EXERCISES (REPORTED SPEECH: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES).
1. “If I had any money I'd buy you a drink,” she said to me.
She told me _______________________________________________________________
2. “If I catch the plane I'll be home by five,” he said.
He said if _________________________________________________________________
3. “You should stay in bed if you feel unwell.” my mother said.
My mother said that if _______________________________________________________
4. “What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar, Jane?” Anne asked.
Anne asked Jane what she ____________________________________________________
5. “If I'd had my mobile yesterday, I could have contacted you,” Matthew said.
Matthew said if he __________________________________________________________
6. “If I were you, I'd stop smoking,” she said to her brother.
She advised _______________________________________________________________
7. “If the baby is a girl what will they call her?” he wondered.
He wondered what _________________________________________________________
8. “If I don't practise my English I won't get any better,” she said.
She said if she _____________________________________________________________
9. “I'd have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped me,” he said.
He said he ________________________________________________________________
10. “If the door is clocked what shall I do?” she asked.
She asked what she _________________________________________________________
EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH INFINITIVE
1. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.
He promised __________________________________________________________________
2. “Please, please turn off the T.V, John,” said Tom.
Tom begged __________________________________________________________________
3. His mother said to him: “Open the window please!”
His mother told _______________________________________________________________
4. He said to me: “Shut the door after you”.
He told ______________________________________________________________________
5. The captain said to them: “Wait here still I come back”.
The captain ordered ____________________________________________________________
6. “Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.
He introduced _________________________________________________________________
7. He said to me: “Don’t come back before one o’clock”.
He asked ______________________________________________________________________
8. My mother said: “Don’t forget to lock the door”.
My mother told ________________________________________________________________
9. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said
I warned_____________________________________________________________________
10. “Come and have dinner with us” Rosy said to John.
Rosy persuaded _______________________________________________________________
11. “Remember to write to me soon,” she said to me.
She reminded _________________________________________________________________
12. “You’d better spend more time learning to write,” I said to the boy.
I advised _____________________________________________________________________
13. “Don’t lean your bicycle against my windows, boys,” said the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper warned _________________________________________________________
14. Would you like me to help you with the cooking, Tom?” Laura said.
Laura offered ________________________________________________________________
15. Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said John to Ann.
John invited _________________________________________________________________
EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND
1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested _______________________________________________________________
2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted_________________________________________________________________
3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied__________________________________________________________________
4. “If only I had told him the true!”
Jane regrets_________________________________________________________________
5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized __________________________________________________________
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________
7. “No, no .I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on ______________________________________________________________
8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt _________________________________________________________________
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented _________________________________________________________
10. “It’s really nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked ________________________________________________________________
11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought __________________________________________________________
12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to ________________________________________________________
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.
The safeguard warned ________________________________________________________
14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.
My mother accused __________________________________________________________
15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________
REPORTED SPEECH: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES)
1.If I had any money I'd buy you a drink," she said to me.
She told me.......if she had any money she'd buy me a drink............
2.”If I catch the plane I’ll be home by five,” he said
He said if.....he caught the plane he would be home by five..........
3.”You should stay in bed if you feel unwell”. My mother said
My mother said that if.........i felt unwell, i should stay in bed..................
4.”What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar,Jane?’ Anne asked
Anne asked Jane what she..would do if she was having a problem with grammar ....
5.”If I’d had my moble yesterday, I could have contacted you,” Matthew said.
Matthew said if he.....had had his moble yesterday, he could have contacted me.........
REPORTED SPEECH: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES)
1.If I had any money I'd buy you a drink," she said to me.
She told me....if she had had some money, she would have bought me a drink..
2.”If I catch the plane I’ll be home by five,” he said
He said if...he caught the plane he would be home by five..
3.”You should stay in bed if you feel unwell”. My mother said
My mother said that if....I felt unwell, I should stay in bed ....
4.”What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar,Jane?’ Anne asked
Anne asked Jane what she...would have done I she had been having a problem with grammar.
5.”If I’d had my moble yesterday, I could have contacted you,” Matthew said.
Matthew said if he....had had his mobile the day before, he could have contacted me
6.”If I were you,I’d stop smoking,’’she said to her brother
She advised..her brother to stop smoking.
7.”If the baby is a girl what will they call her?”he wondered
He wondered what.... they would call the baby if it was a girl.....
8.”If I don’t practise my English I won’t get any better,’’ she said
She said if she..didn't practise her English she wouldn't get any better.
9.” I’d have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn’t helped me,” he said
He said he...would have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped him
10.” If the door is locked what shall I do?” She asked
She asked what....what she should do if the door was locked...