UNDERSTAND MORE ON REPORTED SPEECH

Grammar  Focus  :  Reported  Speech

Amora: "Clean the black shoes!"
Amora  told me to clean the black shoes.

Amora: "Don't clean the black shoes!"
Amora told me not to clean the black shoes.

Amora: "I clean the black shoes."
Amora told me that he cleaned the black shoes

Amora: "I cleaned the black shoes yesterday."
Amora told me that he had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

Amora: "Does John clean the black shoes?"
Amora asked me if John cleaned the black shoes.

Amora: "Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?"
Amora asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

Amora: “I’m going to the cinema”

Amora said that she was going to the cinema.

Amora: “I’ve been on the web since 2000.”

Amora said that she’d been on the web since 2000.

Amora:”I will teach English online tomorrow.”

Amora said that she would teach English online the day after.

Amora:”I can chat with you in WeChat.”

Amora said that she could chat with me in WeChat.

Note :

There is no change to  :  could, would, should, might and ought to.

            Amora:”I might go to the cinema.”

            Amora said that she might go to the cinema.

You can use the present tense in reported speech if you want to say that something is still true.

            Amora:”My name is Amora”

            Amora said that her name is Amora.

Expressions of time if reported on a different day / place

This                             >          that

This evening             >          that evening

These                         >          those

These days               >          those

Now                           >          then

Ago                             >          before

Yesterday                 >          the day before

Tomorrow                >          the day after

Last week                 >          a week before

Next week                >          the following week

Here                           >          there

Exercise  1.

             Change the sentences below into Indirect  Speech.

1.     Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!"

2.     Jessica: "Write a text message!"

3.     Nelly: "Help Peter's sister!"

4.     Fred: "Wash your hands!"

5.     Tom: "Come at 8.”

6.     Teacher: "Do your homework!"

7.     Doris: "Dance with me!"

8.     Sabine: "Meet Sandy at the station!"

9.     Sam:”Hand me, please!”

10.                        Jake:”put it back!”

Exercise   2.

             Change the sentences below into Indirect  Speech.

1.     Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!"

2.     Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!"

3.     Mike: "Don't shout at Peter!"

4.     Yvonne: "Don't talk to your neighbour!"

5.     Marcel: "Don't sing that song!"

6.     Jane: "Don't watch the new film!"

7.     Walter: "Don't ring Roney on Sunday!"

8.     Lisa: "Don't fly via Paris!"

9.     Jamie: "Don't eat so much junk food!"

10.  Bob:”Don’t spend too much money!”

Exercise   3. 

            Change the sentences below into Indirect  Speech.

1.     John: "Mandy is at home."

2.     Max: "Frank often reads a book."

3.     Susan: "I'm watching TV."

4.     Simon: "David was ill."

5.     Peggy: "The girls helped in the house."

6.     Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard."

7.     Stephen and Claire: "We have cleaned the windows."

8.     Charles: "I didn't have time to do my homework."

9.     Mrs. Jones: "My mother will be 50 years old."

10. Jean: "The boss must sign the letter."

Exercise   4. 

            Change the sentences below into Indirect Speech.

1.     Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow."

2.     Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday."

3.     Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year."

4.     Lisa: "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago."

5.     Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."

6.     Michael: "I am going to read a book this week."

7.     Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."

8.     Andrew: "We didn't eat fish two days ago."

9.     Alice: "I spent all my pocket money on Monday."

10.                        David: "John had already gone at six."

Exercise   5. 

            Change the sentences below into Indirect Speech.

1.     Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"

2.     Betty: "When did you come?"

3.     Mark: "Has John arrived?"

4.     Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?"

5.     Elisabeth: "Did you watch the latest film?"

6.     Mandy: "Can I help you?"

7.     Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"

8.     Justin: "What are you doing?"

9.     Frank: "How much pocket money does Lisa get?"

10. Anne: "Must I do the shopping?"

Exercise   6.

             Change the sentences below into Indirect Speech.

1.     Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"

2.     Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"

3.     Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"

4.     Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"

5.     Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"

6.     Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"

7.     Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"

8.     Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"

9.     Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"

10. A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"

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