REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES

Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns in some sentences.

1. She said, "Go upstairs."
   → She told me
2. "Close the door behind you," he told me.
   → He told me
3. "Don't be late," he advised us.
   → He advised us
4. "Stop staring at me," she said.
   → She told him
5. "Don't be angry with me," he said.
   → He asked her
6. "Leave me alone," she said.
   → She told me
7. "Don't drink and drive," she warned us.
   → She warned us
8. "John, stop smoking," she said.
   → She told John
9. "Don't worry about us," they said.
   → They told her
10. "Meet me at the cinema." he said.
    → He asked me  

Exercise 2

1. He  me if I  the test was difficult. I  him that I didn't think so.

2. When she  me for a cigarette, I  her I  smoking was unhealthy.

3. When she  she wanted to ask my friend out, I  her if she  he was good looking.

4. The actress  the reporter had  her questions about the film.

5. When my friend  me he was moving house, I  him if he  he needed any help.


Check your answers
Excercise 1 
 

1) to go upstairs.   2)to close the door behind me  3)not to be late.  4) to stop staring at her.  5) to be angry with him.   6)to leave her alone.  7)not to drink and drive.  8)to stop smoking. 9)not to worry about them.

10)to meet him at the cinema.

Exercise 2
1) asked, thought, told       2)asked, told, thought      3)said, asked, thought         4) said, asked         5) told, asked, thought

DIFFERENT TENSES EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Completa los recuadros usando el verbo entre paréntesis en el tiempo verbal que corresponda.

1. John (be) in London in 1999.

2. Hugh (sing) every morning while he takes
a shower.

3. I (live) in Stratford right now.

4. When I was a child, I (live) in Oxford.

5. The match (start) ten minutes ago.

6. Sheila (call) Tom every night.

7. Harry (lose) the keys yesterday.

8. I (be) ill last week.

9. The bus (stop) every 200m.

10. They (buy) a new computer last year.



Exercise 2


Elige la opción más adecuada para terminar cada oración con su correspondiente


You are a student,
are you?
aren't you?

She can drive,
can't she?
can she?

That car is too expensive,
isn't it?
isn't that?

Larry wasn't at home yesterday,
is he?
was he?

Lisa is going to the party,
doesn't she?
isn't she?

There aren't enough chairs for everyone,
are there?
is there?

The bus stops here,
doesn't it?
isn't it?

She doesn't agree with you,
does she?
do you?



Check your answers
Excercise 1
 1)was   2)sings   3)live   4)lived   5)started   6)calls   7)lost   8)was   9)stops   10)bought
Exercise 2
2,1,1,2,2,1,1,1

RELATIVE PRONOUNS EXERCISE

Exercise 1
  
Combine las oraciones usando la definición de los pronombres relativos. Cuando el pronombre relativo es un objeto, éste puede ser omitido.

1	That's the girl. She spoke to me yesterday.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
2	What's the name of the book? You want me to read it.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
3	We stayed in a hotel. The hotel was very expensive.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
4	I rent a house. It is very small.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
5	The car was stolen. It was a BMW.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
6	The man smoked forty cigarettes a day. He died of a heart attack.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
7	That's the building. I work there.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
8	That's the boy. His mother works in the post office.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
9	The businessman was very rich. I saw him last night.
	_____________________________________________________________ .
10	That's the dog. Its owner is French.
	_____________________________________________________________ .

Exercise 2

Put in the relative who, which or whose where necessary. Type an x if the relative pronoun can be left out. Example: Peter is the boy ____ rides the blue bike. Answer: Peter is the boy who rides the blue bike.

1) This is the boy had an accident. 2) Yesterday I saw a car was really old. 3) Mandy is the girl I met on Friday. 4) I haven't seen Frank, brother is five, for a long time now. 5) The robber stole the car the lady parked in front of the supermarket. 6) This is the man house is on fire. 7) Can I talk to the girl is sitting on the bench? 8) The book you gave me is great. 9) She likes hamburgers are hot. 10) Bill Clinton, was President of the USA, has only one daughter.

Answers

Exercise 1:

1) That's the girl who spoke to me yesterday.    2) What's the name of the book you want me to read?

3) The hotel where we stayed was very expensive.   4) The house (that) I rent is very small. I stay in a house which is very small.    5) The car which was stolen was a BMW. The car that was stolen was a BMW. 

6) The man who smoked forty cigarettes a day died of a heart attack.   7)That's the building where I work.

8) That's the boy whose mother works in the post office.  9) The businessman (who) I saw last night was very rich. The businessman (that) I saw last night was very rich. 10) That's the dog whose owner is French.

Exercise 2
1) who     2) which    3)x     4) whose    5)x    6)whose    7) who    8)x      9) which   10) who