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8 GRAMMAR EXTENSION
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
say, tell or ask.
0. They asked if they could watch the investigation.
1. I ________ you to be more careful.
2. She _______ she had been afraid.
3. I _________ him when I could go back home.
4. He __________ if he had to wake up early.
5. I __________ her I would try to be on time.
6. She __________ she would fix his computer.
7. He ___________ me why he had a virus on his
computer.
2 Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1 in direct
speech.
0. ‘Can we watch the investigation?’
1. ____________________________________
2. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________
6. ____________________________________
7. ____________________________________
3 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
0. He said, ‘I want to see the Mona Lisa.’
He said he wanted to see the Mona Lisa.
1. ‘The museum has been robbed,’ the police said.
_________________________________
2. ‘A masterpiece was stolen,’ the news said.
____________________________________
3. ‘It had only been in the museum for a week,’ the
curator told the news.
____________________________________
4. ‘There will be an international investigation,’ the FBI
said.
____________________________________
5. ‘The thieves are asking for a ransom,’ the news said.
___________________________________
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4 Write the sentences in reported speech using the
words in brackets.
0. ‘I want to go home!’ (he / demand)
He demanded to go home.
1. ‘Do you like mystery books?’ (she / ask)
____________________________________
2. ‘Ok, I’ll do it.’ (she / agree)
____________________________________
3. ‘I didn’t see anything.’ (he / claim)
____________________________________
4. ‘You should go out more.’ (he / encourage)
____________________________________
5. ‘Has he heard the news yet?’ (she / ask)
____________________________________
5 Use reported speech to explain the game.
0. First, everyone stand up.
1. The rules are simple.
2. I will give a command,
3. and you must do what I say.
4. If I say jump, you must jump.
5. Stop if I hold up my hands.
1. First, she told everyone to stand up.
2. Then she said ________________________.
3. She said that _________________________,
4. and that __________________________.
5. She said that _________________________.
6. She told us ________________________.
6 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
0. His mum said, ‘go to your room.’ (told)
His mum told him to go to his room.
1. He said, ‘please let me stay, dad.’ (begged)
He ________________________ let him stay.
2. ‘I need some peace and quiet.’ (asked)
She _______________ peace and quiet.
3. ‘Put the gun down!’ he told the thief. (to)
He ___________________ put the gun down.
4. ‘I didn’t do it,’ the boy said. (hadn’t)
The boy claimed______________________it.
5. He asked if I could get him some tea. (get)
‘_________________ tea, please?’ he asked.
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8 GRAMMAR EXTENSION
Answer Key
1 4

1. told 1. She asked if I liked mystery books.

2. said 2. She agreed she would do it. / She agreed to do
3. asked it.
4. asked 3. He claimed he hadn’t seen anything.
5. told 4. He encouraged me to go out more.
6. said 5. She asked if / whether he had heard the news
7. asked yet.

2 5

1. ‘Be more careful!’ 1. that the rules were simple

2. ‘I was afraid.’ 2. she would give a command
3. ‘When can I go back home?’ 3. we had to do what she said
4. ‘Do I have to wake up early?’ 4. if she said jump, we had to jump
5. ‘I will try to be on time’ 5. to stop if she held up her hands
6. ‘I’ll fix your computer.’
7. ‘Why do I have a virus on my computer?’

6
3

1. begged his dad to

1. The police said the museum had been robbed.
2. asked for some
2. The news said that a masterpiece had been
3. told the thief to
stolen.
4. he hadn’t done
3. The curator told the news that it had only been
5. Could you get me some
in the museum for a week.
4. The FBI said there would be an international
investigation.
5. The news said the thieves were asking for a
ransom.

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