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Reported Speech – Free Exercise

Write the following sentences in indirect speech. Pay attention to backshift and the changes to pronouns, time, and place.

• Two weeks ago, he said, “I visited this museum last week.” → Two weeks ago, he said that   . I → he simple past → past perfect this → that last …→ the … before
• She claimed, “I am the best for this job.” → She claimed that   . I → she simple present→ simple past this→ that
• Last year, the minister said, “The crisis will be overcome next year.” → Last year, the minister said that   . will → would next …→ the following …
• My riding teacher said, “Nobody has ever fallen off a horse here.” → My riding teacher said that   . present perfect → past perfect here→ there
• Last month, the boss explained, “None of my co-workers has to work overtime now.” → Last month, the boss explained that   . my → his/her simple present→ simple past now→ then

Rewrite the question sentences in indirect speech.

• She asked, “What did he say?” → She asked   . The subject comes directly after the question word. simple past → past perfect
• He asked her, “Do you want to dance?” → He asked her   . The subject comes directly after whether/if you → she simple present → simple past
• I asked him, “How old are you?” → I asked him   . The subject comes directly after the question word + the corresponding adjective (how old) you→ he simple present → simple past
• The tourists asked me, “Can you show us the way?” → The tourists asked me   . The subject comes directly after whether/if you→ I us→ them
• The shop assistant asked the woman, “Which jacket have you already tried on?” → The shop assistant asked the woman   . The subject comes directly after the question word you→ she present perfect → past perfect

Rewrite the demands/requests in indirect speech.

• The passenger said, “Stop the car.” → The passenger asked the taxi driver   . to + same wording as in direct speech
• The mother told her son, “Don’t be so loud.” → The mother told her son   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t
• The policeman told us, “Please keep moving.” → The policeman told us   . to + same wording as in direct speech ( please can be left off)
• She told me, “Don’t worry.” → She told me   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t
• The zookeeper told the children, “Don’t feed the animals.” → The zookeeper told the children   . not to + same wording as in direct speech, but remove don’t

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Reported Speech Exercises

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Reported Statements:

• Present Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
• Present Continuous Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
• Past Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
• Present Perfect Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
• Future Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
• Mixed Tense Reported Statement Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
• 'Say' and 'Tell' (quite easy) (in PDF here)

Reported Questions:

• Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
• Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
• Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)

Reported Orders and Requests:

• Reported Requests and Orders Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
• Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 1 (difficult) (in PDF here)
• Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 2 (difficult) (in PDF here)

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(SV) Reporting Speec

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Lesson Overview

This ESL reporting speech grammar worksheet is perfect for your intermediate students. It includes a theory explanation and multiple, fun exercises.

This ESL reporting speech grammar worksheet begins with an explanation of the grammar point, detailing how to form the grammar point and when to use it. That is followed by a fun exercise which allows students to put the theory into practice. 

Next, is another exercise where students have to correctly report a quote, using reported speech. They are given a quote and a selection of verbs to choose from. Through this exercise, participants will be encouraged to use reported speech in a clear way, increasing their understanding of the grammar point. 

Afterwards, you will find an activity that will challenge students to report questions. They will do this by reading a variety of quoted questions, then they will have to use their new acquired knowledge to structure their answers correctly. Finally, this ESL reporting speech grammar worksheet ends with multiple discussion questions which encourage students to use the words in a natural way. 

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• Reporting Speech: 1
• Reporting Speech: 2
• Reporting Speech: 3
• Questions. 

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But he told me...

Esl reported speech activity - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions, forming sentences, true or false, guessing - group work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 40 minutes.

Double Trouble

Esl direct and indirect speech game - grammar and speaking: pelmanism, reforming sentences, controlled practice - group work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 20 minutes.

ESL Reported Speech Game - Grammar and Speaking: Reading and Responding to Statements, Forming Sentences, Controlled Practice - Pre-intermediate (A2) - 35 minutes

You said...

Esl reported speech game - grammar and speaking: miming, guessing, forming sentences - group and pair work - pre-intermediate (a2) - 25 minutes.

Report This

Esl reported speech activity - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions, forming sentences - pair work - intermediate (b1) - 25 minutes.

Reporting Modal Verbs

Esl reporting modal verbs worksheet - grammar exercises: identifying, matching, gap-fill, rewriting sentences, writing a paragraph - intermediate (b1) - 30 minutes.

Run and Report

Esl reported speech activity - reading, speaking and grammar: running dictation, rewriting sentences - pair work - intermediate (b1) - 25 minutes.

Somebody told me that...

Esl reported speech activities - speaking activity: asking and answering questions - grammar game: forming sentences, guessing - group work - intermediate (b1) - 40 minutes.

Telephone Messages

Esl reported speech game - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions from prompts, freer practice - group work - intermediate (b1) - 25 minutes.

Trip Around the World

Esl reported speech activity - grammar, speaking and writing: writing questions and answers, role-play, interview, writing a short article - group and pair work - intermediate (b1) - 45 minutes.

What did they say?

Esl reported speech game - grammar and speaking: asking and answering questions from prompts, writing sentences, controlled and freer practice - group work - intermediate (b1) - 45 minutes.

What did you ask me?

Esl reported speech activity - grammar, speaking and writing: asking and answering questions, writing sentences - pair work - intermediate (b1) - 40 minutes.

I asked you not to...

Esl reported speech game - grammar: forming sentences from prompts - group work - upper-intermediate (b2) - 45 minutes.

Infinitive Clauses Practice

Esl infinitive clauses worksheet - grammar exercises: binary choice, gap-fill, matching, unscrambling, rewriting sentences - upper-intermediate (b2) - 25 minutes.

Listening In

Esl reported speech game - grammar: sentence completion, guessing - group and pair work - upper-intermediate (b2) - 25 minutes.

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Kirsten said that _____ would lend _____ her car if I needed it.

Scientists still have no answer to _____ there is life on other planets.

It _____ obvious that we _____ a big problem with our old car one day.

She _____ to us _____ there was nothing to worry about, but actually there was so much.

I asked Lorena what Mike _____ about when I went into his room, but she told me that she _____ no idea.

I know the film starts at 9 pm, but I am not sure _____ it is today or tomorrow.

Keith: Shall we throw a party for Jane next Saturday ?

Bill told Lara that Keith _____ for Jane the following Saturday.

The police wanted to know _____ had murdered the businessman and _____.

No one _____ me _____ we were going to pay such a lot of extra money for the package tour.

We knew that it was true, but Russell _____ that he _____ from the company.

Alice told me that no one at the customs had _____ her _____ she had anything to declare and that she found it quite strange.

Martha _____ to break up with him if Jack didn't stop smoking.

Miriam _____ me that she _____ how to dance the waltz from her grandmother.

Jason finally _____ to copying the homework from the Internet.

Could you _____ her _____ the reports with her when she comes to the meeting?

Ahmet _____ when he will be able to get rid of the plaster on his leg.

I am busy today and might forget it. Can you please _____ me to do the shopping before I come home?

I asked _____ he said to her, but she _____ to talk to me.

That tooth of yours looks awful. I _____ making an appointment at the dentist's as soon as possible.

His parents _____ Luke of getting into a fight with his younger brother, but he _____ having done anything to hide.

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English Grammar Exercises for B1- Reported speech

• English Grammar Exercises for B1

1. Complete 1-5 with the tenses below. Then complete 6-9 with the correct verb forms.

past continuous      past perfect      past perfect

past perfect      past simple

1 past simple  2 past continuous   3 past perfect

4 past perfect   5 past perfect   6 could / couldn’t

7 would / wouldn’t   8 might   9 should

2. Circle the correct words.

Last weekend

1   John said he ……… ill.

      a   is              b    was

2   Maisie said that she ……… buy a new phone.

      a   would      b   will

3   Nathan said he ……… looking forward to summer.

4   Harry said that Kay ……… gone to Italy.

      a   has            b    had

5   Emma told me that she ……… find her phone.

      a   couldn’t    b    can’t

6   Pete told me he ……… go to the party.

     a   had to      b   might have

1 b   2 a   3 b   4 b   5 a   6 a

3. How do these references to time and place change in reported speech?

1 that day   2 a week earlier   3 the day before

4 the year before   5 the next day

6 the following month   7 there

4. Complete the text with said or told.

Dan 1 …………………….. Bev that he had bought her a new phone. She looked at it and 2 …………………….. him that it was too big. He 3 …………………….. her that they were all that big nowadays. She 4 …………………….. she wanted him to change it. He 5 …………………….. that he couldn’t change it and 6 …………………….. her that it had cost a lot of money. She 7 …………………….. she didn’t care and 8 …………………….. him she wouldn’t use it.

1 told   2 told   3 told   4 said   5 said   6 told

7 said   8 told

5. Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. If necessary, change the pronouns, possessive adjectives and references to time and place.

1   John to Sue: ‘I left a message for you yesterday.’

     John told ……………………………………..

2   Mark: ‘I’ll top up my phone this evening.’

      …………………………………………..

3   Jenny to Dave: ‘I can’t hear you.’

4   Ann: ‘I’ve checked my balance three times this week.’

5   Jo to Si: ‘You should turn off data roaming.’

6   Kate: ‘I had already texted Harry at the weekend.’

7   Fran to Fred: ‘I called Tom two days ago.’

      …………………………………………..

1    John told Sue (that) he had left a message for her the day before.

2   Mark said (that) he would top up his phone that evening.

3    Jenny told Dave (that) she couldn’t hear him.

4    Ann said (that) she had checked her balance three times that week.

 5   Jo told Si (that) he should turn off data roaming.

6    Kate said (that) she had already texted Harry the weekend before.

7    Fran told Fred (that) she had called Tom two days earlier.

6. Read the reported conversation between two identical twins. Write the direct speech below.

Imo was walking down the road when she slipped and fell. Her twin sister Zoe phoned just afterwards. Zoe told Imo that she has fallen over a few moments before. Imo told her that was an amazing coincidence because she had just done the same! Zoe said her leg was hurting so much that she couldn’t walk. Imo told Zoe that her own leg was OK and that she could easily walk home. But Imo told Zoe that if she couldn’t walk, she should call an ambulance. Zoe said that wouldn’t be necessary and that she could phone their parents.

1   Zoe: ………………………………………….

2   Imo: ………………………………………….

     Because ………………………………………….

3   Zoe: ………………………………………….

4   Imo: ………………………………………….

5   Imo: But ………………………………………….

6   Zoe: ………………………………………….

1    I fell over a few moments ago.

2    That’s an amazing coincidence; I’ve just done the same.

3    My leg’s hurting so much that I can’t walk.

4    My leg is OK and I can easily walk home.

5    if you can’t walk, you should call an ambulance.

6    That won’t be necessary. I can phone our parents.

7. Complete the reported speech.

1   ‘I think my battery has run out.’

      Andy said ………………………………………

2   ‘We don’t want to go home now.’

      We said ………………………………………

3   ‘Beth texted me an hour ago.’

       Julia told us ………………………………………

4   ‘I can’t hear what you’re saying.’

       My brother said ………………………………………

5   ‘I won’t be going to school tomorrow.’

      Peter said ………………………………………

6   ‘I didn’t have time to call you.’

      My dad said ………………………………………

7   ‘I was angry because you’d forgotten my birthday.’

       She told him ………………………………………

8   ‘I’d like to get a new phone.’

       Sue told her parents ………………………………………

1    (that) he thought (that) his battery had run out

2    (that) we didn’t want to go home then/at that moment

3    (that) Beth had texted her an hour earlier

4   (that) he couldn’t hear what I was saying

5   (that) he wouldn’t be going to school the following day

6    (that) he hadn’t had time to call me

7    (that) she’d been angry because he had forgotten her birthday.

8    (that) she would like to get a new phone.

8. Complete the reported speech with said or told .

1   I …………………………… you I’d be late.

2   She …………………………… it didn’t matter.

3   They …………………………… us they were moving abroad.

4   He …………………………… to me he wasn’t sure.

5   We …………………………… we were very sorry.

6   You …………………………… me we didn’t have an exam.

1 told   2 said   3 told   4 said   5 said   6 told

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Reported Speech

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