Reported speech exercise for beginners ( simple past )
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Reported Speech Mixed Exercise
Practice converting sentences from direct to indirect speech with this online and printable exercise. You will find 10 sentences with different types of speech acts, tenses and questions.
Reported Speech Exercises
Find various exercises on reported speech, including statements, questions, orders and requests. Practise with free interactive quizzes or download PDF worksheets.
Reported Speech
Practice reported speech with 15 sentences that contain statements, questions and commands. Put the sentences into reported speech and check the solution online.
Reported Speech
Rewrite the demands/requests in indirect speech. The passenger requested the taxi driver, "Stop the car.". → The passenger requested 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.
Reported Speech Exercise 4
Practice reported speech with this mixed quiz that includes statements, questions, orders and requests. You need to use the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell' and change the time expressions.
Reported Speech
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.
Reported Speech Exercise
Practice reported speech with mixed tenses in this exercise. Put the sentences into reported speech and change them into indirect speech statements.
Reported Speech Mixed Exercise
Reported Speech Mixed Video Exercise with answers and detailed explanations for students and teachers-- First we review reported speech and then we convert t...
Exercise on Reported Speech
Practice reported speech with mixed sentences that require changing tenses or not. Choose the correct option for each sentence and check your answers online.
Exercise on Reported Speech
Exercise on Reported Speech - 10 :: Learn English online - free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on English language. :: page 10 ... Mixed Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question. He said, "I like this song."
Reported Speech (B1)
RS007 - Reported Speech. RS006 - Reported Speech. RS005 - Reported Speech. RS004 - Reported Speech. RS003 - Reported Speech. RS002 - Reported Speech - Mixed Exercises. RS001 - Reported Speech - Mixed Exercises. Adjective and Adverbs - Downloadable PDF Worksheets for English Language Learners - Intermediate Level (B1)
Reported Speech
Exercises on Reported Speech. If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker's exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. ... Exercise 3 - requests (mixed) Mixed Exercises on Reported Speech. Exercise 1; Exercise ...
Reported speech exercises online
Reported speech is a specific issue in English grammar. There are special rules on how to transfer statements, questions and demands from direct to indirect speech. These exercises are composed for revision and systematization of your knowledge on reported speech. We recommend to do them after you have studied all smaller topics related to ...
She told the boys. "What have you decided to do?" she asked him. She asked him. "I always wake up early," he said. He said. "You should revise your lessons," he said. He advised the students. "Where have you been?"
Exercise instructions. Rewrite the following using reported speech: check | reset | answers. 1 Martin said, "I am ill." Martin said that ill. 2 Martin said, "I've just bought a house." Martin said that a house. 3 Martin said, "I'm going on holiday tomorrow." Martin said that he on holiday the next day.
This exercise is an advanced level multiple choice test with multiple choice questions on reported speech (indirect speech) including the topics below. Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) Reporting Statements; Reporting Questions; Reporting Imperatives; Reporting Modals; Reporting Conditionals, Exclamations; Reported Speech Mixed Type
Reported Speech Exercise 5
Here's another mixed exercise about reported speech - it includes statements, questions, orders and requests. Review reported statments, questions, orders and requests; Download this quiz in PDF here; More reported speech exercises here
Reported Speech Exercises
Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 2 Games & Activities ELT Base Reported speech activities EFL Sensei Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Activity Reported Speech Exercise Tefltastic Functional language reported speech storytelling game
Reported Speech
a) Direct speech b) Indirect speech Direct speech: We repeat the speaker's words. He said, "I have lost my key." (no tense shift) Indirect speech / Reported Speech: We give the exact meaning of a speech without necessarily using the speaker's exact words. If we want to mention who the speaker talked to, we use told, otherwise we use said.
Reported Statements 1. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions. 1) "He works in a bank." [ . Check. Show.
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Practice converting sentences from direct to indirect speech with this online and printable exercise. You will find 10 sentences with different types of speech acts, tenses and questions.
Find various exercises on reported speech, including statements, questions, orders and requests. Practise with free interactive quizzes or download PDF worksheets.
Practice reported speech with 15 sentences that contain statements, questions and commands. Put the sentences into reported speech and check the solution online.
Rewrite the demands/requests in indirect speech. The passenger requested the taxi driver, "Stop the car.". → The passenger requested 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.
Practice reported speech with this mixed quiz that includes statements, questions, orders and requests. You need to use the past simple of 'ask', 'say' or 'tell' and change the time expressions.
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.
Practice reported speech with mixed tenses in this exercise. Put the sentences into reported speech and change them into indirect speech statements.
Reported Speech Mixed Video Exercise with answers and detailed explanations for students and teachers-- First we review reported speech and then we convert t...
Practice reported speech with mixed sentences that require changing tenses or not. Choose the correct option for each sentence and check your answers online.
Exercise on Reported Speech - 10 :: Learn English online - free exercises, explanations, games, teaching materials and plenty of information on English language. :: page 10 ... Mixed Exercise 1. Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question. He said, "I like this song."
RS007 - Reported Speech. RS006 - Reported Speech. RS005 - Reported Speech. RS004 - Reported Speech. RS003 - Reported Speech. RS002 - Reported Speech - Mixed Exercises. RS001 - Reported Speech - Mixed Exercises. Adjective and Adverbs - Downloadable PDF Worksheets for English Language Learners - Intermediate Level (B1)
Exercises on Reported Speech. If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker's exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. ... Exercise 3 - requests (mixed) Mixed Exercises on Reported Speech. Exercise 1; Exercise ...
Reported speech is a specific issue in English grammar. There are special rules on how to transfer statements, questions and demands from direct to indirect speech. These exercises are composed for revision and systematization of your knowledge on reported speech. We recommend to do them after you have studied all smaller topics related to ...
RS007 - Reporting Verbs Intermediate. RS006 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS005 - Reported Speech - Introductory Verbs Advanced. RS004 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS003 - Reporting Verbs Intermediate. RS002 - Reported Speech Intermediate. RS001 - Reported Speech Intermediate. Reported Speech - English Grammar Exercises.
She told the boys. "What have you decided to do?" she asked him. She asked him. "I always wake up early," he said. He said. "You should revise your lessons," he said. He advised the students. "Where have you been?"
Exercise instructions. Rewrite the following using reported speech: check | reset | answers. 1 Martin said, "I am ill." Martin said that ill. 2 Martin said, "I've just bought a house." Martin said that a house. 3 Martin said, "I'm going on holiday tomorrow." Martin said that he on holiday the next day.
Worksheet - reported questions. Reported yes/no questions. Worksheet - reported speech. Reported speech - exercises pdf. Indirect speech - exercises. Reported speech - exercises. Mixed reported speech 1. Mixed reported speech 2. Reported speech - exercises.
This exercise is an advanced level multiple choice test with multiple choice questions on reported speech (indirect speech) including the topics below. Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) Reporting Statements; Reporting Questions; Reporting Imperatives; Reporting Modals; Reporting Conditionals, Exclamations; Reported Speech Mixed Type
Here's another mixed exercise about reported speech - it includes statements, questions, orders and requests. Review reported statments, questions, orders and requests; Download this quiz in PDF here; More reported speech exercises here
Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 2 Games & Activities ELT Base Reported speech activities EFL Sensei Say, Tell, Speak, Talk Activity Reported Speech Exercise Tefltastic Functional language reported speech storytelling game
a) Direct speech b) Indirect speech Direct speech: We repeat the speaker's words. He said, "I have lost my key." (no tense shift) Indirect speech / Reported Speech: We give the exact meaning of a speech without necessarily using the speaker's exact words. If we want to mention who the speaker talked to, we use told, otherwise we use said.
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.
Reported Statements 1. Change the direct speech into reported speech. Use 'she said' at the beginning of each answer. It's the same day, so you don't need to change the time expressions. 1) "He works in a bank." [ . Check. Show.