EJERCICIOS DE REPORTED SPEECH

MIXED EXERCISE 1

 He said, "I like this song."
He said that he liked that song.

  "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
She asked me where my sister was.

  "I don't speak Italian," she said.
  She said that she didn't speak Italian.

  "Say hello to Jim," they said.
  They asked me to say hello to Jim.

  "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
  He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.

  "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
  She told the boys not to play on the grass.

  "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
  She asked him where he had spent his money.

  "I never make mistakes," he said.
  He said that he never made mistakes.

  "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
  He wanted to know if she knew Robert.

  "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
  The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.

MIXED EXERCISE 2

  

 "I was very tired," she said.
 She said that she had been very tired.

 "Be careful, Ben," she said.
 She told Ben to be careful.

  "I will get myself a drink," she says.
 She says that she will get herself a drink.

  "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
 He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.

  "I cannot drive them home," he said.
 He said that he could not drive them home.

  "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
 She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee.

  "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
 She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before.

  He said, "Don't go too far."
 He advised her not to go too far.

  "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
 He wanted to know if we had been shopping.

  "Don't make so much noise," he says.
 He asks us not to make so much noise.

EXPLICACION DE REPORT SPEECH

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REPORT SPEACH

Columna1	Columna2
Direct speech	Indirect speech
present simple	>past simple
she said, its,s cold	she said Its was cold
present continuous	>past continuous
she said. I,m teaching english online	she said she was teaching english online
present perfec simple	>past perfect simple
she said. I,ve been on the web since 1999	she said she had bee on the web since 1999
Present perfec continuous	>past perfect continuous
she said. I,ve teaching english for seven years	she said she and bee teaching english for seven years
Past simple	>past perfect
she said. I taught online yesterday	she said she had taught online yesterday
Past continuous	>past perfect continuous
she said. I was teaching earlier	she said shes had bee teaching earlier
past perfect	>past perfec
she said. The lesson had already  started when he arrived	NO CHANGE - she said the lesson had already been teaching for five minutes
Past perfect continuous	>past perfect continuous
she said. I,d already been teaching for five minutes	NO CHANGE - she said she,d already been teaching for five minutes
modal verb forms also sometimes chanse
will	>wold
she said. I,ll teach english online tomorrow	she said she would teach englis online tomorrow
can	>could
she said. I can teach english online	she said she could teach english online
must	>had to
she said. I muts have a computer to teach english online	she said she had to have a computer to teach english online
shall	>should
she said. What shall we learn today?	she asked what we should learn today
may	>might
she said. May I open a new browser?	she asked ifshe might  open a new browser
note- there is no change to  could, would, should, might and ought to