REPORTED SPEECH

Put the following sentences into the reported speech introducing them with a verb in the past tense I am ill He said I met him last year She said They will be here soon They said She has finished now She said I am living in London He said He is going to Berlin tomorrow He said I have just been to the super market She said I can come next week He said They went away yesterday He said he was ill she had met him the year before She said she met him last year they would be there soon she had finished then he was living in London he was going to Berlin the following day she had just been to the supermarket he could come the following week they had gone away the day after He said they went away yesterday

Reported questions He asked, «what are you doing?» He asked me In reported questions the word order of the question always changes He asked, «what are you doing?» He asked, «what is your name?» He asked me what I was doing what my name was If there is no question word (who, what, where etc.) if is used instead. Are you American? He asked Do you live in Boston? He asked if I was American if I lived in Boston

Put the following sentences into the reported speech Are you enjoying yourself? She asked me Do I look all right? She asked me Is it time to go? He wanted to know Can you hear a noise? He asked her Do you sleep in the afternoons? He wanted to know Was the train full? He asked Did Bill give you that ring? She wanted to know if I was enjoying myself if she looked all right if it was time to go if she could hear a noise if I slept in the afternoons if the train was full if Bill had given her that ring

EXERCISES

told said advised warned suggested asked offered ordered REPORTING VERBS I would go and see the doctor if I were you Julie Can you come and help me with this box? John This is an exam Mr Jones. Shut up now. The headmaster That road is very dangarous, so just be careful. His mother Liverpool won the match last night The journalist Why don’t we go and see that film at the cinema? Bill I can come and look after the children tomorrow Jane The lesson starts at six o’clock in the evening The teacher advised me to go and see a doctor asked me to help him with that box told me to shut up warned him that the road was dangerous and asked him to be careful reported that Liverpool won the match last night suggested we should go and see that film at the cinema offered to come and look after the children tomorrow said that the lesson starts at six o’clock in the evening