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Reported Speech Review 4 (Author-Bouabdellah)
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Reported Speech exercises
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
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4579
REPORTED SPEECH STATEMENTS (B&W VERSION INCLUDED)
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
3666
REPORTED SPEECH all you need to know about
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
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2263
INDIRECT SPEECH - STATEMENTS
Level:
intermediate
Age:
11-14
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1942
REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS. RULES & PRACTICE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-17
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1794
Reported Speech or... The Art of Gossip
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
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1558
Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane
Third Year Students
Technological Streams 2003/2004
Structure Practice:
DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH
Exercise Ten:
Choose the best way to complete the sentences below:
1)
Please tell me............................
a)
where is the bus stop
b)
where the bus stop be
c)
where stops the bus
d)
where the bus stop is
2)
I told him............................
a)
what the homework was
b)
what was the homework
c)
what was to be the homework
d)
what is the homework
3)
I think............................
a)
will be the plane on time
b)
the plane will be on time
c)
the plane to be on time
d)
it will be on time the plane
4)
I didn't know............................
a)
what he mean
b)
what did he mean
c)
what did he meant
d)
what he meant
5)
He said............................
a)
that the weather colder than usual
b)
the weather be colder than usual
c)
the weather was colder than usual
d)
the weather it is colder than usual
6)
I think............................
a)
today it is Wednesday
b)
that is today Wednesday
c)
today is Wednesday
d)
today we Wednesday
7)
He said............................
a)
that yesterday he gone downtown
b)
he goes downtown yesterday
c)
he go downtown yesterday
d)
he went downtown yesterday
8)
I believe............................
a)
him he is right
b)
he is right
c)
he be right
d)
that he right
9)
She said............................
a)
that she was hungry
b)
she hungry
c)
she be hungry
d)
her was hungry
10)
He told us............................
a)
that he enjoy the movie
b)
he enjoyed the movie
c)
he be enjoying the movie
d)
that enjoyed the movie
11)
I asked her ............................
a)
what is the answer
b)
what the answer
c)
what was the answer
d)
what the answer was
12)
Can you tell me ...........................?
a)
what that is
b)
what that be
c)
what it is that
d)
what is that
13)
Do you remember ...........................?
a)
when is her birthday
b)
when her birthday is
c)
when her birthday
d)
when be her her birthday
14)
I told them ............................
a)
what he mean
b)
not to go there
c)
they not go there
d)
they not to go there
15)
He asked me ............................
a)
what is my name
b)
what was my name
c)
what my name was
d)
what my name be
16)
I warned him ............................
a)
to be not late
b)
don't be late
c)
not to be late
d)
he is not late
17)
I asked her ............................
a)
was she sure
b)
she was sure or not
c)
if she sure
d)
if she was sure
18)
He said ............................
a)
he will study for the exam
b)
he would study for the exam
c)
he had study for the exam
d)
he study for the exam
19)
Joan asked ............................
a)
if there was coffee
b)
there was coffee
c)
was there coffee
d)
where was the coffee
20)
Do you know ...........................?
a)
where did he gone
b)
where he went
c)
where he gone
d)
where did he go
Exercise Eleven:
Choose the best way to complete the sentences below:
1)
Mary: "I love chocolate."
—
Mary said (that) she
loved
loves
loving
chocolate.
2)
Mary: "I went skiing."
—
"Mary said (that) she
went
had gone
have gone
skiing."
3)
Mary: "I will eat steak for dinner."
—
Mary said (that) she
willing
will have
would
eat steak for dinner.
4)
Mary: "I have been to Sydney."
—
Mary said (that) she
had been
has been
have been
to Sydney.
5)
Mary: "I have had three cars."
—
Mary said (that) she
has had
have had
had had
three cars.
6)
Mary: "I'm going to Long Beach."
—
Mary said (that) she
is
was
went
going to Long Beach.
7)
Mary: "I don't like spinach."
—
Mary said (that) she
doesn't
don't
didn't
like spinach.
8)
Mary: "I have never been to London."
—
Mary said (that) she
had
has
have
never been to London.
9)
Mary: "I was swimming."
—
Mary said (that) she
has benn
have been
had been
swimming.
10)
Mary: "I had a cat “
—
Mary said (that) she
has had
have had
had had
a cat.
