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B2-C2 Reported Speech Practice

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  • HE: "I didn't want to put too much pressure on them after all they've been through"
    He said he hadn't wanted to put too much pressure on them after all they'd been through.
  • SHE: "You didn't need to apologise about what happened this morning, the past is in the past"
    She said/ She told me I needn't have apologised about what had happened that morning and that the past was in the past.
  • Which of these is to speak or say something very quietly
    retort
    suggest
    murmur
    state
  • SHE: "I had never seen this man before" CHOOSE: admit / deny / hope
    She denied having (ever) seen that man before / She denied that she had ever seen that man before.
  • SHE: "You should take up the guitar." CHOOSE: advise / emphasise / hope
    She advised me to take up the guitar.
  • "Last week has been some of the best days of my life" She said.
    She said the previous week had been some of the best days of her life.
  • HE: "I have a gambling problem" CHOOSE: report / admit / confess
    He admitted/confessed he had a gambling problem / He admitted to/confessed to having a gambling problem.
  • HE: "Can you pass me the gravy, please?" tell / ask / order
    He asked me if I could pass him the gravy. / He asked me to pass him the gravy.
  • SHE: "Can I finish this faster if I multitask?" CHOOSE: claim / wonder / hope
    She wondered if/whether she could finish that faster if she multitasked.
  • HE: "I shouldn't have been so rude to them earlier today" CHOOSE: regret / grumble / reveal
    He regretted having been so rude to them earlier that day. / He regretted that he had been so rude to them earlier that day.
  • SHE: "Can I see your manager?"
    She asked if/whether she could see my manager / She asked to see the manager.
  • "Will you stop biting your nails," her father said reluctantly/peevishly
    peevishly
  • SOME SECRET AGENT: "I've been a double agent all this time" CHOOSE: grumble / reasure / reveal
    He revealed he had been a double agent all that time.
  • He was being almost pedantically/categorically accurate.
    pendantically
  • SHE: "I don't want any help from you" CHOOSE: deny / worry / refuse
    She refused (to get) any help from me. / She denied that she wanted my help / She denied wanting my help.
  • Martin Luther King Jr: "Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that" CHOOSE: allege / believe / reveal
    Martin Luther King believed hate could not drive out hate and that only love could do that
  • HE: "I'm sorry I was rude to you earlier today" CHOOSE: apologise / admit / reveal
    He apologised for being rude/for having been rude to me earlier that day.
  • HE: "What topic should I pick for my presentation?"
    He asked which topic he should pick for his presentation / He asked which topic to pic for his presentation.
  • "Of course I'll help you clean the car," she sighed resignedly
    she was angry about being asked
    she wasn't keen to help
    she was keen to help
  • HE: "I'm innocent!" CHOOSE: allege / admitted / denied
    He alleged he was innocent.
  • HE: "I can't do this on my own, I need someone to help me." CHOOSE: worry / deny / regret
    He worried (that) he couldn't do that on his own and that he needed someone to help him.
  • The Prime Minister: "We will have created a million new jobs by the end of this year" CHOOSE: order / wonder / announce
    The Prime Minister announced that they would have created a million new jobs by the end of this/that year.
  • HE: "Honestly, I didn't intend to copy your work" CHOOSE: announce / swear / check
    He swore he had not intendended to copy my work.
  • "Shall I bring you something to drink?" he asked her.
    He asked her whether/if he should bring her something to drink.
  • "I must finish this before I can pay attention to anything else" she said.
    She said she had to finish that before she could pay attention to anything else.
  • SHE: "I should have asked them to show me their identification" CHOOSE: regret / worry / claim
    She regretted that she hadn't asked them to show her their identification / She regretted not asking/ not having asked them to show her their identification.
  • Which of these is to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way?
    retort
    sigh
    mutter
    exclaim
  • HE: "I'm pretty sure you will have your parcel delivered at home tomorrow morning" CHOOSE: encourage / swear / believe
    He believed we would have our parcel delivered at home the following morning.
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