EXERCISE 15:
Mixed Reported Speech 1 (Statements, Questions, Requests and Orders)
Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say’
or ‘tell’:
1. “Don’t do it!”
She ______________________________________________________________
2. “I’m leaving tomorrow”
She ______________________________________________________________
3. “Please get me a cup of tea”
She ______________________________________________________________
4. “She got married last year”
She ______________________________________________________________
5. “Be quick!”
She ______________________________________________________________
6. “Could you explain number four, please?”
She ______________________________________________________________
7. “Where do you live?”
She ______________________________________________________________
8. “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant”
She ______________________________________________________________
9. “I’ll come and help you at twelve”
She ______________________________________________________________
10. “What are you doing tomorrow?”
She ______________________________________________________________
11. “Don’t go!”
She ______________________________________________________________
12. “Do you work in London?”
She ______________________________________________________________
13. “Could you tell me where the post office is?”
She ______________________________________________________________
14. “Come here!”
She ______________________________________________________________
15. “I’ve never been to Wales”
She ______________________________________________________________
16. “Have you ever seen ‘Lord of the Rings’?”
She ______________________________________________________________
17. “I don't like mushrooms”
She ______________________________________________________________
18. “Don't be silly!”
She ______________________________________________________________
19. “Would you mind waiting a moment please?”
She ______________________________________________________________
20. “How often do you play sport?”
She ______________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 15:
Mixed Reported Speech 1 (Statements, Questions, Requests and Orders)
Change the direct speech into reported speech. Choose the past simple of ‘ask’, ‘say’
or ‘tell’:
1. “Don’t do it!”
She ____________told me not to do it__________________________________________________
2. “I’m leaving tomorrow”
She said that she was leaving the next day______________________________________________________________
3. “Please get me a cup of tea”
She _________________asked me to get her a cup of tea_____________________________________________
4. “She got married last year”
She _____________________said that she had got married last year_________________________________________
5. “Be quick!”
She _______________told me to be quick_______________________________________________
6. “Could you explain number four, please?”
She ____________________asked me to explain number four__________________________________________
7. “Where do you live?”
She ____________________asked me where I lived.__________________________________________
8. “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant”
She ______________said that they had gone to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant________________________________________________
9. “I’ll come and help you at twelve”
She ________________said that she would come and help me at twelve______________________________________________
10. “What are you doing tomorrow?”
She ________________asked me what I was doing the day after______________________________________________
11. “Don’t go!”
She _______________told me not to go_______________________________________________
12. “Do you work in London?”
She _________________asked me if I worked in London_____________________________________________
13. “Could you tell me where the post office is?”
She ____________________asked me to tell her where the post office was__________________________________________
14. “Come here!”
She __________________told me to come there____________________________________________
15. “I’ve never been to Wales”
She ___________said that she had never been to Wales___________________________________________________
16. “Have you ever seen ‘Lord of the Rings’?”
She _____________asked me if I had ever seen Lord of the Rings_________________________________________________
17. “I don't like mushrooms”
She __________said that she didn't like mushrooms____________________________________________________
18. “Don't be silly!”
She _______________told me not to be silly_______________________________________________
19. “Would you mind waiting a moment please?”
She ________________asked me to wait a moment______________________________________________
20. “How often do you play sport?”
She ____________________asked me how often I played sport__________________________________________
