Reported Speech
Change to reported speech:
“I am working late tonight,” Sarah said.
Sarah said that she was working late that night.
Complete the sentence:
If it rains tomorrow, we ______ home.
will stay
Choose the best modal:
You ______ wear a seatbelt while driving.
a) should
b) must
c) might
b) must
Change to passive:
Someone stole my bike.
My bike was stolen.
“She don’t like coffee.”
She doesn’t like coffee.
Change to reported speech:
“Don’t touch my laptop,” Jake told his brother.
Jake told his brother not to touch his laptop.
Complete the sentence:
If I ______ more time, I would learn Italian.
Had
What does the modal express?
“She may be at work.”
Possibility/uncertainty
Change to passive:
They are building a new hospital downtown.
A new hospital is being built downtown.
“If I will have time, I’ll call you.”
If I have time, I’ll call you.
Change to reported speech:
“Have you ever been to Canada?” she asked me.
She asked me if/whether I had ever been to Canada.
Choose the correct option:
If they had left earlier, they ______ the train.
a) would catch
b) would have caught
c) will catch
b) would have caught
Rewrite using a modal of deduction:
“I’m sure he is tired.”
He must be tired.
Change to passive:
People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
“The homework was completed from the students.”
The homework was completed by the students.
Change to reported speech:
“We’ll finish the project tomorrow,” they promised.
They promised that they would finish the project the following day/the next day.
Correct the sentence:
If I would see him, I would tell him the truth.
If I saw him, I would tell him the truth.
Choose the correct sentence:
a) You mustn’t to smoke here.
b) You don’t have smoke here.
c) You mustn’t smoke here.
c) You mustn’t smoke here.
Change to passive:
They had canceled the concert before we arrived.
The concert had been canceled before we arrived.
“He said me that he was tired.”
He told me that he was tired.
Change to reported speech:
“If I had known about the meeting, I would have attended,” Carla admitted.
Carla admitted that if she had known about the meeting, she would have attended.
Create a third conditional sentence using:
If she hadn’t forgotten her passport, she wouldn’t have missed the flight.
Rewrite using “should have”:
“It was a mistake not to study.”
I should have studied.
Find the mistake:
“The movie was directed by Spielberg in 1993.”
No mistake
“You should to apologize for what happened.”
You should apologize for what happened.