Reported Speech
"Is everyone meeting up here?"
She asked if everyone was meeting up there.
______________ it rained a lot, I still went for a run.
Although, though, even though
Use two possible reporting verbs to created reported speech.
"Let's go out to the pub tonight."
She invited him to go out to the pub.
She suggested going out to the pub.
Reported-Direct
He asked if I had been gone all day.
"Were you gone all day?"
Complete with the correct relative pronoun
"Philadelphia is a city ___________ many historical historical sites are located."
Are any corrections needed?
1. He admitted to not watch the play.
2. They reminded her to get everything done on time.
1. Yes: He admitted to not watching the play.
2. No.
"Didn't you have somewhere to be, Liv?"
She asked Liv if she had somewhere to be.
Create the correct conditional sentence for the following:
"I am late today because I forgot to set my alarm"
"I wouldn't have been late today if I didn't forget / hadn´t forgotten to set my alarm."
Use two possible reporting verbs to created reported speech.
"Everyone should be critical thinkers."
He advised that everyone should be critical thinkers/he advised us to be critical thinkers/he advised being critical thinkers
He recommended that everyone should be critical thinkers/he recommended to be critical thinkers/he recommended being critical thinkers
Reported- Direct
She asked if I had been sitting there since she had left.
"Have you been sitting here since I left?"
Put the following in the passive voice:
Politicians had been rallying a large number of potential voters before the elections.
A large number of potential voters had been rallied before the elections.
Use two possible reporting verbs to created reported speech.
"Not in a million years would I do that."
He refused to do that.
He denied doing that/he denied that he would do that.
"Don't hesitate to ask me for something"
He told me not to hesitate to ask him for something.
Show how direct speech changes to reported speech
1.past simple
2 present perfect
3 will
4 present continuous
5 might
1.past simple - past perfect
2.present perfect - past perfect
3.will - would
4.present continuous - past continuous
5.might - might
Are any corrections needed?
1.He offered that he would go to pick up her prescription.
2. She promised getting better at her job.
1. Yes: He offered to go pick up her prescription.
2: Yes. She promised to get better at her job/she promised that she would get better at her job.