1. REPORTED SPEECH

4. 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

6. 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

7. 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

9. EXERCISES

10. 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