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    Grammar Videos: Reported Speech - Exercises: 1. Check Your Grammar: Matching

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    The document provides exercises to check understanding of reported speech by having students watch a video and read a conversation. It includes matching direct and reported speech, correcting errors in reported speech sentences, and filling gaps with reported speech versions of sample sentences. The discussion asks students about a memorable conversation from the previous day.

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    Grammar Videos: Reported Speech - Exercises: 1. Check Your Grammar: Matching

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    Santi Osorio Diez
    The document provides exercises to check understanding of reported speech by having students watch a video and read a conversation. It includes matching direct and reported speech, correcting errors in reported speech sentences, and filling gaps with reported speech versions of sample sentences. The discussion asks students about a memorable conversation from the previous day.

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    Grammar videos: Reported speech – exercises

    Watch the video on our website and read the


    conversation between Sophie and David. Then do
    these exercises to check your understanding of
    reported speech.

    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. ‘could’

    5. ‘can’ o o e. ‘the next day’

    6. ‘tomorrow’ o o f. ‘would’

    2. Check your grammar: error correction


    Correct and write these sentences on the line below.

    1. He said her that he loved her.


    He said he loved her
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    2. She said she knows the answer.

    She said she knew the answer


    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    3. Ryan said had bought the tickets.

    Ryan said he had bought the tickets


    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    4. She told me don't speak in the library.

    She told me not to speak in the library


    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    5. Sara asked if had he finished.
    Sara asked if he had finished
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    Grammar videos: Reported speech – exercises
    6. She asked me where was my sister.
    She asked me where my sister was
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    7. They asked me come back later.
    They asked me to come back later
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    8. She asked did I spoke French.
    She asked if I spoke Frech
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

    3. Check your grammar: gap fill


    Write the bold sentence in reported speech.

    1. 'I feel ill.'


    She fell ill
    Sandra said ______________________________.

    2. 'I'm going into town.'


    he was going into town
    Mark said ______________________________.

    3. 'I studied music for five years.'


    He had studied for five years
    Alex said ______________________________.

    4. 'I've been to Shanghai.'


    She had been to Shanghai
    She said ______________________________.

    5. 'We can help you.'


    they could help us
    Will said ______________________________.

    6. 'It will rain on Tuesday.'


    It would rain
    The weather forecast said ______________________________ on Tuesday.

    7. 'What’s your name?'


    what my name was
    The police officer asked me ______________________________.

    8. 'Are you over eighteen?'


    If she was over eighteen
    The teacher asked Amy ______________________________.

    Discussion

    What was the most memorable conversation you had yesterday? Who were you talking to and what did
    they say to you?

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