Question

1. Change the sentences into the reported speech.
1. "The concert finished at 4," John said.
2. "I've done my project already," said Alice.
3. 'They are visiting Paris next week." said Charlie.
4. "He will be late," she said to me.
5. "'We work ten hours a day," Charlie said.
2. Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.
1. Tell your classmates not to talk at the lessons.
2. Ask the teacher to come up to you.
3. Tell the boy to write the date on the blackboard.
3. Write down the biography of Robert Grave
Time Event
1895 born Wimbledon
1914-1918 soldier in France
1919-1921 Oxford university
1926 Professor of English. Cairo university; met Laura Riding,

American poet
1929 "Goodbye to all thaf (the book), moved to Mallorca with
Ann, Spain
1936-1946 England
1933 wrote Claudius (novel)
1946 returned to Mallorca
1985 died, Mallorca, Spain.
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Future Simple
Tense.
1) When she __________ (to come) home she___ (to feed) her dog.
2) He_______ (not to buy) the cake if you _____ (not to remind) him.
3) If she ______(to finish) her work in time I_____(to give) her a lift.
4) We______(to leave) the classroom when the lesson__(to be) over.
5) She ______(to show) him the photos if he____(to ask) her about the
journey.
6) We____(to water) the flowers in the garden if it____(not to rain)

Answer 1

Change the sentences into the reported speech.

John said that the concert finished at 4.

Alice said that she had already done her project.

Charlie said that they are visiting Paris next week.

She told me that he would be late.

Charlie said that they work ten hours a day.

Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.

"Don't talk at the lessons," tell your classmates.

"Come up to me," ask the teacher.

"Write the date on the blackboard," tell the boy.

Write down the biography of Robert Grave

Time Event

1895 born Wimbledon

1914-1918 soldier in France

1919-1921 Oxford university

1926 Professor of English. Cairo university; met Laura Riding, American poet

1929 "Goodbye to all that" (the book), moved to Mallorca with Ann, Spain

1936-1946 England

1933 wrote Claudius (novel)

1946 returned to Mallorca

1985 died, Mallorca, Spain.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Future Simple Tense.

When she comes home she will feed her dog.

He won't buy the cake if you don't remind him.

If she finishes her work in time I will give her a lift.

We will leave the classroom when the lesson is over.

She will show him the photos if he asks her about the journey.

We will water the flowers in the garden if it doesn't rain.