Reported Speech
REPORTED SPEECH - SHEET 1
a)‘I have lost my wallet’, Andrew announced.
b)‘I can’t stay any longer. I have to go now’, she explained.
c)‘Who can be the murderer?’, I wondered.
d)‘We were waiting for you for an hour’, they complained.
e)‘I’ll join you for lunch tomorrow’, he said to her.
f)‘You mustn’t stay here tonight’, he insisted.
g)‘Don’t talk with your classmate and do the exercise’, the teacher ordered the student.
h)‘Why did you leave the party early last night?’, they wanted to know.
i)‘Did anybody ring you an hour ago?’, she asked him.
j)‘I may go to Barcelona next weekend’, Julia told them.
k)‘Do you read the newspaper every day?’, I asked Bob.
l)‘The electricity bill must be paid this week’, he remarked.
m)‘I saw him here yesterday’, she said to me.
n)‘Keep quiet or leave this room’, the nurse told the visitors.
o)‘How are you going to pay?´, the shop-assistant asked her.
p)‘Read the whole book for your next exam’, the English teacher warned them.
Reported Speech
4º ESO REPORTED SPEECH - SHEET 2
- "We had beautiful weather last week", Mrs. Lovell said.
- "I will not be at home tonight ", Laura announced.
- “I haven't seen her today”, he told them.
- "Close the window!" , the teacher ordered him.
- “It’s hot in here”, they complained.
- “Do you smoke?”, I wanted to know.
- “We’re going skiing next weekend”, they said.
- “I called you yesterday but you didn’t answer the phone”, Sammy told her friend.
- "Don't do this again!", she told him.
- “I will give you back the book tomorrow”, she said to him.
- “Bob is ill today”, his classmates told the teacher.
- “Why did you buy this dress?”, her boyfriend asked her.
- “I would buy that car if I had the money”, he said.
- “Your cat has died today”, she said to her sister.
- “ Did you send me your pictures?”, he asked them.