REPORTED SPEECH KEY

REPORTED SPEECH
Exercise 1: Change these sentences into reported speech (affirmative sentence).
1. Nam said "I am told to be at school before 7 o'clock".

→ Nam said he was told to be at school before 7 o'clock.
2. Thu said "All the students will have a meeting next week".
→ Thu said all the students would have a meeting the following week.
3. Phong said "My parents are very proud of my good marks".
→ Phong told me that his parents were very proud of his good marks.
4. The teacher said "All the homework must be done carefully".
→ The teacher said all the homework must be done carefully.
5. Her father said to her “You can go to the movies with your friend".
→ Her father told her that she could go to the movies with her friend.
6. Hoa said "I may visit my parents in the summer".
→ Hoa said she might visit her parents in the summer.
7. The teacher said "We can collect old books for the poor students".
→ The teacher said that we/they could collect old books for the poor students.
8. She said "My sister doesn't buy this book".
→ She said her sister didn't buy that book.
9. The boys said "We have to try our best to win the match".
→ The boys said they had to try their best to win the match.
10. Her classmate said, "Lan is the most intelligent girl in our class".
→ Her classmate said that Lan was the most intelligent girl in their class.
11.They told us "Our friends will get the award for their highest scores".
→ They told us that their friends would get awards for their highest scores.
12. He said, "I will go to school by bus tomorrow".
→ He said he would go to school by bus the following day.
13. Phong said, "I need to learn more vocabulary".
→ Phong said that he needed to learn more vocabulary.
14. His brother told him "You can use my computer today".
→ His brother told him he could use his computer that day.
15. Mai said, "I cannot go to the movies with you, Nam".
→ Mai told Nam that she could not go to the movie with him.
Exercise 2: Change these sentences into reported speech (Yes/No question).
1. "Do you enjoy reading?" Phong asked Peter.
→ Phong asked Peter if he enjoyed reading.
2. "Does she like sports? “Hoa asked Lan.
→ Hoa asked Lan if she liked sports.
3. "Do your sister and brother go to the same school?" She asked Nam.
→ She asked Nam if his sister and brother went to the same school.
4. "Are there some oranges in the fridge?" She asked her mom.
→ She asked her mom if there were some oranges in the fridge.
5. "Will it rain tomorrow morning?" He asked his friend.
→ He told his friend if it would rain the following/next morning.
6. "Did you go to Hue three years ago?" Tam asked Peter.
→ Tam asked Peter if he had gone to Hue three years before.
7. "Are Tam and Hoa late for class?" Tuan asked Lan.
→ Tuan asked Lan if Tam and Hoa were late for class.
8. She said to me “Can you speak Chinese?"
→ She asked me if I could speak Chinese.
9. "Will she be here for five days?" Tam asked Thu.
→ Tam asked Thu if she would be there for 5 days.
10. "Were you reading this book at 8 o'clock last Sunday?" She asked Ba.
→ She asked Ba if he had been reading that book at 8 o'clock the previous
Sunday.
Exercise 3: Change these sentences into reported speech (Wh-
question).
1. "Where does your father work?" The teacher asked me.
→ The teacher asked me where my father worked.
2. "How many people are there in your family?" She asked Lan.
→ She asked Lan how many people there were in her family.
3. Tam's friend asked him “How long will you stay in England?"
→ Tam's friend asked him how long he would stay in England.
4. "Are there some oranges in the fridge?" She asked her mom.
→ She asked her mom if there were some oranges in the fridge.
5. The teacher said to Lien "What's your hobby?".
→ The teacher asked Lien what her hobby was.
6. "How do you go to the airport?" His friend asked him.
→ His friend asked him how he went to the airport.
7. "How much does this dress cost?" Lan asked Lien.
→ Lan asked Lien how much that dress cost.
8. Ba asked Tam "How often do you wash your clothes?"
→ Ba asked Tam how often she washed her clothes.
9. "When will your father leave Vietnam for the USA?" Phong asked Thu.
→ Phong asked Thu when her father would leave Vietnam for the USA.
10. "How many books do the students need? “The librarian asked my
teacher.
→ The librarian asked my teacher how many books the students needed.
Exercise 4: Change these sentences into reported speech (Reported speech with to infinitive)
1. She said to him: “Give me another glass of wine".

→ She told him to give her another glass of wine.
2. She said to me: “Bring me a book".
→ She told me to bring her a book.
3. Mother said to him: “Open the window please!".
→ Mother requested him to open the window.
4. He said to me: “Shut the door behind you".
→ He asked me to shut the door behind me.
5. The captain said to them: “Wait here still I come back".
→ The captain asked them to wait there still he came back.
6. She told her: “Take it and come with me".
→ She told her to take it and come with her.
7. He said to me: "Don't come back before one o'clock".
→ He told me not to come back before one o'clock.
8. My mother told me: “Don’t forget to lock the door".
→ My mother told me not to forget to lock the door.
9. He said to his brother: “Don’t open the window, open the door".
→ He told his brother not to open the window, but open the door.
10. He said to the girl: “Don’t sit on my bed, sit on this chair please!".
→ He told the girl not to sit on his bed, but sit on that chair.

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Exercise 1: Change these sentences into reported speech (affirmative sentence).

1. Nam said "I am told to be at school before 7 o'clock".

1. She said to him: “Give me another glass of wine".

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