Key to reported speech sentences

Key Practice on statements transformation into reported speech

1. Helen said she wouldn’t be there because she was having a party.
2. Jack said he had lost the map and he didn’t know the way.
3. Carol said when she finished the book and she was going to watch television
4. Mike said he was doing some homework but that he wouldn’t be long.
5. Mary said she liked swimming but that she didn’t go very often
6. Richard said he had got up late and missed the bus that morning
7. Jill said he was going to visit friend in Fiji but he wasn’t sure when
8. Tony said he wanted to buy it but that he hadn’t brought any money
9. He said they would open the library the following week
10. She said they had moved to the suburbs two years before.
11. Tom said she was pretending that she didn’t live there
12. He said he was sure his brother was watching TV then
13. He said he thought he had eaten too many cookies
14. She told her son she wanted him to take those books to the library the following day
15. He said he had had his flu vaccination the day before.
16. My neighbour told me they were moving to their new house that day
17. Peter said Alice hadn’t been playing the piano at the previous day’s concert
18. The guide said the castle would close to visitors the following day.
19. The boss said the accountants were checking all their accounts then.
20. David said he had left his books there two days before.

Key to the questions transformations into Reported Speech

1. He asked me if I watched films in English.

2. She asked if I could help her with that Maths problem

3. He asked if they would come to the fast food restaurant.

4. She asked where I bought my cookies.

5. He asked why I hadn’t done the exercise

6. He wanted to know what kind of cookies the book advertised

7. The little girl asked me if I was staying there the whole summer

8. His mother asked him whether he had done his homework, or he hadn’t.

9. I asked Sue when her birthday was.

10. We wondered if we could leave that night of the following morning

11. She wanted to know if I was going to work then.

12. They asked him if he had heard the news the night before.

13. He enquired why those people had queued up until then.

14. She enquired whose book that was

15. He asked who was playing the piano just then.

Key to commands into Reported Speech

1. He asked her not to leave

2. The boss told them not to smoke in his office

3. The hostess told the guests to help themselves to food and drink.

4. The nurse asked the visitors to keep quiet

5. She told the driver to take the children home

6. The police instructed me to give him my papers

7. The father told his son not to forget to phone him

8. My neighbour invited me to go over for supper the following Friday

9. The librarian told the readers not to make a noise

10. The conductor told the passengers to hold tight

11. The teacher told us not to do the homework in pencil.

12. He told John not to touch that electric wire because/ as it was dangerous

13. She asked us to calculate the number of inches in a kilometre for the following day

14. He recommended us not to pay attention to advertisements

15. She told us not to buy our audio equipment there

Put a form of one of the verbs from the list into the space in each sentence

Accuse admit advise agree apologise confess decide deny doubt

insist offer promise refuse remind suggest

1. “No, it’s not true, I didn’t steal the money!”. Jean denied stealing the money.

2. “Why don’t we go to the cinema this evening?” Peter suggested going to the cinema.

3. “Yes, of course, I’ll give you a lift, Helen” Liz agreed to give Helen a lift.

4. “I’ve broken your pen. I am awfully sorry, Jack” David apologized for breaking Jack’s pen.

5. “Don’t forget to post my letter, will you, Sue?” Diana reminded Sue to post her letter.

6. “Let me carry your suitcase, John” Harry offered to carry John’s suitcase.

7. “All right, it’s true. I am nervous”. The leading actor admitted that he had been nervous.

8. “I don’t think Liverpool will win” Vanessa doubted whether Liverpool would win.

9. “If I were you I’d buy a mountain bike” Stephen advised Bill to buy a mountain bike.

10. “You murdered Lord Digby, didn’t you, Colin!” The inspector accused Colin of murdering Lord Digby.

11. “Don’t worry, Martin. I’ll bring your book back” Leslie promised to bring Martin’s book back.

12. “No, no, you really must have another drink!” Dick insisted on my having another drink.

13. “It was me who stole the money,” said Jim. Jim confessed to sealing the money.

14. “Right. I’ll take the brown pair”. Andrew decided to take the brown pair.

15. “No, sorry, I don’t want to lend you my camera” Alex refused to lend me his camera.