REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE (TERM 1 EXAM PREPARATION)

Remember – put the reported speech verbs in the past tense! For some questions there is more than one correct answer. With all of the questions, imagine that the direct speech is in the past (so ‘today’ becomes ‘that day’)

1) SAY: “I have to be there before she arrives,” he said.

2) ASK PAMELA TO MR GINTOP: “Where are you from?”

3) ASK ROSE TO WALTER : “Where do you live?”

4) SAY MR SMITH ABOUT SAM: “He is the happiest child I have ever met!”

5) TELL CHRIS TO VICKY: “We are not going out tonight, we will go out tomorrow instead.”

6)  ASK (JOHN TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS: “Will you come to my party tonight?”)

7)  ASK (YOU TO MR DICKENS: “Do you eat meat?”)

8) TELL (MISS PEART TO YOU: “You must revise on Quizlet for tomorrow´s test!”)

9) SAY (MISS GLEN ABOUT RALPH: “He is the laziest boy I have ever met!”)

10) RECOMMEND (THE DENTIST TO YOU “You should brush your test at least 5 times a day.”)

11) SUGGEST (YOUR ENGLISH TEACHER TO YOU: “You should read more books in English.”)

12) BLAME (JAVI TO MISS PEART: “It is not me that is talking, it´s Fede. He distracts me!”)

13) ACCUSE (MR THORPE TO DENNIS “You parked illegally, I saw you!”)

14) CONGRATULATED (YOUR MUM TO YOU: “You passes your driving test! Well done!”)

15) SUGGEST (DIANE TO YOU: “If I were you, I would make some muffins for her.”)

For the following examples, decide which reporting verb to use – clue: it is one of the ones which use GERUND.

16) "If I were you, I would phone up the company and make a complaint.“

17) "I'm so proud of you. Well done. It was a really difficult test and you passed!“

18) "I'm afraid I can't come for dinner tonight. I'm sorry.“

19)  "I think you told Jenny my secret... I trusted you!“

20) "I didn't drink all the wine! I don't know where it all went!“