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Reported Speech: Structures and Examples
Reported speech (Indirect Speech) is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say.
Reported Speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words
The structure of the independent clause depends on whether the speaker is reporting a statement, a question, or a command.
Statement | She told me she was sick |
Question | He asked me whether I was sick or not |
Command | They ordered us to take a pill every day |
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Reported Speech Rules and Examples
Present tenses and reported speech, past tenses and reported speech, reported speech examples, reported speech and the simple present, reported speech and present continuous, reported speech and the simple past, reported speech and the past continuous, reported speech and the present perfect, reported speech and the past perfect, reported speech and ‘ can ’ and ‘can’t’, reported speech and ‘ will ’ and ‘ won’t ’, reported speech and could and couldn’t, reported speech and the future continuous, reported questions exercises online.
To turn sentences into Indirect Speech, you have to follow a set of rules and this is what makes reported speech difficult for some.
To make reported speech sentences, you need to manage English tenses well.
- Present Simple Tense changes into Past Simple Tense
- Present Progressive Tense changes into Past Progressive Tense
- Present Perfect Tense changes into Past Perfect Tense
- Present Perfect Progressive Tense changes into Past Perfect Tense
- Past Simple Tense changes into Past Perfect Tense
- Past Progressive Tense changes into Perfect Continuous Tense
- Past Perfect Tense doesn’t change
- Past Perfect Progressive Tense doesn’t change
- Future Simple Tense changes into would
- Future Progressive Tense changes into “would be”
- Future Perfect Tense changes into “would have·
- Future Perfect Progressive Tense changes into “would have been”
These are some examples of sentences using indirect speech
The present simple tense usually changes to the past simple
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| He said that he travelled a lot in his job |
I play video games a lot | She said that he played video games a lot |
We run every morning | They said that they ran every morning |
I do yoga every weekend | She said that he did yoga every weekend |
The present continuous tense usually changes to the past continuous.
| |
| She said that her mom was cooking |
My brother is watching TV | He said that his brother was watching TV |
My family is eating dinner | She said that her family was eating dinner |
I am doing Yoga | She said that she was doing yoga |
The past simple tense usually changes to the past perfect
| |
My mom cooked dinner | She said that her mom had cooked dinner |
My brother watched a movie | He said that his brother had watched a movie |
My family just ate dinner | She said that her family just had eaten dinner |
I really enjoyed the party | |
Bill on Saturday | He said that Bill on Saturday |
The past continuous tense usually changes to the past perfect continuous.
| |
| She said that her mom had been cooking dinner |
My brother was watching a movie | He said that his brother had been watching a movie |
My family was talking in the room | She said that her family had been talking in the room |
Derek was doing Yoga | She said that Derek was doing Yoga |
The present perfect tense usually changes to the past perfect tense
| |
My mom has been kind | She said that her mom had always been kind |
My brother has worked hard | He said that his brother had worked hard |
My girlfriend has contributed a lot | He said that his girlfriend has contributed a lot |
My family has always helped | She said that her family had always helped |
The past perfect tense does not change
| |
My mom had been kind | She said that her mom had always been kind |
My brother had worked hard | He said that his brother had worked hard |
He has played very well | He said that he had played very well |
My family had always helped | She said that her family had always helped |
‘ Can ’ and ‘can’t’ in direct speech change to ‘ could ’ and ‘ couldn’t ’
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| She said that her mom couldn’t remember his name |
My brother can play soccer well | He said that his brother could play soccer well |
My family can help you a lot | She said that her family could help me a lot |
My mom can lend me money | She said that she could lend me money |
‘ Will ’ and ‘ won’t ’ in direct speech change to ‘ would ’ and ‘ wouldn’t ’
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to my wedding | She said that her mom to her wedding |
My brother in my team | He said that his brother in her team |
My family me with some money | She said that her family her with some money |
She to Europe | She said that she to Europe |
Could and couldn’t doesn’t change
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go to the wedding | She said that her mom go to the wedding |
My brother be in your team | He said that his brother be in your team |
My family help me out | She said that her family help me out |
Will ’ and ‘ won’t ’ in direct speech change to ‘ would ’ and ‘ wouldn’t ’
peech | |
the car next Friday | She said that she the car next Friday |
home | He said that he home |
I g in Norway | He said that he in Norway |
I exercises | He said that he exercises |
These are some online exercises to learn more about reported questions
- Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise
- Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise
- Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise
- Present Simple Reported Statement Exercise
- Present Continuous Reported Statement Exercise
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Statements in Reported Speech
In reported speech, you often have to change the pronoun depending on who says what.
No backshift
Do not change the tense if the introductory clause is in Simple Present (e. g. He says). Note, however, that you might have to change the form of the present tense verb (3rd person singular).
You must change the tense if the introductory clause is in Simple Past (e. g. He said ). This is called backshift .
Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
Simple Present | Simple Past |
Present Progressive | Past Progressive |
Simple Past | Past Perfect Simple |
Present Perfect Simple |
Past Perfect Simple |
Past Progressive | Past Perfect Progressive |
Present Perfect Progressive |
Past Perfect Progressive |
Future I (going to) | was / were going to |
Future I (will) | Conditional I (would) |
Conditional I (would) |
The verbs could, should, would, might, must, needn’t, ought to, used to do not normally change.
Place and Time expressions
For place and time expressions you have to check whether place and time are the same in direct and reported speech or not. Check out the following example:
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It is Friday and you meet James at a restaurant. James tells you that he saw Caroline in this restaurant today. (“I saw Caroline here today .”) A few minutes later, Helen joins you and you want to report what James has told you. Place (here) and time (today) are the same and you can say:
→ James said that he had seen Caroline here today.
One day later, you meet Mary at the same restaurant. Again, you want to report to her what James has told you. The place is the same, but not the time (it happened yesterday). So you would say:
→ James said that he had seen Caroline here yesterday.
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Still a few days later, Tom rings you at home. Again, you want to report to him what James has told you. However, now you are not at the restaurant (but at home) and a few days have passed since then. So you would say:
→ James said that he had seen Caroline at the restaurant on Friday.
→ I met James in a restaurant on Friday and he said that he had seen Caroline there that day.
Therefore you always have to think which place and time expressions are logical in a certain situation.
In the following table, you will find ways of transforming place and time expressions into reported speech.
Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
today | that day |
now | then |
yesterday | the day before |
… days ago | … days before |
last week | the week before |
next year | the following year |
tomorrow | the next day / the following day |
here | there |
this | that |
these | those |
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Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
Change of the tenses.
If the reporting verb is in the past form (said, told,...), you have to change the tense .
Direct speech Present simple Present progressive Past simple Past progressive Present perfect simple Present perfect progr. Future | | Direct Speech go am/is/are going went was/were going has/have gone has/have been going will go | |
Example: Peter said, "Carol is a nice girl." Peter said (that) Carol was a nice girl.
Don't change these verbs: might, could, would, should
He said, "I might arrive late." He said (that) he might arrive late.
It isn't necessary to change the present tense into the past tense if the information in the direct speech is still true or a general statement .
Frank said, "My sister is a secretary." Frank said (that) his sister is (was) a secretary.
He told us, "The sun rises in the east." He told us that the sun rises (rose) in the east.
Change of the pronouns
When you form the reported speech, you have to pay attention that the pronouns refer to the correct persons.
Susan said, " My parents are clever scientists." Susan said (that) her parents were clever scientists.
Tom said, " I like PE best." Tom said (that) he liked PE best.
They said, " We went swimming with our friends." They said (that) they had gone swimming with their friend.
Betty said, "Sam told me the truth." Betty said (that) Sam had told her the truth.
| Direct speech | Indirect speech |
She said | I - my - me | she - her - her |
He said | I - my - me | he - his - him |
They said | we - our - us | they - their - them |
You and your:
They told her / him / me / them / us , "George likes you ."
They told her / him / me / them / us (that) George liked her / him / me / them / us .
They told her / him / me / them / us ,"George likes your sister."
They told her / him / me / them / us (that) George likes her / his / my / their / our sister.
They told her / him / me / them / us ," You are clever."
They told her / him / me / them / us (that) she / he / I / they / we was / were clever.
Change of expressions of time and place
Direct speech | |
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now | |
today | |
yesterday | |
tomorrow | |
last week, month,... | |
next week, month,... | |
a (week,...) ago | |
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here | |
this | |
these | |
Example: She said, "I have already seen Carol today ." She said (that) she had already seen Carol that day .
Reported Questions
If there is a question word , we keep it.
They asked me, " Where is the next supermarket?" They asked me where the next supermarket was.
She asked them, " How often do you play golf?" She asked them how often they played golf.
If there is no question word , we start the reported speech with if or whether .
She asked me, "Do you like some tea?" She asked me if/whether I liked some tea.
We asked them, "Did she arrive in time?" We asked them if/whether she had arrived in time.
Reported Requests
If someone asks you in a polite way, use (not) to + infinitive
He asked her, "Could you close the door, please?" He asked her to close the door.
She asked them, "Help me, please." She asked them to help her.
Reported Commands
If someone doesn't ask you politely or gives you an order, use (not) to + infinitive .
She told us, "Don't stay up too late!" She told us not to stay up too late.
Reported Speech Exercise 1 - statements - mixed tenses
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Reported Speech Exercise 6 - statements, questions, commands
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When you use reported speech, the words put into the reported clause do not exactly match the words spoken.
‘I’ll leave at 8.30 on Friday.’ à She says that she will leave at 8.30 on Friday .
‘I’m looking forward to seeing you.’ à She says she’s looking forward to seeing us .
Pronouns and possessive determiners have to change in reported speech because of the change of speaker, e.g . I may become she ; you may become us or him .
‘I believe you.’ à She said that she believed us .
‘I’m leaving you.’ à She said that she was leaving him .
‘I’ve finished.’ à She said that she had finished .
Expressions of place and time may also have to change, e.g. here may become there or home ; Friday may become in three days’ time .
‘I’ve been here before.’ à She said that she had been there before .
‘I’ll see you on Monday.’ à She said that she would see him in three days’ time .
The verb may also change; the most common change is a change of tense.
‘Hello Jake? It’s me, Penny. I’ve arrived here on time, and I’m going to take a bus to your place. There’s one coming now, so I’d better run.’
She rang to say that she’d arrived there on time and was going to take a bus to our place. Then she said that one was coming at that very moment , so she had to run.
A reporting verb in the present tense can be used in the main clause when you report on a letter or email or on a recent conversation, e.g. a phone conversation.
‘Hello, Jake? I’ve arrived here on time, and I’m going to take a bus to your place.’
Penny has just phoned. She says that she has arrived on time and that she’s coming here by bus.
However, it is more common to use a past tense when reporting speech.
The changes of tense may be summarized as follows:
Direct speech
present simple
present continuous
present perfect
present perfect continuous
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
past perfect or past simple
conditional
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Reported speech – Simple Past – Sentences – Exercise
Task no. 2333.
Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.
Layla, "They landed on a little island." Layla said (that)
Layla said (that) they had landed on a little island .
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Reported speech
- Emma, "The train left at eight." Emma said (that) .
- Sophia, "Dan forgot his keys." Sophia said (that) .
- Alexander, "I had a meeting at four." Alexander remarked (that) .
- Jackson and Leo, "We visited Aunt Elisabeth." Jackson and Leo said (that) .
- Mum, "William repaired the printer." Mum remarked (that) .
- Toby, "Jeff didn't like the food in the restaurant." Toby mentioned (that) .
- Hannah, "I walked to the museum." Hannah told me (that) .
- Nick, "She went home late." Nick said (that) .
- Alisha, "Lucas lost my money." Alisha told me (that) .
- Dad, "Emily didn't eat potatoes as a child." Dad told me (that) .
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- Lesson 1: Present simple with 'do' for emphasis (1:15)
- Exercise - Present simple with 'do'
- Lesson 2: The present continuous for habits in the present (2:39)
- Exercise - The present continuous for habits in the present
- Lesson 3: The past simple and would with 'wish' (2:13)
- Exercise - The past simple and 'would' with 'wish'
- Lesson 4: The past simple for past habits and states (2:30)
- Exercise - Past simple for past habits and states
- Lesson 5: The past simple for ordering actions (2:22)
- Exercise - Past simple for ordering actions
- Section 1 review quiz
- Download the section 2 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Present perfect use to talk about 'how long' with 'for' and 'since' (1:10)
- Exercise - Present perfect use for how long with 'for' and 'since'
- Lesson 2: Present perfect use with 'just', 'yet' and 'already' (1:21)
- Exercise - Present perfect with 'yet' and 'already'
- Exercise - Present perfect with 'just'
- Lesson 3: Present perfect or past simple? (1:50)
- Exercise - Present perfect or past simple
- Section 2 review quiz
- Download the section 3 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Past continuous forms (1:53)
- Exercise - Past continuous positive and negative
- Exercise - Past continuous questions
- Lesson 2: Past continuous use: things in progress at a point in time (0:59)
- Exercise - Past continuous: events in progress at a certain time
- Lesson 3: Past continuous use: interrupted actions with the past simple (0:59)
- Exercise - Past continuous: actions with the past simple
- Lesson 4: Past continuous use: habits in the past (1:16)
- Exercise - Past continuous for habits in the past
- Lesson 5: Future in the past with 'was / were going to' (and 'would') (3:21)
- Exercise - Future in the past with 'was / were going to'
- Section 3 review quiz
- Download the section 4 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Future continuous forms (3:18)
- Exercise - Future continuous forms 1 (positive and negative)
- Exercise - Future continuous forms 2 (questions)
- Exercise - Future continuous forms 3 (mixed)
- Lesson 2: Future continuous for things in progress at a point (2:42)
- Exercise - Future continuous for things in progress at a point
- Lesson 3: Present perfect continuous forms (4:00)
- Exercise - Present perfect continuous forms 1 (positive and negative)
- Exercise - Present perfect continuous forms 2 (questions)
- Exercise - Present perfect continuous 3 (mixed)
- Lesson 4: Present perfect continuous for time up to now with for and since (2:10)
- Exercise - Present perfect continuous for time up to now
- Lesson 5: Past perfect forms (4:48)
- Exercise - Past perfect forms 1 (positive and negative)
- Exercise - Past perfect forms 2 (questions)
- Exercise - Past perfect 3 (mixed)
- Lesson 6: Past perfect for time up to then (2:47)
- Exercise - Past perfect for time up to then
- Section 4 review quiz
- Download the section 5 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Subject and object questions (3:13)
- Exercise - Subject and object questions
- Lesson 2: Question tags (5:20)
- Exercise - Question tags with the present simple 1
- Exercise - Question tags with the present simple 2
- Exercise - Question tags with the present continuous
- Exercise - Question tags with the past simple 1
- Exercise - Question tags with the past simple 2
- Exercise - Question tags with 'will'
- Exercise - Question tags with 'be going to'
- Exercise - Question tags with the present perfect
- Exercise - Question tags with the past perfect
- Exercise - Question tags with the future continuous
- Exercise - Question tags with the past continuous
- Lesson 3: Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' (5:23)
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present simple
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present continuous
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past simple
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' and 'will'
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' and 'be going to'
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the present perfect
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past perfect
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the future continuous
- Exercise - Short answers with 'so' and 'neither' in the past continuous
- Section 5 review quiz
- Download the section 6 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Verbs + infinitive without 'to' (make and let) (3:42)
- Exercise - Make and let + infinitive
- Lesson 2: Verbs with a direct object and 'to + infinitive' (3:32)
- Exercise - Verbs with a direct object and 'to + infinitive'
- Lesson 3: Verbs with two objects (1:25)
- Exercise - Verbs with two objects
- Section 6 review quiz
- Download the section 7 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Nouns that are always plural (2:37)
- Exercise - Nouns that are always plural
- Lesson 2: Collective nouns with singular or plural verbs (2:07)
- Exercise - Collective nouns with singular or plural verbs
- Lesson 3: Other / the other / another (3:13)
- Exercise - The other or other?
- Exercise - Another or the other?
- Lesson 4: The and no article with geographical names (1:24)
- Exercise - The and no article with geographical names
- Lesson 5: The with abstract nouns (3:28)
- Exercise - The with abstract nouns
- Section 7 review quiz
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- Lesson 1: 'Such' and 'such a' (0:54)
- Exercise - 'Such' and 'such a'
- Lesson 2: Either (0:43)
- Exercise - Either
- Lesson 3: Both ... and ... (0:34)
- Exercise - Both ... and...
- Section 8 quiz review
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- Lesson 1: How to make the passive (7:06)
- Exercise - The present simple passive
- Exercise - The past simple passive
- Exercise - The present continuous passive
- Exercise - Mixed passive forms (present simple, present continuous, past simple)
- Exercise - The past continuous passive
- Exercise - The present perfect passive
- Exercise - The past perfect passive
- Exercise - The future with 'will' passive
- Exercise - Mixed passive forms (will, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect)
- Lesson 2: Passive infinitive introduction (with going to / have to / need to) (3:01)
- Exercise - Passive infinitive introduction (with going to / have to / need to)
- Section 9 quiz review
- Download the Section 10 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: How to make reported speech (9:13)
- Exercise - Reported speech with the present simple
- Exercise - Reported speech with the present continuous
Exercise - Reported speech with the past simple
- Exercise - Reported speech with the present perfect
- Exercise - Reported speech with the past continuous
- Exercise - Reported speech with the future simple with 'will'
- Exercise - Reported speech with 'be going to'
- Exercise - Reported speech with the future continuous
- Exercise - Reported speech with the past perfect
- Lesson 2: Reported speech with modal verbs (1:35)
- Exercise - Reported speech with modal verbs
- Lesson 3: Reported questions with 'ask' (4:19)
- Exercise - reported 'wh' questions with 'ask'
- Exercise - reported 'yes / no' questions with 'ask'
- Lesson 4: Reported requests with 'ask' (2:11)
- Exercise - Reported requests with 'ask'
- Lesson 5: Reported orders with 'tell' (0:58)
- Exercise - Reported orders with 'tell'
- Lesson 6: Time expressions in reported speech (2:01)
- Exercise - Time expressions in reported speech
- Section 10 review quiz
- Download the Section 11 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: 'Must' and 'can't' for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present (3:39)
- Exercise - 'Must' and 'can't' for logical necessity
- Lesson 2: Could / might / etc for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present (1:22)
- Exercise - Could / might etc for logical necessity (making guesses) about the present
- Exercise - Mixed logical necessity for the present
- Lesson 3: 'Must' for recommendations and offers (1:12)
- Exercise - Must for recommendations and offers
- Lesson 4: 'Ought to' for advice (1:03)
- Exercise - 'Ought to' for advice
- Lesson 5: Be supposed to (2:52)
- Exercise - Be supposed to
- Lesson 6: Used to + infinitive (1:12)
- Exercise - Used to + infinitive
- Lesson 7: Be / get used to (2:58)
- Exercise - be / get used to
- Lesson 8: Modals for politeness (2:20)
- Exercise - Modals for politeness
- Section 11 review quiz
- Download the section 12 PDFs here
- Lesson 1: Relative clauses introduction (1:52)
- Exercise - Where is the relative clause?
- Lesson 2: Defining and non-defining relative clauses (3:15)
- Exercise - Defining or non-defining?
- Lesson 3: Defining relative clauses with the pronoun as subject or object (2:53)
- Exercise - Is the relative pronoun the subject or the object?
- Exercise - Make defining relative clauses with 'who / that' as subject
- Exercise - Make defining relative clauses with 'that' as the object
- Lesson 4: Dropping the relative pronoun (1:21)
- Exercise - Dropping the relative pronoun
- Lesson 5: 'Who' or 'whom' in a relative clause? (1:45)
- Exercise - Who or whom?
- Lesson 6: 'Whose' in relative clauses (1:31)
- Exercise - Whose in relative clauses
- Lesson 7: 'When' in relative clauses (0:43)
- Exercise - 'When' in relative clauses
- Lesson 8: 'Where' in relative clauses (2:25)
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- Lesson 1: Reflexive pronouns (4:05)
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- Lesson 1: Zero conditionals (present real conditionals) (1:23)
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- Lesson 3: Unless (0:59)
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- Lesson 4: Future real conditionals with modal verbs (might, can, must) (2:22)
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- Lesson 7: If not and if so (1:21)
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- Lesson 1: Order of adjectives (2:48)
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- Lesson 2: Comparatives: get better and better (1:12)
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- Lesson 3: Comparatives: using a clause after 'than' (2:47)
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- Lesson 1: Adverbs of focus: even (2:27)
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- Lesson 2: Adverbs of focus: particularly / especially (1:16)
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- Lesson 3: Adverbs of time: still (1:23)
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- Lesson 4: Adverbs of time: any more / any longer (1:26)
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- Lesson 5: Adverbs for linking: although / though / however (1:32)
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- Lesson 1: 'As' and 'like' (1:48)
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- Lesson 2: 'By' and 'with' to explain how we do something (1:20)
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- Lesson 3: 'For' to show purpose (0:41)
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- Lesson 4: 'At' or 'in' with buildings (1:29)
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- Lesson 5: 'On time' or 'in time' (2:28)
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- Lesson 6: 'At the end' or 'in the end' (1:34)
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- Lesson 7: Prepositions after adjectives (2:55)
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Ella, "It's not raining." Ella remarked (that) . Jacob, "Riley is checking the computer." Jacob said (that) . Owen, "They aren't watching TV." Owen told me (that) . Nora, "He is learning Spanish words." Nora said (that) . Sentences in Reported speech in the Present Progressive in English in an Online Exercise.
Perfect English Grammar. Here's a list of all the reported speech exercises on this site: (Click here to read the explanations about reported speech) Reported Statements: Present Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here) Present Continuous Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy)
Reported Speech. Greg: "I am cooking dinner Maya.". Maya: "Greg said he was cooking dinner.". So most often, the reported speech is going to be in the past tense, because the original statement, will now be in the past! *We will learn about reporting verbs in part 2 of this lesson, but for now we will just use said/told.
Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream. She said (that) she liked ice cream. She said (that) she was living in London. She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car. She said (that) she had been walking along the street.
Exercises: indirect speech. Reported speech - present. Reported speech - past. Reported speech - questions. Reported questions - write. Reported speech - imperatives. Reported speech - modals. Indirect speech - tenses 1. Indirect speech - tenses 2.
Direct Speech Reported Speech; Simple Present He said: "I am happy": Simple Past He said that he was happy: Present Progressive He said: "I'm looking for my keys": Past Progressive He said that he was looking for his keys: Simple Past He said: "I visited New York last year": Past Perfect Simple He said that he had visited New York the previous year.: Present Perfect He said ...
Exercises. Write the following sentences in indirect speech. Pay attention to backshift and the changes to pronouns, time, and place. Example: He said, "I will call tomorrow.". → He said that he would call the following day. Two weeks ago, he said, "I visited this museum last week.". → Two weeks ago, he said that . I → he.
English grammar exercise about reported speech with the present continuous tense. Login Contact Courses Membership Speaking Explanations Exercises Method. Reported Speech Exercise 10. Perfect English Grammar. This reported speech exercise looks at statements using the present continuous. Review reported statements here;
Grammar videos: Reported speech - exercises 1. Check your grammar: matching Draw a line to match the direct and indirect (reported) speech forms. Direct speech Reported speech 1. Present simple o o a. Past perfect 2. Present continuous o o b. Past simple 3. Past simple o o c. Past continuous 4. 'will' o o d.
Online exercises Reported speech - indirect speech, questions and negative sentences. Free tutorial Reported speech - indirect speech with exercises. English grammar easy to learn. English online reported speech exercises with answers. All direct and indirect speech exercises free and with help function, teaching materials and grammar rules.
Reported Speech (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous) worksheets by Javier Pascual Delgado Meza .Reported Speech (Past Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.
Reported speech (Indirect Speech) is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say. Reported Speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words. The structure of the independent clause depends on whether the speaker is reporting a statement, a question, or a command.
James tells you that he saw Caroline in this restaurant today. ("I saw Caroline here today.") A few minutes later, Helen joins you and you want to report what James has told you. Place (here) and time (today) are the same and you can say: → James said that he had seen Caroline here today. One day later, you meet Mary at the same restaurant.
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Language: English (en) ID: 1994590. 12/04/2022. Country code: FR. Country: France. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Reported speech (2013113) From worksheet author: Reported Speech Past Simple Questions Past Continuous and Past Continuous Questions.
2325 Reported questions with expressions of time - Exercise. 2335 Reported speech - Present Perfect - Sentences - Exercise. 2337 Reported speech - Present Progressive - Sentences - Exercise. 2333 Reported speech - Simple Past - Sentences - Exercise. 2331 Reported speech - Simple Present - Sentences - Exercise.
When you use reported speech, the words put into the reported clause do not exactly match the words spoken. 'I'll leave at 8.30 on Friday.' à She says that she will leave at 8.30 on Friday. 'I'm looking forward to seeing you.' à She says she's looking forward to seeing us. Pronouns and possessive determiners have to change in reported speech because of the change of speaker, e.g.
25/06/2020. Country code: UA. Country: Ukraine. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Reported speech (2013113) From worksheet author: An exercise to practise Reported / Indirect Speech. Other contents: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple.
English grammar exercise about reported speech with the past simple tense. Login Contact Courses Membership Speaking Explanations Exercises Method. Reported Speech Exercise 9. Perfect English Grammar. This reported speech exercise looks at statements with the past simple.
Hannah, "I walked to the museum." Hannah told me (that) . Nick, "She went home late." Nick said (that) . Alisha, "Lucas lost my money." Alisha told me (that) . Dad, "Emily didn't eat potatoes as a child." Dad told me (that) . Sentences in Reported speech in the Simple Past in English in an Online Exercise.
Lesson 1: Present simple with 'do' for emphasis (1:15) Exercise - Present simple with 'do'. Lesson 2: The present continuous for habits in the present (2:39) Exercise - The present continuous for habits in the present. Lesson 3: The past simple and would with 'wish' (2:13) Exercise - The past simple and 'would' with 'wish'.