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Direct and Reported Speech Exercise

The document provides examples of changing direct speech to reported speech and vice versa. It includes examples of changing statements and questions from direct to reported forms and reported back to direct. The examples cover changing the verb tenses and pronouns appropriately depending on whether it is being changed to direct or reported speech.

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Direct and Reported Speech Exercise

The document provides examples of changing direct speech to reported speech and vice versa. It includes examples of changing statements and questions from direct to reported forms and reported back to direct. The examples cover changing the verb tenses and pronouns appropriately depending on whether it is being changed to direct or reported speech.

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I. Change the direct speech below to the reported speech.

1. Jim said, “I am sleepy.”


Reported Speech: Jim said that he’s sleepy.
2. Sally said, “I don’t like chocolate.”
Reported Speech: Sally said that she doesn’t like chocolate.
3. Mary said, “I am planning to take a trip.”
Reported Speech: Mary said that she is currently planning to take a trip.
4. Tom said, “I had my lunch a moment ago.”
Reported Speech: Tom said that he had his lunch a moment ago.
5. Kate said, “I called my doctor.”
Reported Speech: Kate said that she called her doctor.
6. Mr. Rice said, “I’m going to go to Chicago tomorrow.”
Reported Speech: Mr. Rice said that he might go to Chicago tomorrow.
7. Eric said, “I will come to the meeting next week.”
Reported Speech: Eric said he might come to the meeting next week.
8. Jean said, “I may go to the library.”
Reported Speech: Jean said that he may go to the library.
9. Ms. Young said, “I have to talk to Professor Reed now.”
Reported Speech: Ms. Young said that she has to talk to Professor Reed now.
10. Alice said, “I should visit my aunt and uncle today.”
Alice said that she might visit her aunt and uncle today.
II. Change the statements below to reported speech using “tell”
Example: I know your cousin.
Reported Speech: Joan told me that she knew my cousin.
1. You should see “The Boy and the Heron” today.
Reported Speech: Jonah told me that I might see The Boy and Heron today.
2. Your pronunciation is very good.
Reported Speech: He told me that my pronunciation is very good.
3. I like your shirt.
Reported Speech: My friend told me that he likes my shirt.
4. I can’t read your handwriting.
Reported Speech: My teacher told me that she can’t read my handwriting.
5. I may be absent from class tomorrow.
Reported Speech: I told my teacher that I may be absent tomorrow.
6. I walked to school this morning.
Reported Speech: I said that I walked to school this morning.
7. I will call you tomorrow.
Reported Speech: I told my friend that we would call him tomorrow.
8. I’m getting hungry now.
Reported Speech: I said that I’m getting hungry now.
9. I think you speak English very well.
Reported Speech: She told me that I spoke English very well.
10. I’m going to take a vacation in Hawaii this week.
Reported Speech: I told him that I might go to take a vacation in Hawaii this week.
III. Change the direct questions to reported questions.
1. Bob said, “Where do you live?”
Reported Speech: Bob asked where I lived.
2. He said, “Why are you going to live in the dorm?”
Reported Speech: He asked why I was going to live in the dorm.
3. I said, “Do I have my own apartment?”
Reported Speech: I asked if I had my own apartment.
4. Mona said, “Will you go to the movie with me tonight?”
Reported Speech: Mona asked If I would go to the movie with her friend tonight.
5. John said, “Can’t you move into the dorm this semester?”
Reported Speech: John asked if his friend could move into the dorm this semester.
6. My dad said, “Is that okay with you?”
Reported Speech: My dad asked if that is okay for me.
7. Livia said, “What did Maria do last weekend?”
Reported Speech: Livia asked what Maria had done last weekend.
8. Peter said, “When was the party held?”
Reported Speech: Peter asked when the party has held.
9. The police said, “Were there anything missing?”
Reported Speech: The police asked if there was anything missing.
10. My mom said, “Who are going to accompany you to the party?”
Reported Speech: My mom asked who would accompany me to the party.
IV. Change the reported speech to direct speech. Use quotation marks.
1. Chris wanted to know if I would be at the meeting the next day.
Direct Speech: Chris said, “I going to be at the meeting next day.”
2. Kate wondered whether I was going to quit my job the following year.
Direct Speech: Kate said, “I’m going to quit my job the following year.”
3. Anna asked her friend where his car was.
Direct Speech: Anna said, “Where is his car at?”
4. Brian asked me what I had done after class the previous day.
Direct Speech: Brian said, “What have you done after the previous day.”
5. Luigi asked me if I knew Italian.
Direct Speech: Luigi said, “Do you know Italian?”
6. Debra wanted to know if I could guess what she had in her pocket.
Direct Speech: Debra said, “I could guess what I have in my pocket.”
7. My boss wanted to know why I wasn’t working at my desk and why I was wasting the
company’s time.
Direct Speech: My boss said, “You weren’t working at your desk and why are you
wasting the time.

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