She said he had been thinking of buying a new car. "He was thinking of buying a new car," she said. He complained that he had been waiting since the morning. "I have been waiting since the morning," he complained. He admitted that he had broken the window. He explained that they were doing exercises. We change the tenses in the following way:
If these verbs are in the past tense, we change the following: She explained that she had been at the seaside. The reported (indirect) speech is typically introduced by verbs such as say, tell, admit, complain, explain, remind, reply, think, hope, offer, refuse etc. The direct and indirect speech are used to say what other people said, thought or felt. Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands.Įnglish grammar PDF All PDF rules with examples on. Reported commands exercise 8 Make reported commands and requests. Reported questions exercise 7 Change direct questions into reported questions. Reported questions exercise 6 Change the reported questions and orders into direct questions and orders. Reported questions, commands and requests: Indirect - direct speech exercise 5 Rewrite sentences from the reported speech to direct speech. Practise the difference between the direct and indirect speech in questions, commands and requests.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 1 Rewrite sentences in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 2 Report a short dialogue in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 3 Find and correct mistakes in the reported speech.ĭirect - indirect speech exercise 4 Choose correct answers in a multiple choice test.Reported questions + commands exercises PDF Learn how to change tenses, pronouns, expressions of time and place in the reported speech.PDF book 1: English grammar exercises PDF
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