ENGLISH 4º ESO
miércoles, 28 de enero de 2015
REPORTED SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
It was a normal day at
school, but Daniel was feeling nervous. He knew that
he was in trouble and
he knew why, too. During the morning break, his English
teacher, Mrs Drury,
asked him to go (go) into her office for a chat. Daniel said (1)__________________ (have to) go to his maths lesson, but he realized that he had no
choice. In the office, Mrs Drury had some of Daniel’s essays on her desk. She
wasn’t
happy with them. She
held the work in her hands and asked Daniel (2)__________________ (tell) where (3)__________________ (get) the information for his essays. Daniel said (4)__________________ (read) a lot of different books. Mrs Drury said (5)__________________ (know) that (6)__________________ (be) lying. She told (7)__________________ (be) honest.
Daniel admitted that (8)__________________ (copy) the information from the internet. He said REPORTED SPEECH
1 Correct the mistakes.
1_ I
told he to leave me alone. û
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2_ The
teacher us told that we must concentrate more. û
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3_ Amy
me asked not say anything. û
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4_ Holly admitted that she have took the necklace. û
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5_ Dad
said he will to speak to my teacher in the morning. û
____________________________________________
2 Complete
the text with the correct form of the verbs and a pronoun.
(9)__________________ (be) very sorry to
Mrs Drury. He promised that (10)__________________ (never do) it
again.
3 Look
at the information. Write the questions and answers using reported speech.
Alice: want
/ something to eat
Phil: not
feel / hungry
__ Alice
asked Phil if he wanted something to eat.
__ Phil said that he didn’t feel hungry.
1 Katie: know
/ London well
Sarah: never
/ been / there
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____________________________________________
2 Mum: how
/ are feeling
I: be
/ very tired
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3 I: what
/ get / for his birthday
Jack: receive
/ a lot of presents
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____________________________________________
4 Harry: will
go / to the party
The girls: not
decide / yet
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____________________________________________
5 Tom: can
/ speak / Spanish
Helen: only
/ know / a few words
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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISES 1-3
1 1 I
told him to leave me alone.
2 The teacher told us that we had to concentrate more.
3 Amy asked me not to say anything.
4 Holly admitted that she had taken the necklace.
5 Dad said he would speak to my teacher in the morning.
2 The teacher told us that we had to concentrate more.
3 Amy asked me not to say anything.
4 Holly admitted that she had taken the necklace.
5 Dad said he would speak to my teacher in the morning.
2 1 he
had to 6 he was
2 to tell her 7 him to be
3 he had got 8 he had copied
4 he had read 9 he was
5 she knew 10 he would never do
2 to tell her 7 him to be
3 he had got 8 he had copied
4 he had read 9 he was
5 she knew 10 he would never do
3 1 Katie
asked Sarah if she knew London well.
Sarah said that she had never been there.
2 Mum asked me how I was feeling.
I said that I was very tired.
3 I asked Jack what he had got for his birthday.
Jack said that he had received a lot of presents.
4 Harry asked the girls if they would go to the party.
The girls said that they hadn’t decided yet.
5 Tom asked Helen if she could speak Spanish.
Helen said that she only knew a few words.
Sarah said that she had never been there.
2 Mum asked me how I was feeling.
I said that I was very tired.
3 I asked Jack what he had got for his birthday.
Jack said that he had received a lot of presents.
4 Harry asked the girls if they would go to the party.
The girls said that they hadn’t decided yet.
5 Tom asked Helen if she could speak Spanish.
Helen said that she only knew a few words.
MORE REPORTED
SPEECH...
4 Complete the text with the pronouns in the
box. Use some pronouns more than once.
her him me them us
|
When
I got home from school, Mum wanted to talk to me. She asked me what I had
done with her hat. I told (1)_____________ I hadn’t touched it. This was a lie – it was under my bed. I’d worn
it to a party and I’d made it dirty. Then my brother came in. Mum asked (2)_____________ the same question. He told (3)_____________ he wasn’t interested in
her hats – this was the truth. Mum looked at my brother and me and told (4)_____________ that she was fed up with our lies. Then Dad came in. I told (5)_____________ that Mum was being silly. He told (6)_____________ not to be rude to my mother. Then my sister came in. She had the
hat in her hand. Everybody was looking at me. There was a silence. I told (7)_____________ all I was sorry – then I ran!
5 Rewrite
the sentences in reported speech.
__ ‘I’m
hungry,’ said Clara.
__ Clara said that she was hungry.
1_ ‘The
computer doesn’t work,’ said Jake.
__ _________________________________________
__ _________________________________________
2_ ‘We’ve
just finished lunch,’ said the boys.
__ _________________________________________
__ _________________________________________
3_ ‘We’re
painting the bathroom,’ Mum and Joe told us.
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____________________________________________
4_ ‘I’ll
make the dinner,’ said Dad.
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5_ ‘You
can’t borrow my bike,’ Paul told me.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
6 Correct
the mistakes. One sentence is correct.
1_ Mrs
Brown asked me if I have seen her cat.
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2_ I
asked Lisa did she wanted some water.
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3_ Suzy
asked Joe where he did left the newspaper.
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4_ Jack
asked Sam if he’d lend him some money.
____________________________________________
5_ The
teacher asked Ben what was he doing.
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ANSWER KEY EXERCISES 4-6
4 1 her 4 us 6 me
2 him 5 him 7 them
3 her
2 him 5 him 7 them
3 her
5 1 Jake said that the computer didn’t
work.
2 The boys said that they had just finished lunch.
3 Mum and Joe told us that they were painting the bathroom.
4 Dad said that he would make the dinner.
5 Paul told me that I couldn’t borrow his bike.
2 The boys said that they had just finished lunch.
3 Mum and Joe told us that they were painting the bathroom.
4 Dad said that he would make the dinner.
5 Paul told me that I couldn’t borrow his bike.
6 1 û (Mrs Brown asked
me if I had seen her cat.)
2 û (I asked Lisa if she wanted some water.)
3 û (Suzy asked Joe where he had left the newspaper.)
4 ü
5 û (The teacher asked Ben what he was doing.)
2 û (I asked Lisa if she wanted some water.)
3 û (Suzy asked Joe where he had left the newspaper.)
4 ü
5 û (The teacher asked Ben what he was doing.)
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