Reported Speech - Recently
Reported Speech - Recently
Reported Speech - Recently
He promised __________________________________________________________________
He told ______________________________________________________________________
He introduced _________________________________________________________________
He asked ______________________________________________________________________
I warned_____________________________________________________________________
10. “Come and have dinner with us” Rosy said to John.
12. “You’d better spend more time learning to write,” I said to the boy.
I advised _____________________________________________________________________
13. “Don’t lean your bicycle against my windows, boys,” said the shopkeeper.
15. Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said John to Ann.
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented _________________________________________________________
10. “It’s really nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked ________________________________________________________________
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.
14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.
EXERCISE 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
1. “I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.
A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.
B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.
C. Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.
D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.
B. She told Philip she will come to see her as soon as she was ready.
C. She told Philip she would come to see you as soon as she was ready.
D. She told Philip she would come to see him as soon as she was ready.
A. She told me he was talking to your sister. B. She told me she was talking to my sister.
C. She told me he was talking to my sister. D. She told me he was talking to her sister.
7. “It is the time to check what you have done”, the father said to the boys.
A. The father said to the boys it was time to check what they had done.
B. The father told the boys it was time to check what they had done.
C. The father told the boys it was time to check what they have done.
D. The father told the boys it is time to check what they had done.
A. He told me you will like her sister when you meet her.
15. Peter said that he had lived in London four years ________ .
18. My friend asked me who _______________ the piano in the sitting room.
A. that why were his friends laughing B. why were his friends laughing
C. why his friends were laughing D. the reason why his friends laughing
32. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the ___________ day
33. She ___________ him whether he liked the steak she cooked
A. It is how far to the nearest bus stop B. how far is it to the nearest bus stop
C. how far to the nearest bus stop is it D. how far it is to the nearest bus stop
36. Marigold wondered ___________ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party
A. How long I have studied English B. How long had I studied English
C. How long I had study English D. How long I had studied English
EXERCISE 3: Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs
correction.
2. John said the taxi driver to turn left at the first traffic lights.
A B C D
8. Mary promised her boy friend that she would expect to see him next Wednesday.
A B C D
9. A tourist asked how far was it from Ho Chi Minh City to Hue.
A B C D
10. He asked Lan how many people there are in her family.
A B C D
11. Minh’s friends asked him how long would he stay in Paris.
A B C D
13. He wanted to know Hong if would have time to play badminton regularly.
A B C D
15. He said they had a lift very often but it doesn’t work.
A B C D
20. Peter asked me did not to stay up late and advised me to go to bed early.
A B C D