English Grammar: Sentence Transformation and Reported Speech

English Sentence Transformation Exercises

Introductory Verbs in Reported Speech

1. ... forbade Paul to go out/from going out that day.
2. ... begged Mona to help him clean up the mess.
3. ... invited the lady to join the group.
4. ... agreed that recycling was a good thing.
5. ... promised to help the boy learn how to read.
6. ... apologised for not helping him earlier.
7. ... suggested using public transport more often.
8. ... encouraged Alan to create an environmental group.

Unit 4: Modal Verbs and Verb Patterns

1. Can’t be Michael Jackson
2. Might be able to buy
3. Can’t be very ill
4. Could be from
5. He must always be
6. Must have seen a
7. Might have worked
8. Must have lived in
9. Can’t have been
10. Must have been bitten by
11. Can’t have been
12. She must have had
13. Could be tired
14. Might have been why
15. Remember to pay
16. Suggest joining / Suggest you join / That you join
17. Did not expect to meet
18. Went on to become
19. Do not mind helping
20. Am used to driving / Have got used to driving
21. Is no point in applying
22. You manage to
23. Remember brushing
24. Stopped to cook
25. Your coffee is hot, try putting
26. Prefer meat to vegetables / eating...
27. Finds difficulty counting
28. Paid by credit card as...
29. Is looking forward to starting
30. Don’t feel like going to the party

Reported Questions Practice

1. Danny asked if sea levels were going to continue to rise.
2. She told me to turn off the lights before I went out.
3. The man told the children not to drop litter in the park.
4. Tom asked what the weather forecast for the weekend was.
5. Jim asked the man how long he had been helping the homeless.
6. Tonia asked Michael if he had ever worked for a charity.
7. She asked me if I had seen the documentary on white wolves the night before.
8. Mum told me not to waste so much water.

Rewriting Statements in Reported Speech

1. The charity spokesperson said (that) unemployment had increased by 10% since the previous year.
2. The scientist said (that) the temperatures were continuing to rise.
3. The aid worker said (that) they had been developing literacy programs for many years.
4. Lucy told me (that) she had taken part in a clean-up event a week before.
5. They said (that) they had saved the whale.
6. The politician said (that) it would be difficult to end that war.