ESERCIZI DI RECUPERO

Reported questions and Name

Surname
________________________

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imperatives Class _________________________

Date _________________________

 1 Abbina la prima parte delle frasi (1-10) alla seconda  3 Ricostruisci il dialogo volgendo il Reported speech
parte (a-j) per formare frasi complete. in Direct speech.

1 Alan asked Tricia why 1 Alan asked Tracy where she had gone the previous
2 Jason asked Anita where weekend.
3 My parents asked me what Alan:
4 Nick asked his sister if 2 Tracy said she had gone to London.
5 Paul asked Clare and Jenny Tracy:
6 William asked Kate what 3 Alan asked her what she had done there.
7 Sandra asked the boy what Alan:
8 The teacher asked me if 4 Tracy answered she had visited the British Museum.
9 Wendy asked Harry Tracy:
10 Philip asked Betty 5 Alan asked her if she had liked it.
Alan:
a mark I had got in my History test. 6 Tracy said she had liked it a lot.
b if she had already done the shopping. Tracy:
c his name was. 7 Alan asked her if she had seen the new Picasso
d if they wanted to have dinner with him on Friday exhibition.
night. Alan:
e she was from. 8 Tracy answered she hadn’t seen it yet.
f if he was busy that night. Tracy:
g time she had got up that morning. 9 Alan asked if she wanted to go to the exhibition
h I had done my homework. with him.
i she hadn’t come to his party. Alan:
j she would help him with the housework. 10 Tracy said yes. They could go together the following
Saturday.
 2 Riscrivi le domande in Reported speech. Tracy:

1 ‘When will you go on holiday?’  4 Cinque delle seguenti frasi contengono un
Jane asked Laura errore. Individuale e riscrivile in modo corretto.
2 ‘What are you talking about?’
Matt wanted to know 1 Jane wanted to know if I was still going out with Mary.
3 ‘Have you got brothers or sisters?’
Lucy asked Emma 2 Ben asked Jane’s cousin how old was she.
4 ‘Have you ever been to Sydney?’
Trevor asked Robert 3 Stella asked the teacher when the next test would be.
5 ‘What are your friends doing?’
My brother wanted to know 4 Stewart asked Martha if she did anything nice the
6 ‘Did you go out last night?’ previous weekend.
George asked Frank
7 ‘How many text messages did you receive this 5 John asked the hotel receptionist how much the
morning?’ room was.
Elaine asked me 6 Sandra asked Simon when they will meet again.
8 ‘How old are you?’
Sean asked Daniel 7 Mr Clark asked his secretary what time the meeting
9 ‘Is Caroline playing computer games?’ started.
Mum asked 8 My parents wanted to know if I had gone to school
10 ‘Will you have dinner with me tonight?’ yesterday.
Steven asked Louise 9 I asked my brother what he was studying.

10 Trevor asked John because he had decided to look

for another job.

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 Reported questions and imperatives
Name ________________________ ESERCIZI DI RECUPERO

Surname ____________________

Class _________________________
Date _________________________

 5 Scrivi in Reported speech i seguenti comandi e  7 Completa le frasi usando nel Reported speech le
richieste. espressioni date.

1 ‘Don’t use my mobile phone.’  Please help, me!  Hurry up!

Terry / Brian  Don’t switch the computer off.  Don’t go to bed late.
2 ‘Eat more vegetables.’  Join a gym.  Don’t close the window.
The doctor / Sandra  Speak more slowly, please.  Don’t make so much noise.
3 ‘Open the window, please.’
Anne / her daughter 1 It was very hot in the room so I asked Brian
4 ‘Don’t run in the corridor.’
The teacher / the students 2 We were late for our train so I told my brother
5 ‘Get up!’
My sister / me 3 Mary wanted to check her emails so she told me
6 ‘Text me tonight.’
Ted / Jenny 4 The old lady couldn’t lift her heavy suitcase so she
7 ‘Don’t tell Karen about the party.’ asked me
Fred / Bill
8 ‘Don’t smoke here.’ 5 I had an important exam the following day so my
Eddie / his brother mum told me
9 ‘Be quite.’
Mum / the children 6 The man was speaking very fast so I asked him
10 ‘Don’t go to bed late.’
Clive / his sister 7 Grandma had a bad headache so she asked the
children
 6 Volgi i comandi in Direct speech.
8 I told the doctor I wanted to lose weight and he told me
1 The robber told the customers to put their hands up.

2 Sandra told Jack to write to her every day.  8 TRANSLATION Traduci.

3 Nick told Sally not to interrupt her. 1 L’insegnante ha detto a Karin di rifare l’esercizio.

4 Simon told Liz not to go out without her keys. 2 Robert a chiesto a mia cugina che lavoro faceva.

5 Lucy told her daughter to do her coat up. 3 Mia mamma mi ha detto di non tornare a casa tardi.

6 The teacher told the students not to bring food into 4 Frank mi ha chiesto se volevo andare al cinema con
the language lab. lui quella sera.

5 Jason ha detto a Stewart di non sedersi su quella sedia.

7 Chris invited Sonia to come to his party.
6 Wanda ha chiesto a Ron se era mai stato in un
8 The doctor told Jason not to work too hard. ristorante indiano.

9 Mum told the children not to forget to brush their 7 Fiona ha chiesto a Robin e Moira quando si erano
teeth. sposati.

8 Matthew ha detto a Kelly di chiamarlo quella sera.

10 Mr Burns told me to sit down.
9 Trevor voleva sapere a che ora cominciava il film.

10 Sean ha detto a Pauline di non chiamarlo al lavoro.

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