Grammar
• Reported speech
1 Underline the correct item, then write the speaker's exact words.
A:
Did Linda go to the town
council meeting yesterday?
B:
No, she said she has to/had to write a report for work.
Linda: "T A:
Have you seen Peter today?
Yes, he said he went/was going to the recycling centre.
Peter: "I A:
Will Anna complete her
project on air pollution tonight?
B:
No, she told me she will finish/would finish it tomorrow instead.
Anna: "I A:
Has Ken donated any money
to the homeless shelter?
B:
No, he said that he hadn't
donated/wasn't donating any money yet.
Ken: "I
What was Jack doing all
yesterday evening?
B:
He said that he had been
watching/had watched nature documentaries on TV.
Jack "I
2 Yesterday, Rachael went to a recycling centre for the first time. Keith works there and answered some of Rachael's questions. Turn their questions and commands into reported speech.
1 Rachael: "Does it cost anything to recycle here?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: "Yes, please pay £1 to the man at the gate".
Keith told her
2 Rachael: "Where is the bin for glass bottles?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: Walk up the path for twenty metres."
Keith told her
3 Rachael: "Can I put an old toaster into the plastics bin?"
Rachael asked him
Keith: "Don't put any household appliances into the plastics bin."
Keith told her
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3.
1 Terry, I want to.
.. you something about our
project.
2 "'ll donate to the charity," she...
3 weto hathe had Become a volnter.
4 Lisa......... that she would come to the clean-up
5 lou shouldnt do liter. i...... us.
• Reported verbs
4 Turn the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.
1 "I'm sorry I didn't come to the meeting," said
George. (apologise)
2 "Don't forget to turn off the TV," Jim told Ann.
(remind)
3 "Let's create a poster to raise awareness," said
Tim. (suggest)
4 "Light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife," said Alice. (explain)
5 "You should turn off all the lights at night," Anna told Philip. (advise)
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Key word transformations
5 Use the word in bold to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use two to five words.
1 "Yes, it was me who left the light on last night," he said. ADMITTED
He
the light on the previous night.
"Don't go near the lake," they said to us
WARNED
Tes, you can borrow my car this weekend, ake Adam told Greg. ALLOWED
Adam
_ his car that weekend.
4 "Come to our party later today," Jim said to him.
INVITED
5 OK l donate some money to taerthat day.
Peter said. AGREED
Peter
to the charity.

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