Reported speech

We spend our lives reporting what other people have said to us, our mum, our teachers, our friends, the president of Catalonia, our tutor, etc.
Can you transform these direct speech sentences into reported speech?
How many changes do you need to make?
It works exactly the same as Catalan and Spanish.
Good luck!

STATEMENTS:

Amanda: "I'm visiting my brother in Paris next Friday."
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QUESTIONS:

Police officer: "Did you see any stranger coming into this building yesterday?"
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Police officer: "Where did you go after the explosion?"
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COMMANDS:

Teacher: "Tell me the truth."
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Mum: "Don't come back after midnight."
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Make a list of all the changes:

• Statements  (Reporting verb: _____________ / _____________)

1. 
   
2. 
   
3. 
   

• Questions  (Reporting verb: _____________ )

1. The same changes as statements
2. 
   
3. 
   

• Commands  (Reporting verb: _____________ / _____________)

1. 
   

More grammar practice exercises online

Reported Speech practice:

1. Statements.
2. Statements with expressions of time.

1. Questions. 
2. Questions with expressions of time.

1. Commands. Affirmative.
2. Commands. Negative.

1. SAY, TELL, ASK

Modal verbs practice:

1. Modal verbs: CAN / COULD / HAVE TO / MUST /MIGHT / SHOULD
2. Ability: CAN/ COULD / BEEN ABLE TO
3. Probability / Certainty: CAN'T / MUST / COULD / MAY / MIGHT
4. Mixed use: CAN / COULD / MAY / MIGHT.
5. DON’T HAVE TO / MUSTN’T
6. Modal Perfect: WOULD / SHOULD / MIGHT + have + Past Participle
7. Modal Perfect: MUST / SHOULD / SHOULDN’T / COULD + have + Past Participle

Related posts: Grammar exercises online (2nd term)

Reported Speech

Here we have 3 great power point presentations created by a teacher called Antonio Romero who very generously uploaded them in Slideshare for everybody to use. I'm sure we can all benefit from it.

We'll be looking at:

1. Reported speech statements
2. Reported speech questions and suggestions
3. Reported speech commands

Reported Speech I: Statments

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Reported Speech III: Questions and Suggestions

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Reported Speech II: Commands

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If you feel you need to revise verbal tenses, please see related posts below:

• Grammar exercises online for further practice (1st term)
• Future tenses: explanatory video on YouTube
• Past verbal tenses
• Verbal tenses revision chart