Tenses
Questions, Requests, Orders
Place/Time Expressions
Reporting Verbs
100

"Peter Parker is eating a delicious apple."

She said Peter Parker was eating a delicious apple.

100
Transform this back to direct speech: She asked me to close the window.

"Could you close the window?"

100
"tomorrow" transforms to...

the next day

100

Report this sentence using a reporting verb:

"Would you like to have some of my fries?"

She offered to give me some of her fries.

200
"What are you going to do on the weekend?"

She asked me what I was going to do on the weekend.

200

"Stop trying to fix this broken vase."

She told me to stop trying to fix that broken vase

200

"yesterday" transforms to...

the day before

200

Report this sentence using a reporting verb:

"I think it would be a good idea to travel to the destination by bus"

She advised me to travel to the destination by bus.
300

"I was interrogated by the police yesterday evening"

She said she had been interrogated by the police the evening before.

300
"Do you enjoy going for long hikes?"

She asked me if I enjoyed going for longer hikes.

300
"three days ago" transforms to...

three days before

300

Report this sentence using a reporting verb:

"I will not do this exercise as homework!"

She refused to do that exercise as homework.

400

"I have never tried broccoli soup in my life"

She told me she had never tried broccoli soup in her life"

400

"Could you please pass me the salt?"

She asked me if I could pass her the salt.

400

"here, now & these" transform to...

there, then, those

400

Report this sentence using a reporting verb:

"Don't forget to fill up the car before we go on our trip"

She reminded me to fill up the car before we went on our trip"

500

"You must try the goat cheese as well." "It is delicious"

She said I had to try to goat cheese as well as it was delicious.
500

"Sit still and stop chewing so loudly!"

She told me to sit still and to stop chewing so loudly.

500

"The day after tomorrow" transforms to...

in two days time

500

Report this sentence using a reporting verb:

"Alright, alright - I put the glue on our teacher's chair"

She admitted putting the clue on their teacher's chair

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