3Reported speech exercises

1. Change this direct speech into reported speech:

1. “He works in a bank”

She said ___________________________________________________________

2. “We went out last night”

She told me ________________________________________________________

*3. “I’m coming!”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”

She told me ________________________________________________________

*5. “ I’d never been there before”

She said ___________________________________________________________

6. “I didn’t go to the party”

She told me ________________________________________________________

*7. “Lucy’ll come later”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*8. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”

She told me ________________________________________________________

9. “I can help you tomorrow”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*10. “You should go to bed early”

She told me ________________________________________________________

11. “I don’t like chocolate”

She told me ________________________________________________________
*12. “I won’t see you tomorrow”
She said ___________________________________________________________

*13. “She’s living in Paris for a few months”

She said ___________________________________________________________

14. “I visited my parents at the weekend”

She told me ________________________________________________________

*15. “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”

She said ___________________________________________________________

16. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*17. “They would help if they could”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*18. “I’ll do the washing-up later”

She told me ________________________________________________________

19. “He could read when he was three”

She said ___________________________________________________________

*20. “I was sleeping when Julie called”

She said ___________________________________________________________

WH QUESTIONS

1. Where is the post office? She asked me

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2. Why is Julie sad? She asked me

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3. What's for dinner? She asked me
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4. Who is the woman in the red dress? She asked me

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5. How is your grandmother? She asked me

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6. When is the party? She asked me

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7. How much is the rent on your flat? She asked me

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8. Where are the glasses? She asked me

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9. How is the weather in Chicago? She asked me

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10. Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? She asked me

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11. Where do you usually go swimming? She asked me

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12. What does Luke do at the weekend? She asked me

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13. Where do your parents live? She asked me
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14. Who do you go running with? She asked me
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15. When does Lucy get up? She asked me
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16. How much TV do you watch? She asked me
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17. How many books do they own? She asked me
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18. Where does John work? She asked me
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19. What do the children study on Fridays? She asked me
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20. Why do you study English? She asked me
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SOLUTIONS

Reported statements: Answers

1. She said (that) he worked in a bank.

2. She told me (that) they went (had gone) out last night (the night before).
3. She said (that) she was coming.
4. She told me (that) she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.
5. She said (that) she had never been there before.
6. She told me (that) she didn't go (hadn't gone) to the party.
7. She said (that) Lucy would come later.
8. She told me (that) he hadn't eaten breakfast.
9. She said (that) she could help me tomorrow.
10. She told me (that) I should go to bed early.
11. She told me (that) she didn't like chocolate.
12. She said (that) she wouldn't see me tomorrow.
13. She said (that) she was living in Paris for a few months.
14. She told me (that) she visited (had visited) her parents at the weekend.
15. She said (that) she hadn't eaten sushi before.
16. She said (that) she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London.
17. She said (that) they would help if they could.
18. She told me (that) she would do the washing-up later.
19. She said (that) he could read when he was three.
20. She said (that) she had been sleeping when Julie called.

WH Questions

1. She asked me where the post office was.

2. She asked me why Julie was sad.
3. She asked me what was for dinner.
4. She asked me who the woman in the red dress was.
5. She asked me how my grandmother was.
6. She asked me when the party was.
7. She asked me how much the rent on your flat was.
8. She asked me where the glasses were.
9. She asked me how the weather in Chicago was.
10. She asked me who the Prime Minister of Canada was.
11. She asked me where I usually went swimming.
12. She asked me what Luke did at the weekend.
13. She asked me where my parents lived.
14. She asked me who I went running with.
15. She asked me when Lucy got up.
16. She asked me how much TV I watched.
17. She asked me how many books they owned.
18. She asked me where John worked.
19. She asked me what the children studied on Fridays.
20. She asked me why I studied English.