Question

Check your grammar: gap fill
Write the bold sentence in reported speech.
1. 'I feel ill.'
Sandra said ______________________________.
2. 'I'm going into town.'
Mark said ______________________________.
3. 'I studied music for five years.'
Alex said ______________________________.
4. 'I've been to Shanghai.'
She said ______________________________.
5. 'We can help you.'
Will said ______________________________.
6. 'It will rain on Tuesday.'
The weather forecast said ______________________________ on Tuesday.
7. 'What’s your name?'
The police officer asked me ______________________________.
8. 'Are you over eighteen?'
The teacher asked Amy ______________________________.

Answer 1

ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ:

Check your grammar: gap fill

Write the bold sentence in reported speech.

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ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:

1 ☕︎ 'I feel ill.'

Sandra said that she feels ill.

2 ☕︎ 'I'm going into town.'

Mark said he's going into town.

3 ☕︎ 'I studied music for five years.'

Alex said that he studied music for five years.

4 ☕︎ 'I've been to Shanghai.'

She said that she's been to Shanghai.

5 ☕︎ 'We can help you.

Will said that you can help me.

6. 'It will rain on Tuesday.'

The weather forecast said that it will rain on Tuesday.

7. 'What’s your name?'

The police officer asked me what my name was.

8. 'Are you over eighteen?'

The teacher asked Amy if she is eighteen.

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REVISION

ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

Direct speech: I like ice cream.

Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. (As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.)

But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

Direct speech: I like ice cream.

Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

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