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Choose the correct reporting verb: "If you don't do your homework, I'll call your parents" WARN / THREATEN / PROMISE
Threaten
Choose the correct reporting verb: "Careful! Don't touch the oven, it's very hot" REMIND / WARN / THREATEN
Warn
Choose the correct reporting verb: "Don't forget to buy some water on the way home" WARN / REMIND / REMEMBER
Remind
Choose the correct reporting verb: "It's true. It was me who stole your money" WARN / REFUSE / ADMIT
Admit
Choose the correct reporting verb: "You stole my money!" ACCUSE / ADMIT / WARN
Accuse
Choose the correct reporting verb: "I'm not going to eat this food" ADMIT / WARN / REFUSE
Refuse
Choose the correct reporting verb: "Why don't we go to a restaurant tonight?" PERSUADE / SUGGEST / PROMISE
Suggest
Choose the correct reporting verb: "Come on! Come out tonight with us, it'll be great!". SUGGEST / PROMISE / PERSUADE ?
Persuade
"Get out of my house" he shouted.
He shouted to get out of his house.
What is the reported speech form of: "Don't go into my bedroom when I'm away!" my sister said.
My sister said not to go into her bedroom when she was away.
What is the reported speech form of: "You must speak in English for tomorrow's exam" said James.
James said (that) I had to speak in English for the following / next day's exam.
What is the direct speech form of: Max said that he had gone to the supermarket the previous day.
"I went to the supermarket yesterday"
What form does "might" take in reported speech?
might (no change)
She asked.....
She asked how far the train station was from there.
He asked.....
He asked if / whether I had enjoyed my weekend.
He asked.....
He asked what time it was.
Katie told George that she ___________________ very enjoyable. (FOUND)
Katie told George that she had found the show very enjoyable.
Hannah admitted that she _______________ in the exercise. (MISTAKES)
Hannah admitted that she had made several mistakes in the exercise.
Mike's father told him he _____________ his camera. (ALLOWED)
Mike's father told him he wasn't allowed to borrow his camera.
Lucy promised she ______________ time for the match. (ARRIVE)
Lucy promised she would arrive in / on time for the match.
Elena said that __________________ quite late from the theatre that night. (BACK)
Elena said that she would be / get back quite late from the theatre that night.
Mark told me that _____________ join the hockey team. (INTEND)
Mark told me that he didn't intend to join the hockey team.
He asked if she......
He asked if she had noticed any of his belongings there.
He asked Maria what.....
He asked Maria what she had done the previous day / the day before.
The lecturer told Tom that......
The lecturer told Tom that his essay was extremely confusing.
I asked Jack what project.....
I asked Jack what project he was working on the following / the next day.
They told Cynthia that.....
They told Cynthia that they had discovered her missing sports gear in the washing machine that morning.
She told Martin that she had.....
She told Martin that she had given him clear instructions about what to do the previous day / the day before.
He told me that he _______ speak and understand Chinese but that he _______ write it.
He told me that he could speak and understand Chinese but that he couldn't write it.
She promised that she _________ as soon as she _________ .
She promised that she would ring as soon as she woke up .
She suspected that she ________ food poisoning from the fish she _________ .
She suspected that she had got food poisoning from the fish she had eaten.
He admitted that he _____________ anything adventurous or dangerous.
He admitted that he had never done anything adventurous or dangerous.
He phoned to say that he ______________ a very late breakfast
He phoned to say that he was having a very late breakfast
She said she ________ in the human resources department.
She said she worked in the human resources department.
How is "yesterday" referred to in reported speech?
the day before / the previous day
How is "tomorrow" referred to in reported speech?
the next / the following day
How is "today" referred to in reported speech?
that day
What are the two possible words that must be used in reported yes / no questions?
if / whether
How do the following three modal verbs change in reported speech? can / may / must
could / might / had to
What form does "will" take in reported speech?
would
What form does past simple take in reported speech?
past perfect
What form does present perfect take in reported speech?
past perfect
What form does present continuous take in reported speech?
past continuous
What form does present simple take in reported speech?
past simple
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