Mastering Reported Speech: Grammar Exercises and Vocabulary

Rewrite the Questions in Reported Speech

1. “Are you coming to the dance?” Courtney asked me.

• 1. Courtney asked if / whether I was coming to the dance.
• 2. Claire asked the teacher when they would get their papers back.
• 3. Tracy asked us if / whether we had done the homework.
• 4. David wanted to know what they should bring on the field trip.
• 5. The teacher asked the students if / whether they had finished the exam.

Complete Sentences with Reported Speech

1. “Don’t forget to wash the dishes,” Mum said. Mum suggested / reminded

• 1. Mum reminded me / us to wash the dishes.
• 2. Tina boasted (that) she was the best volleyball player in the team.
• 3. Kim wondered why the sky was so dark.
• 4. The policewoman ordered the criminal not to move.
• 5. Dad promised Jim that he would get a new bicycle for his birthday.
• 6. The driver complained that he had been stuck in traffic for two hours.

Reported Speech Using Given Words

1. Nina / advise / me / call / the fire department / immediately

• 1. Nina advised me to call the fire department immediately.
• 2. The waiter suggested that I (should) order the onion soup.
• 3. The headteacher wondered if she should change the curriculum.
• 4. The teacher warned the students not to write on their desks.
• 5. The people behind us told us to sit down.

Vocabulary

Nouns

Bulletin board (tablón de anuncios), caretaker (conserje), cheating (copiar), courage (valor), curriculum (plan de estudios), discovery (descubrimiento), elementary school (escuela), fee (tasa), fur (pelo), headteacher (director), high school (instituto), janitor (conserje), lecture (lección), noticeboard (tablón de anuncios), primary school (escuela), principal (director), secondary school (instituto), schedule (calendario), timetable (horario), tuition (matrícula).

Verbs

Achieve (conseguir), attend (asistir), cheat (copiar), drop out (abandonar), encourage (animar), enrol (matricularse), expect (esperar), figure out (darse cuenta), make up (inventarse), record (anotar), revise (repasar), skip (saltarse), speak up (dar la opinión), stand up for (defender), trick (engañar), wipe out (exterminar).

Adjectives

Brand new (nuevo), compulsory (obligatorio), illiterate (analfabeto), optional (optativo), ridiculous (ridículo).

Expressions

Get into trouble (meterse en problemas), let off the hook (dejar en paz), no trace of (ni rastro de), pay attention (prestar atención).