado perfecto
Pasado simple
Pasado continuo
Si el verbo esta en pasado simple, al escribirlo en Reported speech queda en
pasado participio
pasado simple
pasado perfecto
presente simple
What is Reported Speech used for?
Para contar, explicar, escribir o decir algo que alguien ha dicho con tus propias palabras.
Para describir acciones que se van a desarrollar en el futuro.
Para expresar mandatos, órdenes, solicitudes, ruegos o deseos.
When using Reported Speech we say
The pronoun or name followed by SAID or TOLD ME
The pronoun or name followed by SAID TO ME
The pronoun or name followed by SAID ME
Present continuous changes to
Past continuous
Present simple
Past simple
Present perfect continuous / Past continuous change to
Simple past
Present continuous
Past perfect continuous
This day / week / month / year change to
Those days / weeks / months / years
That day / week / month / year
These days / weeks / months / years
Tomorrow / Next week / next month / next year change to
The following day / week / month / year
The day / week / month / year before
The previous day / week / month / year
Yesterday / last week / last month / last year change to
The following day / week / month / year
Yesterday / last week / month / year
The day / week / month / year before
Here changes to
There
That
Then
''I play football for the school team'' - Jaime.
Jaime said that he plays football for the school team.
Jaime said that he played football for the school team.
Jaime told me he had played football for the school team.
''I get up too early every day'' -Mario
Mario said he gets up too early every day.
Mario told me that he is getting up too early every day.
Mario told me that he got up too early every day.
''I am reading a book today'' -María
María said she was reading a book that day.
María said she read a book that day.
María said she had read a book that day.
''I drove to Paris yesterday''- Marcos.
Marcos said he had driven to Paris the day before.
Marcos told me he drives to Paris today.
Marcos told me he had driven to Paris yesterday.
''I will take the rubbish out tonight''- Marcos.
Marcos told me he would take the rubbish out that night.
Marcos said that he had to take the rubbish out that night.
Marcos told me that he will take the rubbish out that night.
"I have been to Spain"- Antonio.
Antonio said he will be to Spain.
Antonio said he was to Spain.
Antonio told me that he had been to Spain.
''My father arrived last week''- Juan.
He said that his father had arrived the week before.
He told me that his father arrived last week.
He said that his father had arrived last week.
''I am working here'' - José.
José said he worked there.
José said he was working there.
José said he has worked there.
''My mom can take care of your dog next month''- Antonio.
Antonio said that her mom could take care of my dog the following month.
Antonio said that her mom will take care of my dog the following month.
Antonio said that her mom is going to take care of my dog next month.
"We have been waiting for hours" -Lucía and Mario.
They said they were waiting for hours.
They said they waited for hours.
They said they had been waiting for hours.
