Reported Speech Worksheet: Practice converting direct speech to reported speech with ten example sentences.
A worksheet titled "Reported Speech" with ten sentences to rewrite using reported speech, featuring a cartoon boy speaking into a speech bubble.
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Step-by-step solution for: English Unite - Reported Speech Worksheet
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Step-by-step solution for: English Unite - Reported Speech Worksheet
To rewrite the sentences using reported speech, we need to change the direct quotes into indirect (reported) speech. This involves adjusting the tense, pronouns, and sometimes the word order. Here are the solutions with explanations:
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- Direct Speech: Sally asked, "Did you finish your homework?"
- Reported Speech: Sally asked if I had finished my homework.
- Explanation: Change "you" to "I," and "did" to "had" (past perfect tense).
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- Direct Speech: Jack said, "My friends are coming to my house tomorrow."
- Reported Speech: Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.
- Explanation: Change "are coming" to "were coming" (past continuous), "my" to "his," and "tomorrow" to "the next day."
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- Direct Speech: Mary said, "I will call you later."
- Reported Speech: Mary said that she would call me later.
- Explanation: Change "will call" to "would call" (future in the past), "I" to "she," and "you" to "me."
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- Direct Speech: Mark asked, "Have you been to China?"
- Reported Speech: Mark asked if I had been to China.
- Explanation: Change "have been" to "had been" (past perfect tense).
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- Direct Speech: Ben asked, "Are you going to his party on Friday?"
- Reported Speech: Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.
- Explanation: Change "are going" to "was going" (past continuous), and "you" to "I."
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- Direct Speech: Suzy said, "I did not do it!"
- Reported Speech: Suzy said that she had not done it.
- Explanation: Change "did not do" to "had not done" (past perfect tense), and "I" to "she."
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- Direct Speech: Jenny said, "I am going to bake you a cake for your birthday."
- Reported Speech: Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.
- Explanation: Change "am going to" to "was going to" (future in the past), "I" to "she," and "you" to "me."
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- Direct Speech: David said, "I have been trying to call her for two days."
- Reported Speech: David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.
- Explanation: Change "have been trying" to "had been trying" (present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous), and "I" to "he."
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- Direct Speech: Henry said, "I will not be able to meet you after school!"
- Reported Speech: Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.
- Explanation: Change "will not be able to" to "would not be able to" (future in the past), "I" to "he," and "you" to "me."
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- Direct Speech: Ron said, "We had a great time!"
- Reported Speech: Ron said that they had had a great time.
- Explanation: Change "had" to "had had" (double past perfect tense), and "we" to "they."
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1. Sally asked if I had finished my homework.
2. Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.
3. Mary said that she would call me later.
4. Mark asked if I had been to China.
5. Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.
6. Suzy said that she had not done it.
7. Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.
8. David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.
9. Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.
10. Ron said that they had had a great time.
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Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{
\begin{aligned}
1. & \text{Sally asked if I had finished my homework.} \\
2. & \text{Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.} \\
3. & \text{Mary said that she would call me later.} \\
4. & \text{Mark asked if I had been to China.} \\
5. & \text{Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.} \\
6. & \text{Suzy said that she had not done it.} \\
7. & \text{Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.} \\
8. & \text{David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.} \\
9. & \text{Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.} \\
10. & \text{Ron said that they had had a great time.}
\end{aligned}
}
\]
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1. "Did you finish your homework?"
- Direct Speech: Sally asked, "Did you finish your homework?"
- Reported Speech: Sally asked if I had finished my homework.
- Explanation: Change "you" to "I," and "did" to "had" (past perfect tense).
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2. "My friends are coming to my house tomorrow."
- Direct Speech: Jack said, "My friends are coming to my house tomorrow."
- Reported Speech: Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.
- Explanation: Change "are coming" to "were coming" (past continuous), "my" to "his," and "tomorrow" to "the next day."
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3. "I will call you later."
- Direct Speech: Mary said, "I will call you later."
- Reported Speech: Mary said that she would call me later.
- Explanation: Change "will call" to "would call" (future in the past), "I" to "she," and "you" to "me."
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4. "Have you been to China?"
- Direct Speech: Mark asked, "Have you been to China?"
- Reported Speech: Mark asked if I had been to China.
- Explanation: Change "have been" to "had been" (past perfect tense).
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5. "Are you going to his party on Friday?"
- Direct Speech: Ben asked, "Are you going to his party on Friday?"
- Reported Speech: Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.
- Explanation: Change "are going" to "was going" (past continuous), and "you" to "I."
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6. "I did not do it!"
- Direct Speech: Suzy said, "I did not do it!"
- Reported Speech: Suzy said that she had not done it.
- Explanation: Change "did not do" to "had not done" (past perfect tense), and "I" to "she."
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7. "I am going to bake you a cake for your birthday."
- Direct Speech: Jenny said, "I am going to bake you a cake for your birthday."
- Reported Speech: Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.
- Explanation: Change "am going to" to "was going to" (future in the past), "I" to "she," and "you" to "me."
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8. "I have been trying to call her for two days."
- Direct Speech: David said, "I have been trying to call her for two days."
- Reported Speech: David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.
- Explanation: Change "have been trying" to "had been trying" (present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous), and "I" to "he."
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9. "I will not be able to meet you after school!"
- Direct Speech: Henry said, "I will not be able to meet you after school!"
- Reported Speech: Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.
- Explanation: Change "will not be able to" to "would not be able to" (future in the past), "I" to "he," and "you" to "me."
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10. "We had a great time!"
- Direct Speech: Ron said, "We had a great time!"
- Reported Speech: Ron said that they had had a great time.
- Explanation: Change "had" to "had had" (double past perfect tense), and "we" to "they."
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Final Answers:
1. Sally asked if I had finished my homework.
2. Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.
3. Mary said that she would call me later.
4. Mark asked if I had been to China.
5. Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.
6. Suzy said that she had not done it.
7. Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.
8. David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.
9. Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.
10. Ron said that they had had a great time.
---
Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{
\begin{aligned}
1. & \text{Sally asked if I had finished my homework.} \\
2. & \text{Jack said that his friends were coming to his house the next day.} \\
3. & \text{Mary said that she would call me later.} \\
4. & \text{Mark asked if I had been to China.} \\
5. & \text{Ben asked if I was going to his party on Friday.} \\
6. & \text{Suzy said that she had not done it.} \\
7. & \text{Jenny said that she was going to bake me a cake for my birthday.} \\
8. & \text{David said that he had been trying to call her for two days.} \\
9. & \text{Henry said that he would not be able to meet me after school.} \\
10. & \text{Ron said that they had had a great time.}
\end{aligned}
}
\]
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