EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH INFINITIVE
1. “I’ll wait for you. I promise,” he said to me.
He promised __________________________________________________________________
2. “Please, please turn off the T.V, John,” said Tom.
Tom begged __________________________________________________________________
3. His mother said to him: “Open the window please!”
His mother told _______________________________________________________________
4. He said to me: “Shut the door after you”.
He told ______________________________________________________________________
5. The captain said to them: “Wait here still I come back”.
The captain ordered ____________________________________________________________
6. “Mr. Brown, this is Miss White,” he said.
He introduced _________________________________________________________________
7. He said to me: “Don’t come back before one o’clock”.
He asked ______________________________________________________________________
8. My mother said: “Don’t forget to lock the door”.
My mother told ________________________________________________________________
9. “Don’t touch that switch, Peter.” I said
I warned_____________________________________________________________________
10. “Come and have dinner with us” Rosy said to John.
Rosy persuaded _______________________________________________________________
11. “Remember to write to me soon,” she said to me.
She reminded _________________________________________________________________
12. “You’d better spend more time learning to write,” I said to the boy.
I advised _____________________________________________________________________
13. “Don’t lean your bicycle against my windows, boys,” said the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper warned _________________________________________________________
14. Would you like me to help you with the cooking, Tom?” Laura said.
Laura offered ________________________________________________________________
15. Would you like to go camping with us next weekend?” said John to Ann.
John invited _________________________________________________________________
EXERCISES: REPORTED SPEECH WITH GERUND
1. “Shall we go for a swim now?”
She suggested _______________________________________________________________
2. “I know I’m wrong,” he said.
He admitted_________________________________________________________________
3. “I didn’t say that,” He said.
He denied__________________________________________________________________
4. “If only I had told him the true!”
Jane regrets_________________________________________________________________
5. “I haven’t finished the assignment yet. I’m really sorry”.
The boy apologized __________________________________________________________
6. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the man to the boy.
The man accused ____________________________________________________________
7. “No, no .I really must sit for the test.”
She insisted on ______________________________________________________________
8. “What I always want is to become a doctor,” she said.
She dreamt _________________________________________________________________
9. “I can’t let you use the mobile phone,” his mother said.
His mother prevented _________________________________________________________
10. “It’s really nice of you to visit me,” she said to him.
She thanked ________________________________________________________________
11. “I like the car. I’ll buy it.”
The woman thought __________________________________________________________
12. “I feel like going to America soon.”
She looked forward to ________________________________________________________
13. “Whatever you do, don’t walk on the grass” the safeguard said to the tourists.
The safeguard warned ________________________________________________________
14. “It was you and only you who stole the cake from the fridge” my mother told my sister.
My mother accused __________________________________________________________
15. “I’m sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter apologized ____________________________________________________________
Exercise 1: Complete these reported speeches below using a suitable verb for each answer begged advised insisted refused persuaded promised offered announced apologised threatened
Justin said : "I'm going to university next autumn." Justin (1)....said........... that he would go to university the following autumn.
The doctor said to me : "You really should stay in bed and not go to work this week."
The doctor (2).....told......... me to stay in bed and not go to work that week.
Dad told me : "I won't give you any more pocket money if you keep behaving like that."
Dad (3).....said ........... not to give me any more pocket money if I kept behaving like that.
My friend said : "You can stay with me if there's no train home so late in the evening.
My friend (4) ....said that I could........... stay with her if there was no train home so late in the evening.
Mom said: "I'll buy you a new laptop if you get good grades ". Mom (5) .....told her........... to buy me a new laptop if I got good grades. She said :" I am sorry. I didn't mean to break the vase."
She (6).....apologised..........._ for breaking the vase.
The reporter said: " I won't tell you who my source is."
The reporter (7)_ ..refused.............. to tell me who his source was.
Jack said :"Please come to the show with me.
We'll have a lot of fun." So, In the end, I went with him.
Jack (8)_ .........invited......... me to go to the show with him.
My father said :"I'll pay for the meal ! Put you money back in your wallets!"
My father (9)....insisted..............._ on paying for the meal.
Dicky said: "Please don't tell mom, She'll punish me if she knows."
Dicky (10)....asked........... me not to tell his mother. She would punish him if she knew.