Reported Speech (statements)

Choose the most common reporting verbs used in reported speech?

Match the demonstrative pronouns in Direct Speech on the left to their equivalents in Reported Speech on the right.

1.

those

2.

there

3.

that

Fill in say or tell in the correct form in the gaps.

1.

said

2.

says

3.

tell

4.

told

Make up the sentence.

Choose the correct sentence in Direct Speech to the following reported sentence:

Laura said that she might have upset her best friend.

Match the time words in Direct Speech on the left to their equivalents in Reported Speech on the right.

1.

that day/ yesterday

2.

the next/ the following day

3.

that night

4.

then/ at the time

5.

the day before/ the previous day

Match the tenses in Direct Speech on the left to their equivalents in Reported Speech on the right.

1.

Past Continuous (was/were doing)

2.

Past Perfect (had done)

3.

Past Simple (did)

4.

Future in the past (would do)

Turn the following sentence into Reported Speech and choose the proper variant:

"New Year's Eve is always on December 31st", she said.

Turn the following sentence into Reported Speech and choose the proper variant:

"I will do the washing up tomorrow," he told his mother.

Match the sentences in Direct Speech on the left to their equivalents in Reported Speech on the right.

1.

He said (that) he had worked hard.

2.

He said (that) he worked hard.

3.

He said (that) he was working hard.

4.

He said (that) he had worked hard.

5.

He said (that) he would work hard.