miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012


REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE 


‘They are playing football, he said
He said that they were playing football
‘I’ll pay you the day after tomorrow’, Jim said
Jim said that he would pay us/them two days after
‘I don’t eat fish’, Jane said
Jane said that she didn’t eat fish
‘Where are the books which I lent you?’, he asked me
He asked me where the books which I lent you were
‘Have you ever travelled to China?’, I said to him
I asked him if he had ever travelled to China
‘They have brought this parcel today’, they said
They said that they had brought that parcel that day
‘Can you read English newspapers?’, he asked her
He asked her if she could read English newspapers
‘Please don’t be late’ she said to her sister
She asked her sister not to be late
‘Did Mary pass the driving test?’ my brother asked me
My brother asked me if Mary had passed the driving test
‘They will finish tomorrow’ my mother said to us
My mother told us that they would finish the following day/the day after/the next day
‘They do what they are told to’, he said
He said that they did what they were told to
‘He has never read a complete book’, he said to me
He told me that he had never read a complete book
‘When did you leave school?’, he asked me
He asked me when I had left school
‘They have discovered water in the moon’, the news said
The news said that they had discovered water …
‘I met Mary’s sister three years ago’, she said
She said that she had met Mary’s sister 3 years before
‘I was in Paris yesterday’ he said
He said that he had been in Paris the day before
‘My son won a prize the day before yesterday’, Susan said
Susan said that her son had won a prize 2 days before
‘Don’t do what you are doing’, she said to me
She told me not to do what I was doing
‘Please don’t smoke here!’, he said to me
He asked me not to smoke there

‘I’ve had an argument with my husband’, the policewoman said to me

The policewoman told me that she had had an argument with her husband