Question

EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND

1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested _______________________________________________________________

2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted_________________________________________________________________

3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied__________________________________________________________________

4. “If only I had told him the true!”
Jane regrets_________________________________________________________________

5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized __________________________________________________________

6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________

7. “No, no .I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on ______________________________________________________________

8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt _________________________________________________________________

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 ________________________________________________________________

11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought __________________________________________________________

12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to ________________________________________________________

13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.

The safeguard warned ________________________________________________________

14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.

 My mother accused __________________________________________________________

15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.

 Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. She suggested going for a swim then 

2. He admitted being wrong

3. He denied saying that

4. Jane regrets not having told him the true

5. The boy apologized for having not finished the assignment yet

6. The man accused the boy of taking his bag

7. She insisted on sitting for the test

8. She dreamt of becoming a doctor

9. His mother prevented him from using the mobile phone

10. She thanked him for visiting her

11. The woman thought of buying the car which she liked

12. She looked forward to going to America soon

13. The safeguard warned the tourists not to walk on the grass

14. My mother accused my sister of having stolen the cake from the fridge

15. Peter apologized for having brokrn the glass