Mastering Reported Speech: Exercises and Corrections

Transform These Questions

1. John asked: "Is that your car?"
   John asked me if that was my car.
2. Peter wanted to know: "Have you seen my car keys?"
   Peter wanted to know if I had seen his car keys.
3. Tom wondered: "Why am I so tired?"
   Tom wondered why I was so tired.
4. Jackie asked me: "Where did you go last night?"
   Jackie asked me where I had been the previous night.

Transform These Commands

1. She told me: "Stop running so fast."
   She told me not to run so fast.
2. John ordered Trisha: "Don't enter the haunted house."
   John ordered Trisha not to enter the haunted house.
3. Meg begged: "Try the pie I baked myself, please."
   Meg begged me to try the pie she had baked herself.
4. He commanded me: "Don't break that window with your ball."
   He commanded me not to break that window with my ball.

Choose the Correct Answer

1. Sarah is looking for a job.
   Tom said that Sarah was looking for a job.
2. You will never get there in time.
   I told them that they would never get there in time.
3. I moved to another town last month.
   He said that he had moved to another town the month before.
4. I haven't eaten for two days.
   The young man said that he hadn't eaten for two days.

Rewrite the Sentences in Reported Speech

1. "Please donate books to the shelter's library." (They/ask/us/donate/books/to the shelter's library)
   They asked us to donate books to the shelter's library.
2. "Don't be late for the exam." (Ms. Everett/warn/us/be late/for the exam)
   Ms. Everett warned us not to be late for the exam.
3. "Let's go to the new Thai restaurant." (Veronica/suggest/go/to the new Thai restaurant)
   Veronica suggested that we go to the new Thai restaurant.
4. "Wait in the queue." (They/tell/them/wait in the queue)
   They told them to wait in the queue.

Correct the Errors

1. Anna reminded me go to the bank.
   Anna reminded me to go to the bank.
2. Joe suggested that we had an end of year class party.
   Joe suggested that we have an end of year class party.
3. The lifeguard warned us to not swim that day.
   The lifeguard warned us not to swim that day.
4. She wanted to know how old was I.
   She wanted to know how old I was.
5. He told that he couldn't meet us until five o'clock.
   He told us that he couldn't meet us until five o'clock.