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    The document provides examples of reported speech, including statements and questions. It gives sample sentences in both direct and reported speech and asks the reader to choose the correct reported version. It then gives additional exercises to practice changing statements and questions into reported speech using different reporting verbs like said, asked, told, etc. and identifying the verb patterns used in reported speech.

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    Grammar Unit 4

    Reported speech: statements and questions


    1 Choose the correct reported speech for the speaker’s statements and questions: A, B or C.
    1 ‘I will do it later today,’ Avery said.
    Avery told me …
    A ☐ she would do it later today.
    B ☐ she will do it later that day.
    C ☐ she would do it later that day.
    2 ‘Have you finished watching this film?’ Julian asked.
    Julian asked me …
    A ☐ if I finished watching that film.
    B ☐ whether I had finished watching that film.
    C ☐ if I had finished watching this film.
    3 ‘We were playing games on our phones when the teacher came into the classroom,’
    Kaya said.
    Kaya said …
    A ☐ they had been playing games on their phones when the teacher came into the
    classroom.
    B ☐ they had been playing games on their phones when the teacher had come into
    the classroom.
    C ☐ they were playing games on their phones when the teacher had come into the
    classroom.
    4 ‘Where are you going now?’ Zahra asked.
    Zahra asked me …
    A ☐ where was I going at that time.
    B ☐ where I was going before.
    C ☐ where I was going then.
    5 ‘I might go to bed early,’ Rio said.
    Rio said …
    A ☐ he might go to bed early.
    B ☐ he may go to bed early.
    C ☐ he might have gone to bed early.
    6 ‘They must hurry up,’ Katie said.
    Katie told me …
    A ☐ they must hurry up.
    B ☐ they had to hurry up.
    C ☐ they must have hurried up.

    Life Vision Intermediate Plus • Grammar Unit 4 • Basic PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 1
    2 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

    asked hadn’t him me said that the following year the previous day told whether

    1 Mum _______________ me that I was lazy.


    2 Harvey said _______________ he hadn’t been listening when the teacher asked him
    a question.
    3 Grandad _______________ he had been watching TV, so he didn’t hear the phone.
    4 Janey said she _______________ expected a party for her birthday.
    5 She _______________ me what I wanted to do.
    6 He asked me _______________ Harry was a sociable person or not.
    7 He told _______________ that the train might be late.
    8 We told our teacher we’d seen three black cats _______________, so we knew we were in
    for a surprise!
    9 I told _______________ that he was spot on.
    10 George said he would buy a new car _______________.

    Reporting verbs
    1 Circle all the words that you can use to replace the words in bold.
    1 Monica denied drinking a cup of tea.

    admitted agreed offered recommended requested suggested warned

    2 They invited me to go to London.

    agreed advised congratulated ordered reminded suggested told

    3 The teacher suggested that we should do the first exercise.

    advised asked ordered recommended refused requested

    4 I agreed to stay at home.

    apologised denied offered promised refused warned

    5 Mum warned me not to study till late at night.

    admitted asked blamed denied ordered reminded

    2 Match the sentences to the verb patterns.


    1 ☐ My cousins invited us to stay at their house.
    2 ☐ We apologised for being late.
    3 ☐ She recommended that I should take a day off.
    4 ☐ I promised not to tell anyone her secret.
    5 ☐ Grandpa thanked us for helping him in the garden.
    6 ☐ My uncle suggested having a family get-together.
    A verb + to + infinitive
    B verb + object + to + infinitive
    C verb + -ing
    D verb + preposition + -ing
    E verb + object + preposition + -ing
    F verb + that + should clause

    Life Vision Intermediate Plus • Grammar Unit 4 • Basic PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press 2

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