🗣️↪️📜 2.8 Reported Speech (Statements)

Unit 2.8 – Reported Speech Exercises

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice – Reported Speech

Choose the correct reported speech version of the direct statement:

Example: Direct Speech: “I am tired,” she said.

1. Direct Speech: “I will call you tomorrow,” he said.

2. Direct Speech: “We visited Paris last year,” they said.

3. Direct Speech: “I can help you later,” she said.

4. Direct Speech: “They are playing football now,” he said.

5. Direct Speech: “I have finished my homework,” she said.

6. Direct Speech: “We will go shopping tomorrow,” they said.

7. Direct Speech: “I was watching TV when you called,” he said.

8. Direct Speech: “She has already eaten,” he said.

9. Direct Speech: “I don’t like pizza,” she said.

10. Direct Speech: “They will meet us at the station,” he said.

Exercise 2: Fill in the Blanks – Reported Speech

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb or phrase in reported speech:

Example: Direct Speech: “I am reading a book,” she said.
Reported Speech: She said that she ________ a book.

1. Direct Speech: “I have finished my homework,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that he ________ his homework.

2. Direct Speech: “We are going to the park,” they said.
Reported Speech: They said that they ________ to the park.

3. Direct Speech: “I can help you tomorrow,” she said.
Reported Speech: She said that she ________ me the next day.

4. Direct Speech: “They are playing football now,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that they ________ football then.

5. Direct Speech: “I was watching TV when you called,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that he ________ TV when I called.

6. Direct Speech: “She has already eaten,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that she ________ already eaten.

7. Direct Speech: “I don’t like pizza,” she said.
Reported Speech: She said that she ________ pizza.

8. Direct Speech: “They will meet us at the station,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that they ________ us at the station.

9. Direct Speech: “I will call you tomorrow,” he said.
Reported Speech: He said that he ________ me the next day.

10. Direct Speech: “We visited Paris last year,” they said.
Reported Speech: They said that they ________ Paris the previous year.

Exercise 3: Sentence Transformation – Reported Speech

Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech:

Example: Direct Speech: “I want to go home,” she said.
Reported Speech: She said that she wanted to go home.

1. Direct Speech: “I can help you tomorrow,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

2. Direct Speech: “We have already eaten,” they said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

3. Direct Speech: “I am reading a book,” she said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

4. Direct Speech: “They are playing football now,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

5. Direct Speech: “I was watching TV when you called,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

6. Direct Speech: “She has already eaten,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

7. Direct Speech: “I don’t like pizza,” she said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

8. Direct Speech: “They will meet us at the station,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

9. Direct Speech: “I will call you tomorrow,” he said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________

10. Direct Speech: “We visited Paris last year,” they said.
Reported Speech: ___________________________


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