13. Reported Speech
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1. Change this direct speech into reported speech: (statements) (type 1):
1. that he worked in the gold coast
2. that Sara had gone out the previous night
3. that she would help me
4. that she was coming to my place
5. that they had been studying English the previous
day
6. that she would be skiing the following month a that time
7. that Corina had just come home
8. that they hadn’t eaten anything yet
9. that she wouldn’t have left work when I called
10. that she had been working all day
11. that her friend had been waiting when she saw him
12. that I would have been learning French
2. Change the direct questions into reported questions (type 2):
1. if I played tennis
2. if I had gone to her party
3. if I would come back to Australia
4. if I was cooking pizza
5. if she had been working the previous day
6. if I would be training the following day
7. where I had been
8. why I had eaten when she arrived
9. how she would have drawn that
10. what she had been doing so far
11. why my sister had been playing before she arrived
12. how long I would have been working in my company the following month
3. Change the direct speech into reported speech commands and requests (type 3):
1. to bring a coffee
2. asked me not to come home late
3. asked me to sit down properly
4. asked me to turn on the lights
5. asked me to bring back the book
6. asked me to help her to fix that
7. asked me to bring her some sheets of paper
8. asked me to pass the salt
9. asked me to lend her my pencil case for a while
10. asked me to open the door
11. asked me not to do that
12. asked me not to touch that
4. Change the direct speech into reported speech suggestions (type 4):
1. writing something
2. going on a trip that summer
3. going out and eating something
4. having a good birthday
5. watching that movie
6. having a barbecue soon
7. I travel to Finland
8. I go to the dentist
9. I had got a good time
10. I use a helmet
11. I use lenses or glasses
12. I go to her concert
5. Change this direct speech into reported speech statements short version (type 1):
1. that they had travelled to Italy the previous august
2. that she had broken the scissors that day
3. that he was wearing a light brown shirt and white shorts
4. that they had been watching a movie when Mireia came
5. that Juanjo had never gone to the theme park before
6. that she had been swimming in the sea that month
6. Change the direct questions into reported questions short version (type 2):
1. asked me if I liked eating pop corns or sweets in the cinema
2. asked me where I played beach volleyball
3. asked me if I had watched the film
4. asked me if I had been travelling to Italy the previous week
5. asked me why I had been crying
6. asked me what I would do the following day
7. Change the direct speech into reported speech commands and requests short v. (type 3):
1. to bring that book
2. asked me not to disturb my neighbours
3. asked me to lend her my pencil
4. asked me to slow down
5. asked me to turn on the lights
6. asked me to help her with that
8. Change the direct speech into reported speech suggestions short version (type 4):
1. going to the dentist
2. that he check his car
3. finishing that then
4. that I be punctual the following time
5. practising that Christmas
6. that I have a good time surfing