George: 'I would try it.' - George said he would try it. With modal verbs would, might, could, should, ought to, used to.Michael: 'I am thirsty.' - Michael said he is thirsty. When a sentence is made and reported at the same time and the fact is still true.When we report something that is still true.ĭan: 'Asia is the largest continent.' - Dan said Asia is the largest continent.Įmma: 'People in Africa are starving.' - Emma said people in Africa are starving.Sandy: 'I will never go to work.' - Sandy says she will never go to work. If the reporting verb is in the present tense.īill: 'I am enjoying my holiday.' - Bill says he is enjoying his holiday.The verb forms remain the same in the following cases:Įva: 'I had never seen him.' - Eva claimed that she had never seen him. She promised that she might write to him. I should, we should usually change into would. He reminded me that he would come on Sunday.Īs you can see, both the past tense and the present perfect change into the past perfect.ġ. She said he had been thinking of buying a new car. 'He was thinking of buying a new car,' she said. He complained that he had been waiting since the morning. 'I have been waiting since the morning,' he complained. He admitted that he had broken the window. He explained that they were doing exercises. We change the tenses in the following way: If these verbs are in the past tense, we change the following: She explained that she had been at the seaside. The reported (indirect) speech is typically introduced by verbs such as say, tell, admit, complain, explain, remind, reply, think, hope, offer, refuse etc. The direct and indirect speech are used to say what other people said, thought or felt. Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands.Įnglish grammar PDF All PDF rules with examples on. Reported commands exercise 8 Make reported commands and requests. Reported questions exercise 7 Change direct questions into reported questions. Reported questions exercise 6 Change the reported questions and orders into direct questions and orders. Reported questions, commands and requests: Indirect - direct speech exercise 5 Rewrite sentences from the reported speech to direct speech. Practise the difference between the direct and indirect speech in questions, commands and requests.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 1 Rewrite sentences in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 2 Report a short dialogue in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 3 Find and correct mistakes in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 4 Choose correct answers in a multiple choice test.

Reported questions + commands exercises PDF Learn how to change tenses, pronouns, expressions of time and place in the reported speech.PDF book 1: English grammar exercises PDF

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