Practice 1 SVIP

Choose the correct answer.

'I'm leaving on Monday,' Julie said.

➝ Julie said that she ________ on Monday.

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'I'm a big fan of U22 Viet Nam,' Tom told me.

➝ Tom told me that he ________ a big fan of U22 Viet Nam.

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'I've been working for this company for 15 years,' the monitor said.

➝ The monitor said that he ________ for that company for 15 years.

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'I found a job advertisement for the position of a waiter,' Mai said.

➝ Mai said she ________ a job advertisement for the position of a waiter.

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'Only a few of you will be shortlisted for an interview,' the manager told us.

➝ The manager told us only a few of us ________ shortlisted for an interview.

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'You can avoid some diseases by keeping yourself clean,' the doctor told me.

➝ The doctor told me I ________ some diseases by keeping myself clean.

Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following reported speech.

1. 'I scored a great goal yesterday,' my brother said.

➝ My brother said had scored a great goal .

2. 'We are having a lot of fun at the funfair now,' the children said.

➝ The children said were having a lot of at the funfair .

3. 'I will send you the application form tomorrow,' the woman told me.

➝ The woman told me would send me the application form .

Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following reported speech.

4. 'We moved to Nha Trang two years ago,' Simon said.

➝ Simon said had moved to Nha Trang two years .

5. 'I'm going to watch fireworks tonight,' Marina said.

➝ Marina said was going to watch fireworks night.

6. 'I'm visiting my grandparents tomorrow,' my boyfriend said.

➝ My boyfriend told me was visiting his grandparents the day.

Choose the correct option to complete the reported speech.

1. 'Are you writing the CV to apply for the job?' my sister asked me.

➝ My sister asked me

2. 'Have you been to the new gallery?' John asked his daughter.

➝ John asked his daughter

3. 'Will you be at Kim's party?' Richard asked me.

➝ Richard asked me

Choose the correct option to complete the reported speech.

4. 'When did you start working here?' my new colleague asked me.

➝ My new colleague asked me

5. 'What will you give your sister for her birthday?' Kim asked me.

➝ Kim asked me

6. 'Who did you see at the park?' the police asked me.

➝ The police asked me

Identify the mistake in each reported speech, then correct it.

1. 'Will you be able to start the job next week?' the employer asked me.

➝ The employer asked me if he would be able to start the job the following week.

2. 'I broke my leg two weeks ago,' Tony told me.

➝ Tony told me if he had broken his leg two weeks before.

Identify the mistake in each reported speech, then correct it.

3. 'Could you pass me the salt, please?' I asked the man next to me.

➝ I asked the man next to me to passing me the salt.

4. 'Don't leave your dirty shoes in the hall,' Mum said to Tony.

➝ Mum told Tony to not leave his dirty shoes in the hall.