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Indirect speech – reported speech. Exercise 1. Choose the correct form to complete the sentences below. 1 'I work in a bank.' ⇒ He said that he in a bank. 2 'I am working today.' ⇒ She told us she that day. 3 'I've been ill for a couple of weeks.' ⇒ He told me he for a couple of weeks.
Write the following sentences in indirect speech. Pay attention to backshift and the changes to pronouns, time, and place. Example: He said, “I will call tomorrow.”. → He said that he would call the following day.
Lots of reported speech exercises - practise using free interactive quizzes.
Reported speech exercises. Reported statements in English. Direct and indirect speech exercises for esl.
RS007 - Reporting Verbs Intermediate. RS006 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS005 - Reported Speech - Introductory Verbs Advanced. RS004 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS003 - Reporting Verbs Intermediate. RS002 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS001 - Reported Speech Intermediate. Reported Speech - English Grammar Exercises.
Exercises on Reported Speech. If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech.
Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you. Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person said. direct speech: 'I love the Toy Story films,' she said. indirect speech: She said she loved the Toy Story films.
Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions. 1) "He works in a bank." [ . Check. Show. 2) "We went out last night."
Click here for a list of all the reported speech exercises. Reported Questions. So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and negative sentences. But how about questions? Direct speech: Where do you live? How can we make the reported speech here? In fact, it's not so different from reported statements.
Exercises. 2315 Backshift of tenses in Reported speech – Exercise. 2321 Conversion of time phrases in Reported speech – Exercise. 2317 Pronouns in Reported speech – Exercise. 2327 Reported commands – affirmative sentences – Exercise. 2329 Reported commands – negations – Exercise. 2323 Reported questions – Exercise.
