Task 1.

Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning

1. She said, "I am reading."
→ She said that.......
2. They said, "We are busy."
→ They said that ….......
3. He said, "I know a better restaurant."
→ He said that.........
4. She said, "I woke up early."
→ She said that.......
5. He said, "I will ring her."
→ He said that.......
6. They said, "We have just arrived."
→ They said that.......
7. He said, "I will clean the car."
→ He said that.......
8. She said, "I did not say that."
→ She said that.......
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
→ She said that.......
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone."
→ He said that.......

Task 2. Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning

1. The doctor said to me, “You should lose weight.”
The doctor advised me.......
2. Mary said, “Let’s go to a movie.”
Mary suggested.......
3. “I didn’t break the windows”, Bill said.
Bill denied.......….
4. “You told a lie, Tom”, she said.
She accused Tom.......
5. “I can’t go to your birthday party next Saturday evening, Jack”, said Mary.
Mary apologized for.......

Task 4. Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning

1. “I won’t help you with your homework. Never ! ” Jane said to me.
Jane refused........
2. Joe said, “Please come to my party.”
Joe invited........
3. Mr. Gray said, “Don’t play in the street.”
Mr. Gray warned the children not.......
4. “Would you like to come on a picnic with us?
They invited.......
5. “Please don’t tell anybody what happened.”
He asked.......

Task 5. Rewrite these following sentences with the same meaning

1. “If you don’t give me a pay rise. I’ll resign.”
She threatened......
2. “I’ll finish the work by the end of this week.”
John promised......
3. “You ought to take a break, Andrew.”
She advised......
4. “Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.”
They reminded......
5. “Why don’t we sing a few songs?”
He suggested.......

Exercise 1. Rewrite the sentences into reported speech.

1. “What are you doing?” she asked me.
She asked me_______________________________________.
2. “Close the door,” Anne said.
Anne told them _____________________________________.
3. “Will you come to my party?” Linda said to them.
Linda invited them __________________________________.
4. “Are you going by bus?” my teacher asked.
My teacher wanted to ________________________________.
5. “I don’t like this pink carpet,” she said.
She told me________________________________________.
6. Nhung said: “She cannot help you tomorrow.”
Nhung said ________________________________________.
7. “What would you do if you passed the exam?” The professor asked me.
The professor asked me ______________________________.
8. “Do you and your big brother go to the same school?” Maya asked her
friend.
Maya asked her friend _______________________________.
9. “Give me the red cup,” Selena told him.
Selena asked him ___________________________________.
10. “Hurry up,” He said to me.
He told me ________________________________________.
11. “You stole my phone, Alex!” said Lily.
Lily accused Alex __________________________________.
12. “I want a blue jacket for my birthday,” she said.
She said that ______________________________________.
13. “Don’t forget to turn off the light.” He said.
He reminded me ___________________________________.
14. “I should go home to do my homework”, said Lily.
Lily told me ______________________________________.
15. “Stand up, Daniel,” he said.
He asked Daniel ___________________________________.
16. “She works in a station,” He said.
He said that ______________________________________.
17. “They have not eaten dinner”
He told me _______________________________________.
18. “I was brushing my teeth when Minh called,” he said.
He said _________________________________________.
19. “I will visit my grandparents tomorrow.”
He told me that ___________________________________.
20. Daniel said: “Where are you going on your vacation this week?
Daniel asked me __________________________________.
21. “Are you serious?” she asked him.
She asked him ___________________________________.
22. “Can I meet you at the meeting?” He asked me.
He asked me ____________________________________.
23. “Dinner will be served after 6 p.m,” said my aunt.
My mother said __________________________________.
24. “Are you going to the restaurant?” she asked me.
He wanted to know ______________________________.
25. “Did you see the black cat?” she asked me.
She asked me __________________________________.

Exercise 4. Choose the correct answer.

1. Sara said she was leaving for LA _________.
A. next week
B. the week previous
C. following week
D. the following week
2. The professor asked students _________.
A. why did they slept
B. why they were sleeping
C. why they sleep
D. why were they sleeping
3. Daniel said that London _________ more lively than Seoul.
A. is
B. be
C. was
D. were
4. Jack was worried about the exam. Her mom advised him _________.
A. no worry
B. not worry
C. no to worry
D. not to worry
5. He wanted to know where Minh _________.
A. had lived
B. lived
C. was lived
D. has lived
6. Cindy asked me if I _________.
A. had seen that cat
B. saw that cat
C. has seen that cat
D. see that cat
7. Emma asked him _________ .
A. what time does the meeting end
B. what time the meeting end
C. what time the meeting ended
D. what time did the meeting end
8. He _________ me there had been an accident on Tran Phu Street.
A. asked
B. said
C. spoke
D. told
9. Sandy asked where _________.
A. her book is
B. her book was
C. her book had been
D. her book had been being
10. Luca wonders _________ doing well at school.
A. whether his sisters are
B. if his sisters was
C. his sisters were
D. his sisters are if
11. David asked Jimin why _________ the film the day before.
A. didn’t he watch
B. hadn’t he watched
C. he doesn’t watch
D. he hadn’t watched
12. She asked me if I _________ speak Korean.
A. could
B. can
C. will
D. was
13. She wanted to know what they _________.
A. doing
B. were doing
C. did
D. had been doing
14. Jenny asked her son where the cat _________.
A. was
B. are
C. have been
D. has been
15. Mimi wanted to know if she _________.
A. was going to the cinema
B. went to the cinema
C. goes to the cinema
D. had gone to the cinema

Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer.

1. “How are you?” Kathy asked.
A. Kathy asked me how are you.
B. Kathy asked me how I am.
C. Kathy asked me how was I.
D. Kathy asked me how I was.
2. Joe asked her: “Where are you going?”
A. Joe asked her where was she going.
B. Joe asked her where she was going.
C. Joe asked her where is she going.
D. Joe asked her where she is going.
3. “Sit down,” said the teacher to the child.
A. The teacher told the child to sit down.
B. The teacher said the child to sit down.
C. The teacher told the child sit down.
D. The teacher told to the child to sit down.
4. “I didn’t meet Kai last week”, he said.
A. He said he didn’t meet Kai the week before.
B. He said he hasn’t met Kai last week.
C. He said he hadn’t met Kai last week.
D. He said he hadn’t met Kai the week before.
5. “We are ready to start a new program”, they said to me.
A. They told me they are ready to start a new program.
B. They told me they will ready to start a new program.
C. They told me we were ready to start a new program.
D. They told me they were ready to start a new program.
6. “I have finished the project”, Nana said to me.
A. Nana told me she has finished the project.
B. Nana told me she finished the project.
C. Nana told me she had finished the project.
D. Nana told me she has been finished the project.
7. “Please bring me some tomato soup,” he said to the waitress.
A. He asked the waitress bring him some tomato soup.
B. He asked the waitress to bring her some tomato soup.
C. He asked the waitress to bring him some tomato soup.
D. He asked the waitress bring her some tomato soup.
8. “Don’t move!”, she said to me.
A. She told me don’t move.
B. She told to me not to move.
C. She told me not to move.
D. She said to me don’t move.
9. “I wrote a letter yesterday”, she said.
A. She told me she had written a letter the day before.
B. She said to me I wrote a letter the day before.
C. She told me she had written a letter yesterday.
D. She told me she wrote a letter yesterday.
10. “Could you lend me some money?”, San asked me.
A. San asked me can you lend him some money.
B. San asked me could you lend him some money.
C. San asked me if I can lend him some money.
D. San asked me if I could lend him some money.