REPORTED SPEECH - EXERCISES

1. Turn the following STATEMENTS into reported speech.

a) Gina told her mother: "I will buy a microwave next month."
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b) Her mother told her: "You don't have money to buy a microwave."
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c) Gina said: "We want to go to the cinema today."
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d) I told her: " I can't go to the cinema tomorrow. "
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e) Clare told her mother: “I like your new video camera.”
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f) Clare said: “I may go to Japan next month.”
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2. Turn the following QUESTIONS into reported speech.

a) Paula asked her mother: " Do you need a new freezer?"
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b) Gina asked her father: " Why are you always working?"
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c) Fabiana asked her brother: "Where do you rehearse your songs?"
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d) John asked me: "When are you going to buy a new TV set?"
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e) Enzo asked Clare: “Do you want to stay at home?”
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f) Clare asked her mother: “Why do you have so many household appliances?”
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3. Turn the following COMMANDS into reported speech.

a) John ordered Gina: " Turn the TV off."
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b) Gina ordered John: " Don't listen to the radio."
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c) Carla told me: "Leave me alone. "
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d) My mother ordered me: “Go to bed early.”
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e) My father told me: “Don’t watch too much television.”
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Teacher Carlos Vieira